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Eviction (1999) Tom Waller

February 16th 2023

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Former Chiang Rai Governor Disappointed with “The Cave” Movie

Chiang Rai’s former governor Narongsak Osottanakorn, has expressed disappointment in Tom Waller’s movie “The Cave”. He said the film does not depict all the details of the real-life drama and is wrong in some places.

Narongsak along with some members of the team involved in the cave rescue attended the premiere of Tom Waller’s movie “The Cave” on Monday night. The cave is about the rescue of the young footballers and their coach from Tham Luang cave last year.

Governor Narongsak, was the commander of the Joint Administration Centre for Rescue Operations at Tham Luang.

“I really appreciate the film, Narongsak said. It shows how difficult was it to bring children and their coach out of the cave. Like everyone else, I really didn’t think it would be that hard at the beginning but it was only when I was there, in front of the cave, that I fully appreciated the difficulties involved.

The thousands of people who amassed in the area certainly didn’t make it any easier. Sadly the movie does not mention our four-part action plan. Namely to pump out as much water as a diver needs to help the children out; to explore the top of the hill to find an alternative entrance; to find the path of the water that flows into the cave; and identify the thinnest part of the cave wall to find where the children were and then drill,” he said.

He also felt uneasy about the assault on the Thai government officers shown in the movie.

Waller defends his choices in making “The Cave”

Waller told the Nation the film shows the rescue of the children from the cave by the team who participated in the real event. “I wasn’t there so my information comes from those who had interesting stories. Including one about a person who wanted to help but didn’t know who to contact. Also someone else who had to submit the ID card to receive a visitor’s pass. I wanted a balanced movie, not one that is biased. There were many elements in this movie”

Waller later posted on his Facebook page: “Last night, I went to the premiere of The Cave and fortunately met the governor. In the first 20 minutes, he told me off for using false information in the trailer. He said it shouldn’t be claimed as being based on a true story. He was so busy that he didn’t introduce himself to Jim Warny. I don’t want him to criticize the movie for the wrong information since he didn’t even watch the whole film. I admit there were changes but it’s a film.”

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Film "The Cave" About the Dramatic Rescue of the Wild Boars Football Team Trapped in Tham Luang Cave to be Released in July 2019

  CHIANG RAI -Thai-Irish film director Tom Waller who took just weeks to shoot the first film about the dramatic cave rescue of the Wild Boars football team says his focus is on authenticity and the mission’s “unsung” heroes, with book publishers and Hollywood studios jostling to make their versions of the saga.

Tom Waller says The Cave, which is aiming for Thai release for the July anniversary of the operation, will be a “genuine” retelling of the gripping mission to extract the 12 boys and their coach from the waterlogged Tham Luang cave.

Its cast features more than a dozen of the real-life rescue heroes as well as extras such as the cooks who provided food round-the-clock as officials and the world’s media massed at the cave entrance.

The Wild Boars spent more than a fortnight trapped in the dark before divers rescued them in an mission of unprecedented complexity – diving the boys out through twisting passageways while they were heavily sedated.

Waller, a Thai citizen with an Irish father and whose work includes The Last Executioner, said he did not immediately think he would take on the project despite its real-life dramatic arc.

“I thought it was going to be just a magnet for vultures who wanted to cash in,” he told AFP at the office for De Warrenne Pictures in Bangkok.

But then he started dwelling on all the people involved in the extraction, the volunteer spirit of the rescue, and the “unsung heroes that weren’t in the newspapers”.

“So for me it was almost a question of either make the film now or shut up and wait until Hollywood’s made the film and enjoy it like everyone else.”

Waller hopes his Thai background may also give him an edge over bigger name foreign directors, while the swift turnaround meant memories are still fresh in the minds of those who took part in both the rescue and the movie.

Challenges Remained During the Shoot.

The real Tham Luang cave, in northern Chiang Rai province, is off limits so locations recreating the waterlogged, claustrophobic conditions had to be scouted across the country.

The Cave also broad brushes over some of the scandalous strands of the drama, which have led to law suits and angry social media squabbles.

“People keep asking, who is playing Elon Musk?” Waller said, referring to the Tesla CEO’s attempt to provide a submarine and his legal battles with a rescuer whom he insulted on Twitter.

The trailer will be launched at the Berlin Film Festival next month, getting out ahead of bigger, better-funded projects believed to be in the works that may have a wider reach outside of Thailand.

The cave saga has been hungrily-eyed as a money-spinner, with foreign-scripted books and films lining up to gain official approval from the ministry of culture to shoot or interview the boys at the heart of the drama.

Seven months since the rescue, at least six books about the rescue are listed on Amazon while speculation is rife that Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu might enter the fray.

But while large Hollywood studios might stack the cast with A-listers and tinker with the plot for dramatic purposes, Waller’s film prides itself on its tethering to reality.

“Everything in the movie is 100 per cent true,” said Jim Warny, 36, a Belgian who lives in Ireland and belongs to the niche world of cave divers who were called on to help, and who starred as himself in The Cave.

An electrician by training, Warny told AFP that the period after the rescue was intense, with rescuers inundated with offers, including a request to take reality TV presenters cave diving.

Waller built a different level of trust with him and the verite vision appealed to him.

“A lot of people just wanted to buy life rights or exclusivity, and waving a contract at you and not really focusing on the story before giving you a big lump of cash,” said Warny.

“That was something Tom didn’t do.”

By Agence France-Presse

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Filmmaker Tom Waller Begins Shooting Wild Boars Rescue Drama "The Cave, Nang Non"

CHIANG RAI – Tom Waller, a Thai filmmaker with Irish heritage, has started filming a movie featuring the multinational operation to rescue the “Wild Boars” football team and their deputy coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave in July.

The film, called “The Cave, Nang Non”, captures the tense international efforts to rescue the 13 members of the team, that gripped the world’s attention for days.

The youngsters were praised for their bravery throughout their ordeal and rescuers were lauded for their successful life-threatening efforts to reach them.

Thai former marine Saman Kunan lost his life during the mission.

Waller told foreign media recently: “We want to tell the story of those brave people who selflessly risked their lives to save the boys and their coach. To do it right we need to be as accurate as possible and that is why we are enlisting the help of the real life heroes like Jim [Warny] and bringing him to Shannon Airport to retell his story.”

The film’s Facebook page shows a photo of Thai veteran actor, Nirut Sirijanya, sitting on a chair with the cave in the background.

Nirut is believed to play then Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn, who commanded the successful rescue operations.

Filming is to take place in Ireland and Thailand until the end of December and the film is expected to be released next year.

Waller was a producer of independent feature films, with Butterfly Man (2002), Ghost of Mae Nak (2005), The Elephant King (2006) amongst the titles produced through his production company De Warrenne Pictures.

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The Last Executioner / เพชฌฆาต (2014)

The Last Executioner（เพชฌฆาต） Tom Waller│2014│Thailand│color ：「你是否曾經躊躇猶疑過？」 ：「我是（死刑）執行者，不是殺人兇手。 改編自真實的傳記故事，電影的主角是泰國監獄體系最後一位以機槍執行死刑的行刑手 Chavoret Jaruboon，描述他在泰國 Bang Kwang 監獄擔任機槍行刑手十九年，作為一個敬業、為家庭奉獻的男人，Chavoret 如何在行刑手的身分與身為一個丈夫之間拿捏，而他又如何在善惡業報之間掙扎與協調？（這對我而言是這整個故事最為有趣的地方） 導演 Tom Waller 出生在泰國，父親是愛爾蘭的天主教徒而母親則是篤信佛教的泰國人，在英國接受電影訓練，2002年回到泰國從事電影獨立製作的工作；2011年執導了第一部泰國電影 Mindfulness and Murder（ศพไม่เงียบ / Sop-mai-ngeap，直譯是：不沉默的屍體），描述曼谷寺廟發生了謀殺案，偵探跟隨一位男孩穿梭在這城錯綜複雜的渠道抽絲剝繭追查兇手的故事。而 這部電影 The Last Executioner 是導演的第二部執導的長片，目前還在後製中。