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Tears of the Black Tiger
Tears of the Black Tiger western film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng.
The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic,
working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and
Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a provincial gov-
ernor, it is equal parts homage to and parody of Thai
action films and romantic melodramas of the 1950s and
1960s.
The film was the first from Thailand to be selected for
competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival,[1][2] where
it was critically hailed.[3][4] It was screened at several
other film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the Van-
couver International Film Festival, where it won the
Dragons and Tigers Award for Best New Director.[5] It al-
so won many awards in Thailand for production and cos-
tume design, special effects and soundtrack.
Critics have noted the film’s stylized use of color and
conspicuous violence, and have compared it to the revi-
sionist westerns of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.[3] It
has also been compared to the works of such directors as
Douglas Sirk, John Woo, Jean-Luc Godard, Sam Raimi and
The Thai movie poster. Quentin Tarantino.[4][6][7]
Miramax Films purchased the film for distribution
Directed by Wisit Sasanatieng
in the United States, but changed the ending and then
Produced by Pracha Maleenont shelved it indefinitely. In 2006, the distribution rights
Brian L. Marcar were obtained by Magnolia Pictures, which screened the
Adirek Wattaleela
Nonzee Nimibutr
original version of the film in a limited release from Jan-
uary to April 2007 in several US cities.[8]
Written by Wisit Sasanatieng
Starring Chartchai Ngamsan
Stella Malucchi
Plot
Supakorn Kitsuwon A young woman waits in the rain under an ornate gazebo
Sombat Metanee in a lotus pond. She carries with her a photo of the man
Music by Amornbhong Methakunavudh she is waiting for.
The man, whose name is Dum, is with another gun-
Cinematography Nattawut Kittikhun man named Mahesuan. Dressed all in black and wearing a
Editing by Dusanee Puinongpho cowboy hat, Dum enters a house and fires his pistol. The
bullet ricochets around before it burrows into a man’s
Distributed by Five Star Production
forehead. A red title card then flashes up and says: "Did
Magnolia Pictures
you catch that? If not, we’ll play it again!" And the shot is
Release date(s) Thailand:
Thailand replayed in slow motion, showing the bullet bouncing off
September 28, 2000 items in a Rube Goldberg fashion.
United States (limited):
January 12, 2007
Dum then rushes off, galloping his horse across the
plain. However, by the time he reaches the gazebo, the
Running time 110 minutes woman, whose name is Rumpoey, is gone. She has re-
Country Thailand turned home, where she is to be engaged to Police Cap-
tain Kumjorn in a marriage arranged by her father, the
Language Thai provincial governor.
Mahesuan is bitter about his status as a sidekick to
Tears of the Black Tiger (Thai: ???????????, or Fa Thalai Chon
Chon, Dum. He was the best gunman in the outlaw gang headed
literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a 2000 Thai
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by the brutal Fai, until Dum came along. Eager to settle for each other, and they agree to meet a year later at Sala
the score, Mahesuan goes looking for Dum and finds him Awaiting the Maiden.
playing a harmonica. Mahesuan knocks it out of Dum’s However, Dum arrives at home and finds his father
hand and baits him into a gunfight. The quick-drawing murdered. He takes his father’s rifle, tracks the killers
Dum fires first, but Mahesuan is not injured. However, a and shoots some of them. With one bullet left, he turns
dead snake drops from an overhanging tree branch onto the gun on himself, but is stopped by Fai, who has ridden
Mahesuan’s cowboy hat. Dum killed the venomous snake, up with his horsemen. Fai recognizes the rifle, saying he
saving Mahesuan’s life. had given it to Dum’s father years before. Fai then hands
Dum then thinks back to his childhood 10 years ago Dum a pistol and tells him to finish the job of killing the
during the Second World War, when Rumpoey and her men who murdered his father. Dum is now an outlaw.
father left the city to stay on Dum’s father’s small farm in Shifting back to the present, where it is the night be-
rural Thailand. fore Rumpoey’s wedding to Kumjorn, she tries to hang
Rumpoey is a demanding girl. She smashes a bamboo herself, but is stopped by her maid. Fai, meanwhile, plans
flute that Dum is playing and demands that he take her to attack the governor’s mansion, and Mahesuan, sus-
on a boat ride in the lotus pond. They visit the gazebo, pecting that Dum intentionally let Kumjorn go free, be-
or sala in Thai language, and it is called "Sala Awaiting trays Dum. A gun battle ensues, but Dum escapes.
the Maiden." Dum says a woodcutter built it to await a Dum, dressed in a white suit, appears at the wedding
wealthy family’s daughter whom he had fallen in love and warns Kumjorn of Fai’s plans to attack. Kumjorn,
with. However, the maiden was prevented from meeting however, wants to shoot the man he knows as the "Black
the woodcutter, so she hanged herself. Rumpoey is Tiger" and is his rival for Rumpoey’s affection. Fai’s men
touched by the story. attack and Mahesuan breaks into the mansion, where he
On the way home, they collide with a boat carrying discovers Rumpoey, and knocks her unconscious. Mah-
three boys, who taunt Rumpoey. Dum defends Rumpoey, esuan is carrying Rumpoey away when he meets Dum
is struck with an oar and then their boat overturns. He and demands a rematch gunfight. As a raindrop drips
rescues Rumpoey but is late in coming home. So he is through a hole in the brim of Mahesuan’s hat, Dum fires
punished by his father, who lashes the boy’s back with a and the bullet rips through Mahesuan’s teeth.
rattan cane. Rumpoey, feeling sorry for getting Dum in- Dum, next confronted by Kumjorn, reaches into his
to trouble, buys him a harmonica to replace the flute she pocket. Kumjorn, believing that he is reaching for his
broke. gun, shoots Dum. But Dum was only reaching for the
Shifting back to present time, Dum and Mahesuan photograph of Rumpoey that Kumjorn had once carried.
ride to an old Buddhist temple, where they swear a blood As Dum lies dying in the rain with Rumpoey sobbing
oath in front of the Buddha statue. over him, some of Dum’s words from earlier are narrated
Meanwhile, Captain Kumjorn is eager to bring law again – that life is suffering, punctuated only by a never-
and order to the wild west of Suphanburi Province. In ending search for happy moments.
an attack on Fai’s hide-out, the police forces seem to be
gaining the upper hand. But then Dum and Mahesuan
arrive on a cliff overlooking the battle and use rocket-
Cast
propelled grenade launchers to decimate the police. • Chartchai Ngamsan as Dum Dua, or Seua Dum (Black
Kumjorn is captured, and Dum is ordered by Fai to exe- Tiger)
cute him. Kumjorn pleads with Dum to tell his fiancée of • Suwinit Panjamawat as Dum Dua (youth)
his fate, and he pulls out a framed photo of his beloved. • Stella Malucchi as Rumpoey Prasit
Dum is stunned to see a photo of Rumpoey. Mahesuan en- • Supakorn Kitsuwon as Mahesuan
ters to find Kumjorn gone and Dum with a knife in his • Arawat Ruangvuth as Police Captain Kumjorn
chest. • Sombat Metanee as Fai
As Dum’s wound is being treated, he thinks back to • Pairoj Jaisingha as Phya Prasit (Rumpoey’s father)
one year ago, when he was a university student in • Naiyana Sheewanun as Rumpoey’s maid
Bangkok, where he became re-acquainted with Rumpoey. • Kanchit Kwanpracha as Kamnan Dua (Dum’s father)
Dum pleads with her to leave him alone, reasoning that • Chamloen Sridang as Sergeant Yam
they are from different social classes and are fated to
never be together. Later, Rumpoey is attacked by a gang
of male students, the same boys from her childhood boat
Production
accident. Dum comes to her rescue but ends up expelled.
Rumpoey finds Dum walking, and offers to give him a
Origins
ride in her car. She then instructs her driver to take them While Tears of the Black Tiger has been compared to the
to a nearby beach. Dum and Rumpoey confide their love revisionist westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio
Leone,[3][9] director Wisit Sasanatieng drew on many
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Thai cultural influences in the creation of the film, in-
cluding Thai films of the 1950s made by pioneering di-
rector Rattana Pestonji, whose films Wisit had viewed in
screenings at the Thailand National Film Archive.
"Whenever the Film Archive screened an old film, I’d
be there. Usually, I’d be the only one there," Wisit said
in an interview at the Vancouver International Film Fes-
tival in 2000. "Most Thai audiences dislike Thai movies,
especially the old ones, which they consider nam nao,"
he said, using the Thai language euphemism for the old
films, which are viewed as stagnant and cliched. Literally,
nam nao means "stinky water."[10]
"What I saw in them was a way to stay true to the Mahesuan and Dum face off in a gunfight in front of a painted
spirit of those old styles of Thai filmmaking, as well as a background.
way to make them new again. And none of the older gen-
eration of filmmakers impressed me more than Rattana The production designs reflects traditional aspects of
Pestonji."[10] Thai culture. For example, the first gun battle between
In addition to Rattana’s 1950s and 1960s drama films, Mahesuan and Dum is set on what is obviously a sound
Tears of the Black Tiger draws on 1960s and 1970s Thai ac- stage with a painted backdrop, a setting that is similar to
tion cinema, derisively termed by critics as raboed phoo likay, a Thai form of folk opera.
khao phao krathom ("bomb the mountain, burn the huts") "I wanted the audience to feel like they’re reading
films. Among the stars from this era were Mitr Chaiban- a novel with moving illustrations," Wisit said. "It’s pure
cha and Sombat Metanee, who co-stars as gang leader imagination and completely unrealistic. I wanted to try
Fai.[11] Wisit has acknowledged the influence of Leone’s and go back to our roots. I wanted to make a link between
Spaghetti Westerns but has said, "mine is ’Tom Yum the traditional and the contemporary in our own
Goong cowboys’ because at one time cowboys were very style."[14]
popular in Thai films as you can see in Mitr Chaibancha’s Over-saturated colors were used to reflect scenes of
films."[12] rural Thailand, which the director saw as bright and col-
Still more influences include the novels of Thai hu- orful. Walls on the sets and locations were painted pink
morist Por Intharapalit and an old Thai pop ballad, "Fon or green, and lighting was used to achieve the saturation.
Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bids the Sky Farewell"). "I do The film was treated in the color grading process by
love those ’rain’ songs. I kept picturing a beautiful frame transferring it to digital Betacam tape and then back to
of two guys shooting each other in the rain. And that 35 mm film.[14] Oxide Pang, working as a telecine colorist,
sparked it all," Wisit said in an interview for the film’s won a special effects award in Thailand for his work.[15]
production notes.[12] Initially Fon Sang Fah was to be the Wisit was able to experiment with the set design and
title of the film, but eventually Fah talai jone (literally "the lighting effects in a commercial he directed for Wrangler
heavens strike the thief") was chosen because the name Jeans, which featured the film’s leading man, Chartchai
has different meanings depending on the context. In ad- Ngamsan, as a boxer.[16]
dition to being the Thai name for an herb, Andrographis
paniculata, Fah talai jone "can convey either a sense of ob- Casting and promotion
soleteness or the feel of great chic," the director said.[12]
Most of the cast were relative newcomers, whom the
"In terms of the film it refers to predestination, in which
director said he chose because he felt established stars
most Thais believe. To put it frankly, the main reason is
would not be able to handle the old-style dialog.
simply because I liked the name."[12]
Chartchai Ngamsan and Supakorn Kitsuwon had previ-
ously had supporting roles in Dang Bireley’s and Young
Production design, lighting, processing Gangsters. Italian-born, Thailand-raised model and ac-
Tears of the Black Tiger was the directorial debut for Wisit, tress Stella Malucchi was acting in a music video in
who had previously penned the screenplays for the Bangkok, which was noticed on television by Wisit. He
1950s-set teenage gangster tale Dang Bireley’s and Young then sought out Malucchi, saying he thought she had the
Gangsters and the historical Thai ghost legend, Nang Nak, right look for the part of Rumpoey.[10][17] He told her
both directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, who produced Tears of later she reminded him of Elizabeth Taylor.[17] Through
the Black Tiger. Production design was by Ek Iemchuen, a costuming and makeup, Malucchi, a "plain farang", in
classmate of Wisit’s from Silpakorn University who also the words of Wisit,[12] was transformed into the daughter
worked on Nang Nak and Dang Bireley’s as well as the 2001 of a Thai noble family. There are experienced actors in
period drama, Jan Dara, also by Nonzee.[13] the cast as well, including Sombat Metanee and Naiyana
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Sheewanun, who worked in the era of Thai filmmaking arranger Sunthorn Yodseethong for the song "Kamsuan-
that Wisit was trying to recreate. jan" ("The Moon Lament"), Ek Iemchuen for best art di-
Old-style ways of promoting the film were used. In rection and telecine colorist Oxide Pang for best special
the 1950s, films in Thailand were promoted with serial effects.[15] Tears of the Black Tiger was referenced in an-
novels and radio dramas. Wisit and his wife Siripan other Thai film, Monrak Transistor, in 2001. The comedy
Techajindawong, writing under the pen name Koynuch, by director Pen-ek Ratanaruang starred Supakorn Kitsu-
wrote some chapters that were published for a Fah talai won, who co-starred in Tears as Mahesuan. At the 2006
jone book after the film was released. A radio version of Bangkok International Film Festival, Tears of the Black
Fah talai jone was performed while the film was in cine- Tiger was screened as part of a tribute to Sombat Meta-
mas in Thailand. Wisit designed movie posters and print nee, who portrays the outlaw leader, Fai.[22]
ads that emulated the style of Thai film posters from the The film’s North American premiere was on October
1950s and 1960s.[11][18] 5, 2000 at the Vancouver International Film Festival,
where it won the Dragons and Tigers Award for best new
Reception director.[5] It was the first Thai film to be screened at the
Cannes Film Festival, where it was in the Un Certain Re-
gard competition in May 2001.[1][2] At the Gijón Interna-
tional Film Festival in 2001, it won the best art direction
award,[21] and at the fifth Puchon International Fantas-
tic Film Festival it won a jury prize.[23] Other festival ap-
pearances included the Seattle International Film Festi-
val and Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2001 and
the Sundance Film Festival, International Film Festival
Rotterdam, Deauville Asian Film Festival and Moscow In-
ternational Film Festival in 2002.[24]
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 76% fresh rating,
based on 58 reviews, with an 88% "Cream of the Crop"
rating.[25] On Metacritic, it has a score of 69/100, based
on 19 reviews, for a "generally favorable" rating.[26] Crit-
ics were "wowed" by the film at the 2001 Cannes Film
Festival, according to Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian,
who termed the film a "stir-fry horse opera [and an] up-
roarious high-camp cowboy drama."[3]
Philip French of The Observer found parallels to Once
Upon a Time in the West, particularly between the anti-
hero Dum and Charles Bronson’s harmonica-playing
character. He also saw similarities to the deliberately ar-
tificial action of Sam Raimi’s The Quick and the Dead. He
said the "outlandishly painted backdrops and garish acid
For film festivals, Tears of the Black Tiger has been marketed colors" reminded him of old Asian movie posters. "The
as a "spicy Thai western". overall effect is hallucinatory, as if we’re experiencing
someone else’s druggy dream."[27]
Festivals and awards Chuck Stephens, writing for Film Comment, said the
Tears of the Black Tiger opened on September 28, 2000, blend of 1970s Thai action cinema and the Spaghetti
in a wide release for Thai cinemas.[19] The film was a Westerns of Sergio Leone results in a "hybrid of hybrids
flop at the domestic box office,[10][20] but it received sev- ... a Pad Thai western where cowboys covet machine guns
eral awards. At the Thailand National Film Association and swear blood oath to one another under the shadow
Awards, the film won best costume design for Chaiwichit of an impassive Buddha."[10]
Somboon.[21] The Bangkok Critics Assembly awarded Ek The BBC’s Jason Korsner criticized the film for its
Iamchuen for best artistic design, Sombat Metanee for "deliberately labored plot," which he said was "offset by
best supporting actor and Amornbhong Methakunavudh some fascinating action sequences, including gunfights
for best film score. The Entertainment News Reporters which would make Tarantino jealous."[6]
Association of Thailand gave Phra Suraswadee, or "Golden However, Sight & Sound magazine’s Edward Buscombe
Doll", prizes to lyricist Siriphan Techajindawong and called the action "tame by contemporary Hollywood
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standards" but said it was "curiously seductive" because were the Miramax releases of Shaolin Soccer and Hero. "I’m
of its colorful imagery. Buscombe, as well as Philip not cutting for fun," Harvey Weinstein said in an inter-
French, remarked how Tears of the Black Tiger contrasted view. "I’m cutting for the shit to work. All my life I served
with another Asian cinema export to the West that year: one master: the film. I love movies."[34]
the balletic martial arts film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden The Miramax version was screened at the Sundance
Dragon.[9] Film Festival in 2002. The company then shelved the film,
David Edelstein of New York Magazine compared the fearing it would not do well in a wider release.[30]
film to 1940s low-budget westerns of Lash La Rue, Dou- This was another routine by the Weinsteins, who de-
glas Sirk melodramas, the heroic bloodshed films of John layed releases so they could shift potential money-losing
Woo and George A. Romero’s gore-filled horror films. films to future fiscal years and ensure they would receive
"It’s no buried postmodern masterpiece, but it certainly annual bonuses from Miramax’s corporate parent, The
is a jaw-dropper: a delirium-inducing crash course in in- Walt Disney Company.[35]
ternational trash," Edelstein wrote.[4] As Tears of the Black Tiger languished in the Miramax
A. O. Scott of The New York Times commented on the vaults, its cult film status was heightened and it became
stoic, macho posturing of Chartchai Ngamsan’s Dum, and a "Holy Grail" for film fans.[8][29][36][37] For viewers in the
the underlying homoeroticism of the character’s rela- US, the only way to watch it was to purchase the DVD
tionship with Mahesuan, portrayed by Supakorn Kitsu- from overseas importers, however some of those ver-
won. "[Rumpoey] may be the love of Dum’s life, but there sions of the film had also been heavily edited.[7][31]
is far more heat and intimacy in his relationship with Ma- In late 2006, Magnolia Pictures acquired the film’s
hesuan."[28] distribution rights from Miramax. Magnolia screened the
Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News noted original version of the film in a limited release from Jan-
the film’s appeal as a camp film and as a cult film, saying uary to April 2007 in several US cities.[8][38][39]
"the best B-movies are both."[29]
DVD releases
Distribution The original version of the film, with English subtitles,
was released on DVD in Thailand by Digital Right, and
Purchase by Miramax, alternate ver- it is out of print. A Singaporean Region 3 release, also
with English subtitles, had scenes involving graphic vio-
sions lence cut. The Region 2 release, marketed in Europe by
International sales rights to Tears of the Black Tiger were Pathé and in Region 4 by Madman Entertainment is the
purchased by Fortissimo Films, which marketed a 101-minute "international cut".[31]
101-minute "international cut", edited by director Wisit The first DVD release for Region 1 was on April 24,
Sasanatieng from the original 110-minute length. The 2007 by Magnolia Pictures, which acquired the original,
shorter version omits some transitional scenes in order uncut version of the film.[8][40]
to streamline the pacing of the film.[30] This version was
released theatrically in several countries, including
France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.[24]
Soundtrack
Among the deleted scenes are those involving the Tears of the Black Tiger
comic relief character, Sergeant Yam, Rumpoey’s en-
gagement to Captain Kumjorn and other transitional
scenes.[31]
Fortissimo sold the US distribution rights to Miramax
Films during the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[32] Miramax
then sent word that it wanted to alter the film. Wisit of-
fered the company an even shorter version than the in-
ternational cut, but the company refused. "They didn’t
allow me to re-cut it at all," Wisit said in an interview
with the Los Angeles Times. "They did it by themselves and
then sent me the tape. And they changed the ending from
tragic to happy. They said that in the time after 9/11, no-
body would like to see something sad."[30][33]
Altering films was routine for Miramax, at the time
headed by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who defended Soundtrack album by various artists
their actions by saying the films needed editing to make
Released 2000
them marketable to American audiences. Other examples
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Genre Big band jazz, easy listening pop 4. "Prom Likit" ("Pre-Destiny"– composed by Kaew
Achariyakun and Wet Sunthonjamon; performed by
Length 38:20 Niwat Charoenmit (2:55)
Label BEC-TERO Entertainment 5. "Beautiful Beach" – composed by Sakon Mitranon
and Sanae Komarachun; performed by Kamonwan
Professional reviews
Thasanon (3:10)
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. 6. "Splendid Night Sky" – composed by Kaew
Please move reviews into the “Reception” section Achariyakun and Eua Sunthornsanan; performed by
of the article. See Moving reviews into article Yaowaret Mathakhunnawut (3:04)
space. 7. "Mercy" – composed by Eua Sunthornsanan (3:01)
• Music from the Movies 8. "Kamsuanjan" ("The Moon Lament") – traditional
(3:24)
Just as Tears of the Black Tiger has been compared to the 9. "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bid the Sky
Spaghetti Westerns of director Sergio Leone, the music in Farewell") – composed by Suthin Thesarak (2:51)
the film has been likened to the scores Ennio Morricone 10. "Destiny" – composed by Wet Sunthonjamon (2:55)
composed for Leone’s films.[9] 11. "Beautiful Beach" – composed by Sanae Komarachun
However, the score is sourced from the types of big (3:11)
band jazz and pop music sounds that were heard in Thai- 12. "Splendid Night Sky" – composed by Eua
land in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the songs is the 1940s Sunthornsanan (3:04)
Thai pop ballad, "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bids the 13. "Horse Riding" (1:04)[42]
Sky Farewell").[12] There is also "Mercy," composed by
1940s Thai bandleader and jazz violinist Eua Sunthorn-
sanan, which features whimsical fiddle playing and
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