Tears of the Black Tiger 5559871 216193577 2008-05-31T14:42:10Z Closedmouth 372693 Fixing [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation pages]] and/or general fixes using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Film | name = Tears of the Black Tiger | image = Tearsposter.jpg | caption = The Thai movie poster. | director = [[Wisit Sasanatieng]] | producer = Pracha Maleenont<br />Brian L. Marcar<br />Adirek Wattaleela<br />[[Nonzee Nimibutr]] | writer = Wisit Sasanatieng | narrator = | starring = [[Chartchai Ngamsan]]<br />[[Stella Malucchi]]<br />[[Supakorn Kitsuwon]]<br />[[Sombat Metanee]] | music = Amornbhong Methakunavudh | cinematography = Nattawut Kittikhun | editing = Dusanee Puinongpho | distributor = [[Five Star Production]]<br />[[Magnolia Pictures]] | released = '''[[Thailand]]''':<br />[[September 28]], [[2000]]<br />'''[[United States]]''' (limited):<br />[[January 12]], [[2007]] | runtime = 110 min. | country = [[Cinema of Thailand|Thailand]] | language = [[Thai language|Thai]] | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=24307868-9b60-42e8-9a73-47efea0f8758 | amg_id = 1:270415 | imdb_id = 0269217 }} '''''Tears of the Black Tiger''''' ({{lang-th|ฟ้าทะลายโจร}}, or '''''Fah talai jone''''', literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a [[2000 in film|2000]] [[Cinema of Thailand|Thai]] [[Western (genre)|western film]] written and directed by [[Wisit Sasanatieng]]. The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a [[fatalism|fatalistic]], working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a [[Provinces of Thailand|provincial]] governor, it is equal parts homage to and parody of Thai [[action film]]s and [[romance film|romantic]] [[melodrama]]s of the 1950s and 1960s. The film was the first from [[Thailand]] to be selected for competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Cannes synopsis">{{cite web | title = Un certain regard > Fah Talai Jone | work = Cannes 2001 | publisher = Cannes Film Festival | url = http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=2001147 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Cannes search">{{cite web | title = Cannes Film Festival | work = Search result, Thailand | url = http://www.festival-cannes.fr/aide/search_film.php?langue=6002&titre_film=&realisateur=&acteur=&anneefilm=&paysfilm=THA | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> where it was critically hailed.<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite web | last = Bradshaw | first = Peter | authorlink = Peter Bradshaw | title = Guardian Unlimited film reviews | publisher = The Guardian | date = 2001-08-24 | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,541554,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Edelstein">{{cite web | last = Edelstein | first = David | authorlink = David Edelstein | title = Thai cowboys with rockets | publisher = New York Magazine | date = 2007-01-15 | url = http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/26289/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-09}}</ref> It was screened at several other film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], where it won the Dragons and Tigers Awards for Best New Director.<ref name="Senses of Cinema">{{cite web | title= 19th Vancouver International Film Festival Report | publisher = Senses of Cinema | url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/festivals/00/10/viff.html | accessdate=2006-12-16 }}</ref> It also won many awards in Thailand for production and costume design, special effects and soundtrack. Critics have noted the film's stylized use of color and conspicuous violence, and have compared it to the [[Revisionist Western|revisionist westerns]] of [[Sergio Leone]] and [[Sam Peckinpah]].<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite web | last = Bradshaw | first = Peter | authorlink = Peter Bradshaw | title = Guardian Unlimited film reviews | publisher = The Guardian | date = 2001-08-24 | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,541554,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> It has also been compared to the works of such directors as [[Douglas Sirk]], [[John Woo]], [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Sam Raimi]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]].<ref name="Edelstein">{{cite web | last = Edelstein | first = David | authorlink = David Edelstein | title = Thai cowboys with rockets | publisher = New York Magazine | date = 2007-01-15 | url = http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/26289/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-09}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web | last = Korsner | first = Jason | title = Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah talai jone) | publisher = BBC | date = 2001-08-23 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/08/20/tears_of_the_black_tiger_2001_review.shtml | accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref><ref name="Bourne">{{cite web | last = Bourne | first = Christopher | title = Review: Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Meniscus Magazine | date = 2007 | url = http://www.meniscuszine.com/issue18/2007tears/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> [[Miramax Films]] purchased the film for distribution in the [[United States]], but changed the ending and then shelved it indefinitely. In 2006, the distribution rights were obtained by [[Magnolia Pictures]], which screened the original version of the film in a limited release from January to April 2007 in several US cities.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web | last = Goldstein | first = Greg | title = Magnolia cages 'Tiger' in U.S. | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2006-11-28 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib31cec84f9bcdcbaf1f0c4ccc608bbf9 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> ==Plot== A young woman waits in the rain under an ornate [[gazebo]] in a [[lotus]] pond. She carries with her a photo of the man she is waiting for. The man, whose name is Dum, is with another gunman named Mahesuan. Dressed all in [[Black#Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions|black]] and wearing a [[cowboy hat]], Dum enters a house and fires his pistol. The bullet [[ricochet]]s around before it burrows into a man's forehead. A red title card then flashes up and says: "Did you catch that? If not, we'll play it again!" And the shot is replayed in slow motion, showing the bullet bouncing off items in a [[Rube Goldberg]] fashion. [[Image:Tearsblacktigerdummahesuan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Dum and Mahesuan engage in a shootout.]] Dum then rushes off, galloping his horse across the plain. However, by the time he reaches the gazebo, the woman, whose name is Rumpoey, is gone. She has returned home, where she is to be engaged to Police Captain Kumjorn in a [[arranged marriage|marriage arranged]] by her father, the [[Provinces of Thailand|provincial]] governor. Mahesuan is bitter about his status as a [[sidekick]] to Dum. He was the best gunman in the outlaw gang headed by the brutal Fai, until Dum came along. Eager to settle the score, Mahesuan goes looking for Dum and finds him playing a [[harmonica]]. Mahesuan knocks it out of Dum's hand and baits him into a [[duelling|gunfight]]. The quick-drawing Dum fires first, but Mahesuan is not injured. However, a dead snake drops from an overhanging tree branch onto Mahesuan's cowboy hat. Dum killed the venomous snake, saving Mahesuan's life. Dum then thinks back to his childhood 10 years ago during the [[Second World War]], when Rumpoey and her father left the city to stay on Dum's father's small farm in rural [[Thailand]]. Rumpoey is a demanding girl. She smashes a bamboo flute that Dum is playing and demands that he take her on a boat ride in the lotus pond. They visit the gazebo, or ''sala'' in [[Thai language]], and it is called "Sala Awaiting the Maiden." Dum says a woodcutter built it to await a wealthy family's daughter whom he had fallen in love with. However, the maiden was prevented from meeting the woodcutter, so she [[suicide|hung]] herself. Rumpoey is touched by the story. [[Image:SalaAwaitingtheMaiden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dum and Rumpoey as children, at Sala Awaiting the Maiden.]] On the way home, they collide with a boat carrying three boys, who taunt Rumpoey. Dum defends Rumpoey, is struck with an oar and then their boat overturns. He rescues Rumpoey but is late in coming home. So he is punished by his father, who lashes the boy's back with a rattan cane. Rumpoey, feeling sorry for getting Dum into trouble, buys him a harmonica to replace the flute she broke. Shifting back to present time, Dum and Mahesuan ride to an old [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple, where they swear a [[blood brother|blood oath]] in front of the [[Buddharupa|Buddha statue]]. Meanwhile, Captain Kumjorn is eager to bring law and order to the [[American Old West|wild west]] of [[Suphanburi Province]]. In 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 propelled grenade|grenade launchers]] to decimate the police. Kumjorn is captured, and Dum is ordered by Fai to execute him. Kumjorn pleads with Dum to tell his [[engagement|fiancée]] of his fate, and he pulls out a framed photo of his beloved. Dum is stunned to see a photo of Rumpoey. Mahesuan enters to find Kumjorn gone and Dum with a knife in his chest. [[Image:TearsBlackTiger02.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Captain Kumjorn visits Rumpoey in the governor's mansion.]] As Dum's wound is being treated, he thinks back to one year ago, when he was a university student in [[Bangkok]], where he became re-acquainted with Rumpoey. Dum pleads with her to leave him alone, reasoning that they are from different [[social class]]es and are fated to never be together. Later, Rumpoey is attacked by a gang of male students, the same boys from her childhood boat accident. Dum comes to her rescue but ends up [[expulsion (academia)|expelled]]. Rumpoey finds Dum walking, and offers to give him a ride in her car. She then instructs her driver to take them to a nearby beach. Dum and Rumpoey confide their love for each other, and they agree to meet a year later at Sala Awaiting the Maiden. However, Dum arrives at home and finds his father murdered. He takes his father's rifle, [[Tracking (hunting)|tracks]] the killers and shoots some of them. With one bullet left, he turns the gun on himself, but is stopped by Fai, who has ridden up with his horsemen. Fai recognizes the rifle, saying he had given it to Dum's father years before. Fai then hands Dum a pistol and tells him to finish the job of killing the men who murdered his father. Dum is now an outlaw. Shifting back to the present, where it is the night before Rumpoey's wedding to Kumjorn, she tries to [[hanging|hang]] herself, but is stopped by her maid. Fai, meanwhile, plans to attack the governor's mansion, and Mahesuan, suspecting that Dum intentionally let Kumjorn go free, betrays Dum. A gun battle ensues, but Dum escapes. Dum, dressed in a [[White#Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions|white]] suit, appears at the wedding and warns Kumjorn of Fai's plans to attack. Kumjorn, however, wants to shoot the man he knows as the "Black Tiger" and is his rival for Rumpoey's affection. Fai's men attack and Mahesuan breaks into the mansion, where he discovers Rumpoey, and knocks her unconscious. Mahesuan is carrying Rumpoey away when he meets Dum and demands a rematch gunfight. As a raindrop drips through a hole in the brim of Mahesuan's hat, Dum fires and the bullet rips through Mahesuan's teeth. Dum, next confronted by Kumjorn, reaches into his pocket. Kumjorn, believing that he is reaching for his gun, shoots Dum. But Dum was only reaching for the photograph of Rumpoey that Kumjorn had once carried. As Dum lays dying in the rain with Rumpoey sobbing over him, some of Dum's words from earlier are narrated again – that [[Four Noble Truths|life is suffering]], punctuated only by a never-ending search for happy moments. [[Image:Sombatblacktiger01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Veteran Thai actor Sombat Metanee portrays the villain Fai.]] ==Cast== * [[Chartchai Ngamsan]] as Dum Dua, or Seua Dum (Black Tiger) * [[Suwinit Panjamawat]] as Dum Dua (youth) * [[Stella Malucchi]] as Rumpoey Prasit * [[Supakorn Kitsuwon]] as Mahesuan * Arawat Ruangvuth as Police Captain Kumjorn * [[Sombat Metanee]] as Fai * Pairoj Jaisingha as Phya Prasit (Rumpoey's father) * Naiyana Sheewanun as Rumpoey's maid * Kanchit Kwanpracha as Kamnan Dua (Dum's father) * Chamloen Sridang as Sergeant Yam ==Production== ===Origins=== While ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' has been compared to the [[Revisionist Western|revisionist westerns]] of [[Sam Peckinpah]] and [[Sergio Leone]],<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite web | last = Bradshaw | first = Peter | authorlink = Peter Bradshaw | title = Guardian Unlimited film reviews | publisher = The Guardian | date = 2001-08-24 | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,541554,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Buscombe">{{cite web | last = Buscombe | first = Edward | title = Way Out East | publisher = Sight & Sound | date = 2001-08 | url = http://www.sight-and-sound.org/sightandsound/review/1990 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> director [[Wisit Sasanatieng]] drew on many [[Culture of Thailand|Thai cultural]] influences in the creation of the film, including [[Cinema of Thailand|Thai films]] of the 1950s made by pioneering director [[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 Festival]] in 2000. "Most [[Thai people|Thai]] audiences dislike [[Cinema of Thailand|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."<ref name = "Stephens">{{cite web | last = Stephens | first = Chuck | title = Tears of the Black Tiger – Review | publisher = Film Comment | date = May 2001 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373521 | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref> "What I saw in them was a way to stay true to the spirit of those old styles of Thai filmmaking, as well as a way to make them new again. And none of the older generation of filmmakers impressed me more than [[Rattana Pestonji]]."<ref name = "Stephens">{{cite web | last = Stephens | first = Chuck | title = Tears of the Black Tiger – Review | publisher = Film Comment | date = May 2001 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373521 | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref> In addition to Rattana's 1950s and 1960s drama films, ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' draws on 1960s and 1970s Thai action cinema, derisively termed by critics as ''raberd poa, khaow pao kratom'' ("bomb the mountain, burn the huts") films. Among the stars from this era were [[Mitr Chaibancha]] and [[Sombat Metanee]], who co-stars as gang leader Fai.<ref name="Tony Rayns">{{cite web | last = Rayns | first = Tony | authorlink = Tony Rayns | title = Dinosaur get out! | publisher = Cinemas Online | date = 2001-03-11 | url = http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/blacktiger/interview.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> Wisit has acknowledged the influence of Leone's [[Spaghetti Western]]s but has said, "mine is '[[Tom yum| Tom Yum Goong]] cowboys' because at one time cowboys were very popular in Thai films as you can see in Mitr Chaibancha's films."<ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> Still more influences include the novels of Thai humorist [[Por Intharapalit]] and an old Thai pop ballad, "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bids the Sky Farewell"). "I do love those 'rain' songs. I kept picturing a beautiful frame of two guys shooting each other in the rain. And that sparked it all," Wisit said in an interview for the film's production notes.<ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> Initially ''Fon Sang Fah'' was to be the title of the film, but eventually ''Fah talai jone'' (literally "the heavens strike the thief") was chosen because the name has different meanings depending on the context. In addition to being the Thai name for an herb, [[Andrographis paniculata]], ''Fah talai jone'' "can convey either a sense of obsoleteness or the feel of great [[chic (style)|chic]]," the director said.<ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> "In terms of the film it refers to [[predestination]], in which most Thais believe. To put it frankly, the main reason is simply because I liked the name." <ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> ===Production design, lighting, processing=== ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' was the directorial debut for Wisit, who had previously penned the [[screenplay]]s for the 1950s-set teenage gangster tale ''[[Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters]]'' and the historical Thai ghost legend, ''[[Nang Nak]]'', both directed by [[Nonzee Nimibutr]], who produced ''Tears of the Black Tiger''. Production design was by Ek Iemchuen, a classmate of Wisit's from [[Silpakorn University]] who also worked on ''Nang Nak'' and ''Dang Bireley's'' as well as the 2001 period drama, ''[[Jan Dara]]'', also by Nonzee.<ref name="Production notes">{{cite web | title = Production notes | work = Press kit | publisher = Magnolia Pictures | url = http://www.magpictures.com/films/blacktiger/blacktiger.doc | format = doc | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> [[Image:Fahtalaijonepromostill.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mahesuan and Dum face off in a gunfight in front of a painted background.]] The production designs reflects traditional aspects of [[Culture of Thailand|Thai culture]]. For example, the first gun battle between Mahesuan and Dum is set on what is obviously a [[sound stage]] with a painted [[theatrical scenery|backdrop]], a setting that is similar to [[Dance of Thailand|likay]], a Thai form of folk opera. "I wanted the audience to feel like they're reading a novel with moving illustrations," Wisit said. "It's pure imagination and completely unrealistic. I wanted to try and go back to our roots. I wanted to make a link between the traditional and the contemporary in our own style."<ref name="Roddick">{{cite web | last = Roddick | first = Nick | title = Keep watching the Thais | publisher = Preview Online | date = 2001-05 | url = http://www.preview-online.com/may_june2001/feature_articles/blacktiger/ | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> Over-[[Saturation (color theory)|saturated]] [[color]]s were used to reflect scenes of rural Thailand, which the director saw as bright and colorful. Walls on the sets and locations were painted pink or green, and [[lighting]] was used to achieve the saturation. The film was treated in the [[color grading]] process by transferring it to digital [[Betacam]] tape and then back to [[35 mm film|35&nbsp;mm film]].<ref name="Roddick">{{cite web | last = Roddick | first = Nick | title = Keep watching the Thais | publisher = Preview Online | date = 2001-05 | url = http://www.preview-online.com/may_june2001/feature_articles/blacktiger/ | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> [[The Pang Brothers|Oxide Pang]], working as a [[telecine]] colorist, won a special effects award in Thailand for his work.<ref name="Film Bangkok">{{cite web | title=Film Bangkok | work=Mirror of official site at Asia.Travel.ru | url=http://asia.travel.ru/others/fahtalaijone/english/more/index.html | accessdate= 2007-01-09}}</ref> Wisit was able to experiment with the set design and lighting effects in a commercial he directed for [[Wrangler Jeans]], which featured the film's leading man, Chartchai Ngamsan, as a boxer.<ref name="Film Factory">{{cite web | last = Sasanatieng | first = Wisit | authorlink = Wisit Sasanatieng | title = Wrangler Jeans commercial | publisher = Film Factory | url = http://www.filmfactory.org/download/WranglerJeans_boxer.zip | format = zip | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> ===Casting and promotion=== Most of the cast were relative newcomers, whom the director said he chose because he felt established stars would not be able to handle the old-style dialog. [[Chartchai Ngamsan]] and [[Supakorn Kitsuwon]] had previously had supporting roles in ''[[Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters]]''. [[Italy|Italian]]-born, Thailand-raised model and actress [[Stella Malucchi]] was acting in a music video in Bangkok, which was noticed on television by Wisit. He then sought out Malucchi, saying he thought she had the right look for the part of Rumpoey.<ref name = "Stephens">{{cite web | last = Stephens | first = Chuck | title = Tears of the Black Tiger – Review | publisher = Film Comment | date = May 2001 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373521 | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref><ref name="Channel 4">{{cite web | title = Stella Malucchi on Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Channel 4 | url = http://web.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=111944 | accessdate = 2007-01-09}}</ref> He told her later she reminded him of [[Elizabeth Taylor]].<ref name="Channel 4">{{cite web | title = Stella Malucchi on Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Channel 4 | url = http://web.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=111944 | accessdate = 2007-01-09}}</ref> Through costuming and makeup, Malucchi, a "plain [[farang]]", in the words of Wisit,<ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> was transformed into the daughter of a Thai noble family. There are experienced actors in the cast as well, including Sombat Metanee and Naiyana Sheewanun, who worked in the era of Thai filmmaking that Wisit was trying to recreate. Old-style ways of promoting the film were used. In the 1950s, films in Thailand were promoted with [[Serial (literature)|serial]] [[novels]] and radio dramas. Wisit and his wife [[Siripan Techajindawong]], writing under the pen name Koynuch, wrote some chapters that were published for a ''Fah talai jone'' book after the film was released. A radio version of ''Fah talai jone'' was performed while the film was in [[List of cinemas in Thailand|cinemas in Thailand]]. Wisit designed movie posters and print ads that emulated the style of Thai film posters from the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="Tony Rayns">{{cite web | last = Rayns | first = Tony | authorlink = Tony Rayns | title = Dinosaur get out! | publisher = Cinemas Online | date = 2001-03-11 | url = http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/blacktiger/interview.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name = "Channel 4 fact">{{ cite web | title= Film Fact | publisher = Channel 4 | url=http://www.channel4.com/apps26/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=109109&section=filmfact | accessdate=2007-01-09 }}</ref> ==Reception == [[Image:Tears5.jpg|right|thumb|For film festivals, ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' has been marketed as a "spicy Thai western".]] ===Festivals and awards=== ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' opened on [[September 28]], [[2000]], in a wide release for [[List of cinemas in Thailand|Thai cinemas]].<ref name="MovieSeer">{{cite web | title= Tears of the Black Tiger synopsis | publisher = MovieSeer | url=http://www.movieseer.com/MovieProfileBil.asp?moID=144&Channel=2 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> The film was a flop at the domestic box office,<ref name = "Stephens">{{cite web | last = Stephens | first = Chuck | title = Tears of the Black Tiger – Review | publisher = Film Comment | date = May 2001 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373521 | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref><ref name="Jeerawat">{{cite web | last=Na Talang | first=Jeerawat | title= King Naresuan should be great | publisher = The Nation (Thailand) | date = 2007-01-16 | url = http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/01/16/business/business_30024229.php | accessdate = 2007-01-25}}</ref> but it received several awards. At the [[Thailand National Film Association Awards]], the film won best costume design for Chaiwichit Somboon.<ref name="IMDb awards">{{cite web | title = Awards for Fah talai jone | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269217/awards | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> The [[Cinema of Thailand#Film awards|Bangkok Critics Assembly]] awarded Ek Iamchuen for best artistic design, [[Sombat Metanee]] for best supporting actor and Amornbhong Methakunavudh for best film score. The [[Cinema of Thailand#Film awards|Entertainment News Reporters Association of Thailand]] gave ''Phra Suraswadee'', or "Golden Doll", prizes to lyricist Siriphan Techajindawong and arranger Sunthorn Yodseethong for the song "Kamsuanjan" ("The Moon Lament"), Ek Iemchuen for best art direction and [[telecine]] colorist [[The Pang Brothers|Oxide Pang]] for best special effects.<ref name="Film Bangkok">{{cite web | title=Film Bangkok | work=Mirror of official site at Asia.Travel.ru | url=http://asia.travel.ru/others/fahtalaijone/english/more/index.html | accessdate= 2007-01-09}}</ref> ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' was referenced in another Thai film, ''[[Monrak Transistor]]'', in [[2001 in film|2001]]. The comedy by director [[Pen-ek Ratanaruang]] starred [[Supakorn Kitsuwon]], who co-starred in ''Tears'' as Mahesuan. At the [[2006 Bangkok International Film Festival]], ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' was screened as part of a tribute to Sombat Metanee, who portrays the outlaw leader, Fai.<ref name="Bangkok International Film Festival">{{cite web | title = Veteran Actor Sombat Metanee to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award | publisher = 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival | date = 2006-01-19 | url = http://www.bangkokfilm.org/2006/download/press_release/Sombat_Metanee-Eng.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 2006-11-30 }}</ref> The film's North American [[premiere]] was on [[October 5]], [[2000]] at the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], where it won the Dragons and Tigers Award for best new director.<ref name="Senses of Cinema">{{cite web | title= 19th Vancouver International Film Festival Report | publisher = Senses of Cinema | url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/festivals/00/10/viff.html | accessdate=2006-12-16 }}</ref> It was the first Thai film to be screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], where it was in the [[Un Certain Regard]] competition in May 2001.<ref name="Cannes synopsis">{{cite web | title = Un certain regard > Fah Talai Jone | work = Cannes 2001 | publisher = Cannes Film Festival | url = http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=2001147 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Cannes search">{{cite web | title = Cannes Film Festival | work = Search result, Thailand | url = http://www.festival-cannes.fr/aide/search_film.php?langue=6002&titre_film=&realisateur=&acteur=&anneefilm=&paysfilm=THA | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> At the [[Gijón International Film Festival]] in 2001, it won the best art direction award,<ref name="IMDb awards">{{cite web | title = Awards for Fah talai jone | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269217/awards | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> and at the fifth [[Bucheon|Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival]] it won a jury prize.<ref name="Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival">{{cite web | title = Puchon Choice Feature | publisher = Fifth Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival | url = http://history.pifan.com/eng/5th/5th_summary.htm | accessdate= 2006-12-16 }}</ref> Other festival appearances included the [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] in 2001 and the [[Sundance Film Festival]], [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], [[Deauville Asian Film Festival]] and [[Moscow International Film Festival]] in 2002.<ref name="IMDb release dates">{{cite web | title = Release dates for Fah talai jone | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269217/releaseinfo | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> ===Critical reception=== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 76% fresh rating, based on 58 reviews, with an 88% "Cream of the Crop" rating.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web | title = Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Rotten Tomatoes | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tears_of_the_black_tiger/ | accessdate = 2007-12-03 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 69/100, based on 19 reviews, for a "generally favorable" rating.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web | title = Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Metacritic | url = http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/tearsoftheblacktiger | accessdate = 2007-03-15 }}</ref> Critics were "wowed" by the film at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], according to [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', who termed the film a "[[Stir frying|stir-fry]] horse opera [and an] uproarious high-camp cowboy drama."<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite web | last = Bradshaw | first = Peter | authorlink = Peter Bradshaw | title = Guardian Unlimited film reviews | publisher = The Guardian | date = 2001-08-24 | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,541554,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> [[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 artificial action of [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)|The Quick and the Dead]]''. He said the "outlandishly painted backdrops and garish acid colors" reminded him of old Asian movie posters. "The overall effect is hallucinatory, as if we're experiencing someone else's druggy dream."<ref name="Philip French">{{cite web | last = French | first = Philip | authorlink = Philip French | title = Paint your dragon, cowboy | publisher = The Observer | date = 2001-08-26 | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_Film_of_the_week/0,,542486,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-10}}</ref> Chuck Stephens, writing for ''[[Film Comment]]'', said the blend of 1970s Thai action cinema and the [[Spaghetti Western]]s of [[Sergio Leone]] results in a "hybrid of hybrids ... a [[Pad Thai]] western where cowboys covet [[machine gun]]s and swear [[blood oath]]s to one another under the shadow of an impassive Buddha."<ref name = "Stephens">{{cite web | last = Stephens | first = Chuck | title = Tears of the Black Tiger – Review | publisher = Film Comment | date = May 2001 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373521 | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref> The [[BBC]]'s Jason Korsner criticized the film for its "deliberately labored plot," which he said was "offset by some fascinating action sequences, including gunfights which would make [[Quentin Tarantino|Tarantino]] jealous."<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | last = Korsner | first = Jason | title = Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah talai jone) | publisher = BBC | date = 2001-08-23 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/08/20/tears_of_the_black_tiger_2001_review.shtml | accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref> However, ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' magazine's Edward Buscombe called the action "tame by contemporary [[Hollywood]] standards" but said it was "curiously seductive" because of its colorful imagery. Buscombe, as well as Philip French, remarked how ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' contrasted with another [[Asian cinema]] export to the West that year: the balletic [[martial arts film]], ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''.<ref name="Buscombe">{{cite web | last = Buscombe | first = Edward | title = Way Out East | publisher = Sight & Sound | date = 2001-08 | url = http://www.sight-and-sound.org/sightandsound/review/1990 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'' compared the film to 1940s low-budget westerns of [[Lash La Rue]], [[Douglas Sirk]] melodramas, the [[heroic bloodshed]] films of [[John Woo]] and [[George A. Romero]]'s gore-filled horror films. "It's no buried postmodern masterpiece, but it certainly is a jaw-dropper: a delirium-inducing crash course in international trash," Edelstein wrote.<ref name="Edelstein">{{cite web | last = Edelstein | first = David | authorlink = David Edelstein | title = Thai cowboys with rockets | publisher = New York Magazine | date = 2007-01-15 | url = http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/26289/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-09}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented on the [[stoicism|stoic]], [[machismo|macho posturing]] of [[Chartchai Ngamsan]]'s Dum, and the underlying [[homoeroticism]] of the character's relationship with Mahesuan, portrayed by [[Supakorn Kitsuwon]]. "[Rumpoey] may be the love of Dum's life, but there is far more heat and intimacy in his relationship with Mahesuan."<ref name="Scott">{{cite web | last = Scott | first = A. O. | authorlink = A. O. Scott | title = Gun-slinging cowboys in colorful Thailand | publisher = The New York Times | date = 2007-01-12 | url = http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/movies/12tige.html?ex=1200114000&amp;en=915a03ae20e75231&amp;ei=5083&amp;partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-12}}</ref> Elizabeth Weitzman of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' noted the film's appeal as a [[camp (style)#film|camp film]] and as a [[cult film]], saying "the best [[B-movie]]s are both."<ref name="Weitzman">{{cite web | last = Weitzman | first = Elizabeth | title = Wild, wild East | publisher = New York Daily News | date = 2007-01-12 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/moviereviews/story/488073p-410820c.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-13}}</ref> ==Distribution== {{Infobox movie certificates |Austria = MA |Finland = K-15 |France = U |Germany = 16 |Italy = T |Netherlands = 16 |Spain = 13 |Switzerland = 14 |United_Kingdom = 18 |United_States = Unrated }} ===Purchase by Miramax, alternate versions=== International sales rights to ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' were purchased by [[Fortissimo Films]], which marketed a 101-minute "international cut", edited by director Wisit Sasanatieng from the original 110-minute length. The shorter version omits some transitional scenes in order to streamline the pacing of the film.<ref name = "Lim">{{cite web | last = Lim | first = Dennis | title = When Miramax ate a 'Tiger' | publisher = Los Angeles Times | date = 2007-03-02 | url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-et-tears2mar02,1,6918453.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=1&cset=true | accessdate = 2007-03-02}}</ref> This version was released theatrically in several countries, including [[France]], [[the Netherlands]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="IMDb release dates">{{cite web | title = Release dates for Fah talai jone | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269217/releaseinfo | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> Among the deleted scenes are those involving the [[comic relief]] character, Sergeant Yam, Rumpoey's engagement to Captain Kumjorn and other transitional scenes.<ref name="DVD Talk"> {{cite web | title = Tears of the Black Tiger | work = DVD comparisons | publisher = DVD Talk | date = 2005-02-23 | url = http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=280504&highlight=tears+black+tiger | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> Fortissimo sold the [[United States|US]] distribution rights to [[Miramax Films]] during the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="IndieWire">{{cite web | title = Miramax Grabs Sasanatieng's 'Tears of the Black Tiger' | publisher = IndieWire | url = http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010511_briefs.html | accessdate = 2006-12-16 }}</ref> Miramax then sent word that it wanted to alter the film. Wisit offered the company an even shorter version than the international 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 [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]], nobody would like to see something sad."<ref name = "Lim">{{cite web | last = Lim | first = Dennis | title = When Miramax ate a 'Tiger' | publisher = Los Angeles Times | date = 2007-03-02 | url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-et-tears2mar02,1,6918453.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=1&cset=true | accessdate = 2007-03-02}}</ref><ref name="Twitch">{{cite web | title = TIFF Report: Wisit Sasanatieng talks ''Citizen Dog' | publisher = Twitchfilm | date = 2005-09-17 | url = http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003574.html | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> Altering films was routine for Miramax, at the time headed by [[Harvey Weinstein|Harvey]] and [[Bob Weinstein]], who defended their actions by saying the films needed editing to make them marketable to American audiences. Other examples were the Miramax releases of ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' and ''[[Hero (2002 film)|Hero]]''. "I'm not cutting for fun," Harvey Weinstein said in an interview. "I'm cutting for the shit to work. All my life I served one master: the film. I love movies."<ref name = "Mason">{{cite web | last = Mason | first = Ian Garrick | title = When Harvey met Mickey | publisher = New Statesman | date = 2004-10-11 | url = http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.g.mason/Harvey_Weinstein.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> The Miramax version was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in 2002. The company then shelved the film, fearing it would not do well in a wider release.<ref name = "Lim">{{cite web | last = Lim | first = Dennis | title = When Miramax ate a 'Tiger' | publisher = Los Angeles Times | date = 2007-03-02 | url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-et-tears2mar02,1,6918453.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=1&cset=true | accessdate = 2007-03-02}}</ref> This was another routine by the Weinsteins, who delayed releases so they could shift potential money-losing films to future [[fiscal year]]s and ensure they would receive annual bonuses from Miramax's corporate parent, [[The Walt Disney Company]].<ref name = "Epstein">{{cite web | last = Epstein | first = Edward Jay | title = The great illusionist | publisher = Slate | date = 2005-10-10 | url = http://www.slate.com/id/2127757/?nav=tap3 | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> As ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' languished in the Miramax vaults, its [[cult film]] status was heightened and it became a "[[Holy Grail#Casual metaphor|Holy Grail]]" for film fans.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web | last = Goldstein | first = Greg | title = Magnolia cages 'Tiger' in U.S. | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2006-11-28 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib31cec84f9bcdcbaf1f0c4ccc608bbf9 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Weitzman">{{cite web | last = Weitzman | first = Elizabeth | title = Wild, wild East | publisher = New York Daily News | date = 2007-01-12 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/moviereviews/story/488073p-410820c.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-13}}</ref><ref name="Brown">{{cite web | last = Brown | first = Chris | title = Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Opuszine | date = 2004-01-25 | url = http://www.opuszine.com/movie_reviews/review/tears_of_the_black_tiger/ | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref><ref name="Fixins">{{cite web | title = How about a Thai cult film??? | publisher = Fixins Entertainment | date = 2005-04-10 | url = http://www.fixins.com/blogtest/2005/04/how-about-thai-cult-film.html | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> For viewers in the US, the only way to watch it was to purchase the DVD from overseas importers, however some of those versions of the film had also been heavily edited.<ref name="Bourne">{{cite web | last = Bourne | first = Christopher | title = Review: Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Meniscus Magazine | date = 2007 | url = http://www.meniscuszine.com/issue18/2007tears/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref><ref name="DVD Talk"> {{cite web | title = Tears of the Black Tiger | work = DVD comparisons | publisher = DVD Talk | date = 2005-02-23 | url = http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=280504&highlight=tears+black+tiger | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> In late 2006, [[Magnolia Pictures]] acquired the film's distribution rights from Miramax. Magnolia screened the original version of the film in a limited release from January to April 2007 in several US cities.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web | last = Goldstein | first = Greg | title = Magnolia cages 'Tiger' in U.S. | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2006-11-28 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib31cec84f9bcdcbaf1f0c4ccc608bbf9 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref><ref name="Kaiju Shakedown">{{cite web | title = Revenge of the Tears of the Black Tiger | publisher = Kaiju Shakedown | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070126094715/http://www.kaijushakedown.com/2006/11/revenge_of_the_.html | accessdate = 2007-08-08 }}</ref><ref name="Rotten Tomatoes news">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng's Tears of the Black Tiger gets a USA release on January 12, 2007 | publisher = Rotten Tomatoes | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showpost.php?p=9656138&postcount=1 | accessdate= 2006-12-17 }}</ref> ===DVD releases=== The original version of the film, with English subtitles, was released on DVD in Thailand by Digital Right, and it is out of print. A Singaporean [[DVD region code|Region 3]] release, also with English subtitles, had scenes involving [[graphic violence]] cut. The Region 2 release, marketed in Europe by [[Pathé]] and in Region 4 by [[Madman Entertainment]] is the 101-minute "international cut".<ref name="DVD Talk"/> The first DVD release for Region 1 was on April 24, 2007 by [[Magnolia Pictures]], which acquired the original, uncut version of the film.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter"/><ref name="April 24">{{cite web | title = The Tiger hits DVD April 24th | publisher = Twitchfilm.net | date = 2007-02-16 | url = http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/009099.html | accessdate = 2007-02-17 }}</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Infobox Album | Name = Tears of the Black Tiger | Type = soundtrack | Longtype = | Artist = various artists | Cover = Fahtalaijonesoundtrackcover.jpg | Released = 2000 | Recorded = | Genre = [[Big band]] [[jazz]], [[easy listening]] [[pop music|pop]] | Length = 38:20 | Label = [[BEC-TERO|BEC-TERO Entertainment]] | Producer = | Reviews = * [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=1129 Music from the Movies] {{rating-5|3}} | Last album = | This album = | Next album = }} Just as ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' has been compared to the [[Spaghetti Western]]s of director [[Sergio Leone]], the music in the film has been likened to the scores [[Ennio Morricone]] composed for Leone's films.<ref name="Buscombe">{{cite web | last = Buscombe | first = Edward | title = Way Out East | publisher = Sight & Sound | date = 2001-08 | url = http://www.sight-and-sound.org/sightandsound/review/1990 | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> However, the score is sourced from the types of [[big band]] [[jazz]] and [[pop music]] sounds that were [[Music of Thailand|heard in Thailand]] in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the songs is the 1940s Thai pop ballad, "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bids the Sky Farewell").<ref name="Thai Movies">{{cite web | title = Wisit Sasanatieng interview | publisher = Thai Movies | date = 2001 | url = http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/zaqs/rev/ftj.txt | format = txt | accessdate = 2007-01-09 }}</ref> There is also "Mercy," composed by 1940s Thai bandleader and jazz violinist [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], which features whimsical [[fiddle]] playing and [[whistling]]. However, the lyrics to the song, written by Leud Prasomsap, offer a contrast to the mood evoked by the jaunty tune: :''What a miserable life, so alone'' :''No one cares for me'' :''I'm so alone, so lonesome I could die''.<ref name="DVD">{{cite video | people = Sasanatieng, Wisit, dir | title = Fah talai Jone (English subtitles) | medium = DVD | publisher = Digital Right | location = Thailand | date = 2001}}</ref> A traditional song, "Kamsuanjan" ("The Moon Lament"), was arranged with new lyrics by Wisit's wife, [[Siripan Techajindawong]]. She and arranger Sunthorn Yodseethong won the ''Phra Suraswadee'' ("Golden Doll") prize for best song from the Entertainment News Reporters Association of Thailand.<ref name="Film Bangkok">{{cite web | title=Film Bangkok | work=Mirror of official site at Asia.Travel.ru | url=http://asia.travel.ru/others/fahtalaijone/english/more/index.html | accessdate= 2007-01-09}}</ref> ===Track listing=== A soundtrack CD was issued around the time the film was released. The first half of the CD is songs with vocals. The songs are then repeated as instrumentals. # "Mercy" – composed by Leud Prasomsap and [[Eua Sunthornsanan]]); performed by Veera Bamrungsri (3:01) # "Kamsuanjan" ("The Moon Lament") – traditional, lyrics by [[Wisit Sasanatieng]] and [[Siripan Techajindawong]]; performed by Yaowaret Methakhunnawut (3:23) # "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bid the Sky Farewell") – composed by Salai Krailoed and Suthin Thesarak; performed by Kamonwan Thasanon (2:49) # "Destiny" – composed by Kaew Achariyakun and Wet Sunthonjamon; performed by Niwat Charoenmit (2:55) # "Beautiful Beach" – composed by Sakon Mitranon and Sanae Komarachun; performed by Kamonwan Thasanon (3:10) # "Splendid Night Sky" – composed by Kaew Achariyakun and Eua Sunthornsanan; performed by Yaowaret Mathakhunnawut (3:04) # "Mercy" – composed by Eua Sunthornsanan (3:01) # "Kamsuanjan" ("The Moon Lament") – traditional (3:24) # "Fon Sang Fah" ("When the Rain Bid the Sky Farewell") – composed by Suthin Thesarak (2:51) # "Destiny" – composed by Wet Sunthonjamon (2:55) # "Beautiful Beach" – composed by Sanae Komarachun (3:11) # "Splendid Night Sky" – composed by Eua Sunthornsanan (3:04) # "Horse Riding" (1:04)<ref name="Soundtrack Collector">{{cite web | title = Soundtrack track listing | publisher = Soundtrack Collector | url = http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=53994 | accessdate = 2006-12-14 }}</ref> ==References and notes== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * [http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=24307868-9b60-42e8-9a73-47efea0f8758 Synopsis and trailer] at [[Magnolia Pictures]] * [http://www.filmbangkok.com/tears.htm Official site] at Film Bangkok {{th icon}} * {{imdb title|id=0269217|title=Fah talai jone}} * {{amg movie|id=1:270415|title=Tears of the Black Tiger}} * {{metacritic film|id=tearsoftheblacktiger|title=Tears of the Black Tiger}} * ''[http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Tears+of+the+Black+Tiger Tears of the Black Tiger]'' at the [[Movie Review Query Engine]] * {{rotten-tomatoes|id=tears_of_the_black_tiger|title=Tears of the Black Tiger}} * {{mojo title|id=tearsoftheblacktiger|title=Tears of the Black Tiger}} * [http://www.movieseer.com/MovieProfileBil.asp?moID=144&Channel=2 ''Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone)'' at MovieSeer] * ''[http://www.cityonfire.com/thai/tearsblacktiger.html Tears of the Black Tiger]'' at CityOnFire.com {{-}} {{Wisit Sasanatieng}} {{CinemaofThailand}} [[Category:2000 films]] [[Category:Thai films]] [[Category:Thai-language films]] [[Category:Five Star Production films]] [[Category:Neo-Western films]] [[Category:Romantic western films]] [[Category:Directorial debut films]] [[fr:Les Larmes du tigre noir]] [[th:ฟ้าทะลายโจร (ภาพยนตร์)]]