Thai-made film on Mu Pa rescue on agenda of mobile Cabinet

[webfact]

Thai-made film on Mu Pa rescue on agenda of mobile Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

SPECIAL PANEL set up to oversee production of films by foreign companies about the rescue of the Mu Pa football team from a cave in Chiang Rai, will also study the possibility of Thailand producing the film, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

The panel was set up in response to strong interest from some Hollywood production companies to make movies about the multinational and marathon cave rescue operation to free 12 boys and their assistant coach from the now-famous Tham Luang cave.

 

The Cabinet is to consider a proposal from the Culture Department today during its mobile meeting in Ubon Ratchathani province.

Wissanu told reporters that the board is tasked with making sure all movie scripts are accurate.

 

The board will also help families of the Mu Pa boys negotiate agreements with the foreign film companies as well as possible intellectual rights.

 

“The board will also conduct a study to look into any possibility if Thailand wishes to produce a film by itself,” Wissanu said.

 

Meanwhile, the Mu Pa players and assistant coach Ekkapol Chantawongse on Sunday attended mass at a Christian church in Ban Doi Ngam, along with about 200 people. One of the boys, Adul Samon, is a member of the church congregation and usually attends Sunday services. They participated in prayers giving thanks for surviving their entrapment and extraction from the cave.

 

They also prayed for the family of former Navy SEAL Lt-Commander Saman Kunan, who died when he ran out of air while placing oxygen tanks in the cave during the 17-day operation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30350666

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-24

[yellowboat]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Wissanu told reporters that the board is tasked with making sure all movie scripts are accurate.

Feel a "big misunderstanding" coming in the near future.  Such overreaching shows a weak government. 

[rebo]

I ask myself why any international film company should give a toss for what the Thai government thinks about the movie. They could produce it completely on their own, would even not need to set a foot on Thai soil.

[worgeordie]

You would think the Government would have much more

urgent issues to contend with ,leave movie making to the

movie makers.

regards worgeordie

[colinneil]

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

You would think the Government would have much more

urgent issues to contend with ,leave movie making to the

movie makers.

regards worgeordie

Geordie ole lad what is more important, making Prayut out to be a hero, or taking care of the country?

 

 

[Darcula]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

making sure all movie scripts are accurate

 

That's settled then. It's a job for those creative guys in the history textbook department.

 

 

 

 

[holy cow cm]

Well there goes international distribution and any money made for the kids if Thailand makes it. It will be Rated U for Unwatchable. 

[tryasimight]

Can't wait to buy a counterfeit copy of the Thai made movie.

[phil2407]

Yeah sure  - more important at these "mobile Junta trips" that money from possibly big $ Hollwood more important than sorting out the country (also adding some influential politicians) along the way 

[bendejo]

Yes, instant art!

A week or 2 after the 2004 tsunami there was a mournful Thai pop song about it.  Lyrics:

tsunami

tsunami

tsunami

...

 

repeat as necessary.

 

Can I get mobile cabinet at Ikea?

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by bendejo

[lamyai3]

4 hours ago, bendejo said:

Yes, instant art!

A week or 2 after the 2004 tsunami there was a mournful Thai pop song about it.  Lyrics:

tsunami

tsunami

tsunami

...

 

repeat as necessary.

I never knew that was actually a song... I saw a Thai guy with a guitar singing it once, interjecting "oh" a few times - I thought he was improvising! 

Edited July 24, 2018 by lamyai3