According to the Thai movie industry, Suriyothai was cut down from a Five hour edit to a more manageable Three hour and a bit edit. The original running length is somewhere in the region of Eight hours, and it was the intention of the distributors and studio to release that as a TV mini-series, whether free or pay-per-view, is unknown, as it still hasn't materialised yet.
sharehow'd u know that?
shareThe running time listed on the western version that I just rented from Blockbuster is 142 minutes (2 hours, 22 minutes). There are lots of special features on the DVD, including "The Making of Suriyothai," outtakes, and trailers, that add a lot of time and understanding to the viewing enjoyment.
My experience in Thailand was that films about stories of romance concerning everyday people could run up to four hours. It's a wonder that a story like "Suriyothai" did not run for days! Wonderful tale and I really would not have minded if the movie was an hour longer.
This is one of those types of movies that need to be seen in their original forms. They should have released 3 long movies instead.
shareThe five-hour version has long been available in Thailand. It makes much more sense. The shorter versions (US cut and 3-hour theatrical Thai one) try to hard to squeeze stuff in. It is just way too much. But of course, the 5-hour one couldn't have been released in cinemas. I recommend it though.
"Had joy no date nor age no need."
I wanted to get the 5 hour version but the Thai DVD doesn't have English subtitles. I don't think I could watch a 5 hour film that I didn't understand however good it is. looks like I'll just have to watch the 3 hour version.
shareI only saw the 142' version. I quite enjoyed it but it did seem a bit choppy in places, as if they were more interested in covering a ton of stuff rather than make a smoothly flowing film. Now I know why. "They" should have split the 8-hour version into three different movies instead. The first third would have made a fine film on its own, and, heck, the distributers would have had two sequels already created without even anymore effort on their part. And that's not simply a joke.
Well, I borrowed this on DVD rather than saw it in a theater. I guess I'll have to look around a little more and find that long version somewhere. And I'll have to accept that film distributers are never going to think as I think.
as iv arrived in thailand again and walked past a stall selling suriyothai, she stated from the shop owner that the thais dont want the 5 hour version [2 disc] being shown outside of thailand. they want to keep the film in thai only.when i was last here in thailand, i bought the 190 mins version, not the english version francis ford edit cut.
i really hope that king Naresuan would get released on dvd with english, and not an edit region 2 or 1
They should have just cut into a 3-part movie like there doing with the sequal
King Naresuan.
"Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same." Lee Woo-jin (Oldboy)
Yeah, it'd be nice if the new government orders them to do that. It'd also be nice if the current strife would cause a lot more Thais to immigrate over to around me and start more restaurants so I can enjoy more Thai food without my having to learn how to make it myself. Yes, that's right, the whole world revolves around me, and I like to joke about others' misery.
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