National Geographic tries to secure rights to produce Tham Luang rescue doco

By The Thaiger

 

 

National Geographic has made top level contact with the government-appointed Creative Media Committee to negotiate shooting a documentary about last July’s dramatic rescue operation at the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai.

 

British diver Rick Stanton, who was actively involved in the complicated rescue operation to save the 13 young Mu Pa footballers, says that the British cave diving team wrote a letter to the guardians about their project to shoot a film for National Geographic.

 

The team says the film would be directed by David McDonald, who won an Oscar for “The Last King of Scotland” and he wants to capture the real story of the dramatic operation, the spirit of international cooperation and the experiences of the 13 who were trapped underground for almost three weeks.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/chiang-rai/national-geographic-tries-to-secure-rights-to-produce-tham-luang-rescue-doco

 

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He who delivers that fattest Brown Envelopes will 'secure the rights' !

4 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

He who delivers that fattest Brown Envelopes will 'secure the rights' !

 

That barely scratches the surface of the undertaking. BTW the director's name is Kevin McDonald.

I also would like to suggest to National Geographic to produce a clandestinely-shot documentary about the process of securing the filming rights from various Thai stakeholders and officials; might ultimately be more revealing and eye-opening to watch than the tale of the cave rescue operation itself. 

Time to cancel my NGS subscription..

29 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Time to cancel my NGS subscription..

 

Why?

"The Cave" is already in post production.

32 minutes ago, mackayae said:

"The Cave" is already in post production.

 

Yes, but is that a "doco"?

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

I also would like to suggest to National Geographic to produce a clandestinely-shot documentary about the process of securing the filming rights from various Thai stakeholders and officials; might ultimately be more revealing and eye-opening to watch than the tale of the cave rescue operation itself. 

 

"Clandestinely-shot" and they would never work in Thailand again, and what place does it have in a geography journal anyway?

2 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

"Clandestinely-shot" and they would never work in Thailand again, and what place does it have in a geography journal anyway?

Some people just don't understand sarcasm...

9 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Some people just don't understand sarcasm...

 

Some people speak in a sarcastic tone in their head while they type and imagine it will come out reading as sarcasm...