rebo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) I mention it here because most parts of the movie were shot in Chiang Mai, and a number of local expats acted as extras: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/35727/-the-coup-retitled-and-delayed "Why the title change? Seems "The Coup" tested poorly with audiences as, quite literally, it appears a decent portion of them weren't educated enough to understand what a 'coup' is." Edited February 15, 2015 by rebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 'I mention it here because most parts of the movie were shot in Chiang Mai, and a number of local expats acted as extras: http://www.darkhoriz...led-and-delayed "Why the title change? Seems "The Coup" tested poorly with audiences as, quite literally, it appears a decent portion of them weren't educated enough to understand what a 'coup' is." " Was the audience Thai or foreigner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was the audience Thai or foreigner? Not mentioned in the article but I guess westerners, most probably Americans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was the audience Thai or foreigner? Not mentioned in the article but I guess westerners, most probably Americans. More than likely as most don't have any clue about Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was the audience Thai or foreigner? Not mentioned in the article but I guess westerners, most probably Americans. More than likely as most don't have any clue about Thailand. ... and coups as well. In countries seeing themselves as more "civilized" the coups are done via voting computers and are not called "coups" then ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I suspect more was wrong with the movie than just the title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokay Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Perhaps the good general / PM had a word with them and said it was not an appropriate title and ordered them to change the name. That's the sort of thing you can do when you were the most handsome boy in school. (that was sarcasm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPICFAIL Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I can understand the logic for a name change. "The Coup" is a dull title that says very little about the film while "No Escape" draws me in with it's implications of action, desparation and adventure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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