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Title: Bangkok Hilton (1989– )
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Cast
| Series cast summary: | |||
| Nicole Kidman | ... | Katrina Stanton 3 episodes, 1989 | |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Hal Stanton 3 episodes, 1989 | |
| Hugo Weaving | ... | Richard Carlisle 3 episodes, 1989 | |
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Joy Smithers | ... | Mandy Engels 3 episodes, 1989 |
| Lewis Fiander | ... | James Stanton 3 episodes, 1989 | |
| Judy Morris | ... | Catherine Faulkner 3 episodes, 1989 | |
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Jerome Ehlers | ... | Arkie Ragan 3 episodes, 1989 |
| Noah Taylor | ... | Billy Engels 3 episodes, 1989 | |
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Gerda Nicolson | ... | Lady Faulkner 3 episodes, 1989 |
| Pauline Chan | ... | Kang ('Pretty Warder') 3 episodes, 1989 | |
| Richard Carter | ... | Detective King 3 episodes, 1989 | |
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Tan Chandraviroj | ... | Major Sara 3 episodes, 1989 |
| Deborah Kara Unger | ... | Astra 3 episodes, 1989 | |
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The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage through Thai customs for Arkie, only for the police to find drugs in his bag. Kat is sentenced to spend time in the horrific "Bangkok Hilton" prison, where she makes friends with fellow inmate Mandy Engels (Smithers), who has been sentenced to death. Whilst she endures the terrible conditions inside, Kat's lawyer Richard Carlisle (Weaving) and ex-patriot Hal Stanton (Elliott) battle with the authorities to have her freed. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Nicole Kidman stars as Katrina, a young Australian woman whose very life is threatened by the deception of a man she loves See more »Certificate:
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9 October 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Janis Joplin, Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth
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Originally shown as three one-and-a-half-hour episodes, on the British DVD it was edited into six 45-minute episodes. See more »Soundtracks
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Written by Janis Joplin, Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth
Sung by Mandy and later by her cell-mates
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I have just had the luck to see this TV mini again recently. The second viewing just reinforced my impressions from my first viewing a few years ago.
This is Nicole Kidman playing an extraordinary rôle in a great film, before she became another one for the Hollywood heap. Since this film, I have only ever seen her in two better rôles: "The Portrait of a Lady" (qv) and Robert Daldry's astounding masterpiece "The Hours" (qv).
A two-part mini of 90 minutes each, I had to watch the whole three hours in one go: but was not at all tired on either experience. "Bangkok Hilton" does not mess about with unnecessary details, but gets you right into the story from the beginning, especially in the second half which includes those tremendous prison scenes in Thailand's capital, from whence logically the film's title.
Yes, one of Nicole Kidman's earlier works, but one in which you know she was on the road to great things. A few stupidities got in the way - like "Moulin Rouge!" (qv) - but even so, one can now see where she did her spade-work, and "Bangkok Hilton" is one of the best examples.