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Ekachai Uekorngtham
Ekachai Uekrongtham (; ; zh, 吕翼谋) is a Thai theatre and film director. Based in Singapore, Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company. Among his stage works is ''Chang & Eng'', a musical based on Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "conjoined twins, Siamese twins". His other stage works include ''Corporate Animals - The Musical'', ''Ka-Ra-you-OK?'', ''Viva Viagra!'', ''Autumn Tomyam'', ''Mail Order Brides & Other Oriental Takeaways'' and ''Confessions of Three Unmarried Women''. He made his debut as a feature-film director in 2003 with ''Beautiful Boxer'', a biographical drama about transsexual professional Muay Thai boxer, Nong Thoom. His second film, ''Pleasure Factory'', about sex workers and their customers in Singapore's Geylang red-light district, was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. His third film, ''The Coffin'', starring Ananda Everingham, opened in Thai theaters on August 21, 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolph Lundgren
Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (, ; born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. Lundgren made his acting debut in 1985 with a cameo in the List of James Bond films, James Bond film ''A View to a Kill''. Also that year, he had his breakthrough in Sylvester Stallone's ''Rocky IV'', in which he played the lead villain as the imposing Soviet Union, Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. Lundgren went on to play lead roles in over 80 action-oriented films including ''Masters of the Universe (1987 film), Masters of the Universe'' (1987), ''Red Scorpion'' (1988), ''The Punisher (1989 film), The Punisher'' (1989), ''I Come in Peace'' (1990), ''Showdown in Little Tokyo'' (1991), ''Joshua Tree (1993 film), Joshua Tree'' (1993), ''Men of War (film), Men of War'' (1994), ''Silent Trigger'' (1996), and ''Blackjack (1998 film), Blackjack'' (1998). He continued playing villainous roles, most notably as Sergeant Andrew Scott in three ''Universal Soldier (film series), Universal Soldier'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai People Of Chinese Descent
Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia. ** Thai people, Siamese people, Central/Southern Thai people or Thai noi people, an ethnic group from Central and Southern Thailand. ** , Thai minority in southern Myanmar. ** , Bamar with Thai ancestry in Central Myanmar. ** Sukhothai language, a kind of Thai topolect, by the end of the 18th century, they gradually diverged into regional variants, which subsequently developed into the modern Central Thai and Southern Thai. *** Central Thai language or Siamese language, the sole official language in Thailand and first language of most people in Central Thailand, including Thai Chinese in Southern Thailand. *** Southern Thai language, or Southern Siamese language, or Tambralinga language, language of Southern Thailand first language of most people in Southern Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block) People with the name * Thai (surname), a Vietnamese version of Cai, including a list of pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean Theatre Directors
Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-denominational, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the overwhelming majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also far-reaching worldwide. In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups². Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural society. It is home to people of many different ethnic, racial, religious, denominational, and national origins -- the majority o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Everything But The Brain
''Everything but the Brain'' is a tragicomedy by Singaporean local writer Jean Tay. The work revolves around two main characters: Elaine Lim, a Science physics teacher, and her father Lim Chong Boon, a stroke-afflicted former professor. Originally developed at the Playwrights' Cove at The Necessary Stage in 2001, ''Everything but the Brain'' was first performed in 2005. The play won Best Original Script (for Tay) and Best Actor (for Gerald Chew as the father) at ''The Straits Times Life!'' Theatre Awards 2006 and was published by Epigram Books in 2010. In 2014, the play was selected by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) as a recommended 'O' and 'N' level literature text. Characters * Elaine Lim: An unmarried, 36-year-old teacher specialising in Physics. * Lim Chong Boon: A 66-year-old former professor in Physics and Elaine's father. * Dr. Samuel Chen: A neurologist in his late twenties. * Chorus A: A nameless bear who primarily narrates most of the play's events. * Chorus B: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Minister For Information & Broadcasting And Culture, Shri S
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in ''Quest for Fire (film), Quest for Fire'' (1981), Salvatore in ''The Name of the Rose (film), The Name of the Rose'' (1986), Vincent in the television series ''Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), Beauty and the Beast'' (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in ''The City of Lost Children'' (1995), Johner in ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), Koulikov in ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), Hellboy in both ''Hellboy (2004 film), Hellboy'' (2004) and its sequel ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), Clay Morrow in the television series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2013), Nino in ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'' (2011) and Benedict Drask in ''Don't Look Up'' (2021). As a frequent collaborator of ''Hellboy'' director Guillermo del Toro, he has had roles in the del Toro films ''Cronos (film), Cronos'' (1993), ''Blade II'' (2002), ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'' (2013), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jaa
Tatchakorn Yeerum (born 1976) (, , ; formerly Phanom Yeerum (, )), better known internationally as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Phanom (, , ), is a Thai martial artist, actor, action choreographer, stuntman, and director. Known for his explosive martial arts stunt work, Jaa had his breakthrough in 2003 with '' Ong-Bak'', which earned him international recognition and spawned two sequels. Jaa began training in Muay Thai at age 10, and fought professionally as a Muay Thai fighter when he was discovered by filmmaker Panna Rittikrai. He worked as a stuntman for Muay Thai Stunt for 14 years, before making the transition to acting. His first lead role was as Ting in ''Ong-Bak'' (2003), which earned him a Star Entertainment Award. He went on to star in the prequels '' Ong Bak 2'' (2008) and '' Ong Bak 3'' (2010), both of which he directed. In 2005, he portrayed Kham in '' Tom-Yum-Goong'', a role he reprised in the sequel, '' Tom Yum Goong 2'' (2013). '' Furious 7'' (2015) ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin Trade (film)
''Skin Trade'' is a 2014 American Action film, action thriller film directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. It stars Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa, alongside Michael Jai White and Ron Perlman. Lundgren wrote the film with Gabriel Dowrick and Steven Elder, while John Hyams performed uncredited script revisions. Development started in 2007 after Lundgren read a news report about a group of girls being smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The girls were left in a vehicle along the border and, trapped inside, they all died of heat stroke and suffocation. ''Skin Trade'' had a $9 million production budget, and was shot over 50 days in Canada and Thailand. The film premiered at the American Film Market on November 7, 2014. This was followed by a limited theatrical release, starting on April 9, 2015, in the United Arab Emirates, and succeeded by Thailand (on April 23), Malaysia (on April 30), and the United States (on May 8). The film grossed $384,000 at the worldwide box office. Plot T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
