Countdown (Thai: เคาท์ดาวน์) is a 2012 Thai thriller film written and directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya. The film was selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1][2] but it was not nominated. The film was remade in 2015 in India in Kannada as Ring Master.[3]
Countdown | |
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Directed by | Nattawut Poonpiriya |
Written by | Nattawut Poonpiriya |
Produced by | Jira Maligool Vanridee Pongsittisak |
Starring | Pachara Chirathivat Jarinporn Joonkiat Pattarasaya Kreuasuwansri David Asavanond |
Cinematography | Niramon Ross |
Edited by | Panayu Kunvanlee |
Music by | Hualampong Riddim |
Production company | |
Distributed by | GTH |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Thailand |
Language | Thai |
Plot summary
editThe best New Year's Party ever is being planned by three Thai teenagers in New York City. To celebrate and count down the year's end in style, they asked Jesus, a drug dealer, to deliver certain items to their flat. They had no idea that night's visit from Jesus would forever alter their lives.
Cast
edit- Pachara Chirathivat as Jack
- Jarinporn Joonkiat as Bee
- Pattarasaya Kreuasuwansri as Pam
- David Asavanond as Jesus
- Lorenzo de Stefano as Fabio
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Thailand puts up Countdown for Oscars". WiseKwai. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Oscars: Thailand Nominates 'Countdown' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Movie Review: Ringmaster - Bangalore Mirror -". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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