Bangkok Hilton
1989
A young woman goes in search of the father she has never known. Her trip takes her from Australia, to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport.... Read more
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers |
|---|---|
| Director | Ken Cameron |
| Genres | Drama |
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Bangkok Hilton
A young woman goes in search of the father she has never known. Her trip takes her from Australia, to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport....
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers, Norman Kaye, Jerome Ehlers, Judy Morris |
|---|---|
| Director | Ken Cameron |
| Studio | DELTA VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 29 Aug 2000 Production year: 1989 |
| Format | DVD |
Bangkok Hilton (2 discs) (1989)
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34 out of 35 people found this review helpful
Bangkok Hilton
This Australian series came out in the late eighties and gripped Australian viewers. It is thrilling, sad, hopeful. An innocent woman in life and love tries to find her real father and travels to London from Australia. She meets a man who hides inside her camera bag, a stash of drugs which are uncovered by customs in Bangkok. She is of course, inoccent - her so called boyfriend the culprit. Realising the seriousness of her situation and coming to realise Thailand's hard line against drugs and the real possibility she could face the death penalty, she contacts a lawyer who knows her father. He agrees to help her and her father represents her. Kidman, at first has no idea who the man representing her is - he is played by Elliot who is superb as a disgraced army officer from the Japanese war - living in Thailand and coping with alcoholism. It goes deep into the characters and Kidman's cell mate is brilliant. It climaxes into a thrilling conclusion with many questions answered. The fact that Thailand is so strict with drugs, you feel a real empathy and sypathy toward the inoccent and naive Kidman. If you can get past the initial two epsisodes, it culminates into a brilliant series that you will want to watch again.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Frustrating & gripping
I watched this series when it first came out & enjoyed it at the time & after watching it again after so long I was pleased that I could not remember the ending so looked forward to watching the 2nd disc. A bit dated for those who like hi-tech & up to the minute entertainment but I'm sure there are many women out there who would enjoy this drama. I remember this being the very first thing I saw Nicole Kidman in & have followed her stuff ever since. The only thing wrong for me I thought some of the prison stuff came across as unreal - I'm sure it would be a lot harder in reality.
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