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Bangkok Hilton ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Welcome to the Bangkok
Hilton Page! Here you’ll find screencaps and quotes of yet another
aussie mini-series Hugo Weaving starred in, this time as lawyer Richard
Carlisle, together with a young Nicole Kidman as Katrina Stanton and Denholm Elliott as Hal Stanton.
Katrina’s search for her father takes her to England
where she finds his family. Despite their disapproval Katrina is determined
to find him and at the last minute her Uncle gives her the address of a firm
of lawyers in Bangkok who look after the Stanton family business and may know
of Hal’s whereabouts. While in London, Katrina meets and falls under the
spell of charming Arkie Regan who suggests they fly
to Australia via Goa and gives Katrina a camera as
a present to record the trip. After an idyllic week together, Katrina
persuades Arkie to accompany her to Thailand to
help find her father. The trip proves unsuccessful so the couple decides to
return to Australia together. At the airport Katrina’s camera case is searched and
8 kilos of heroin are found and suddenly Arkie has
disappeared without a trace. In the nightmare that follows Katrina swears she
is innocent but no-one will listen. She is imprisoned in the “Bangkok Hilton”
a notorious prison where she has to fight to survive whilst awaiting her
trial, knowing that if she’s found
guilty she will face execution. Her only contact in Bangkok is her father’s
solicitor, Richard Carlisle, and so Hal Stanton unbeknown to her finally
meets his daughter and becomes her only hope for release. Touched by his
daughter’s courage and convinced of her innocence, Hal is determined to save
her, and by doing so, perhaps himself. The legal battle is lost, and all
seems hopeless until Hal, forced to face up to his own experience of
imprisonment and to recall the terrible memories he has tried for so long to
suppress, comes up with a daring plan, Escape. (from the DVD cover) The first part
of the mini-series starts off a bit slow, telling of Hal and Katrina’s
mother’s meeting and how they fell in love. Nevertheless, you’re gradually
drawn into the story and the last two episodes are really outstanding. I
especially liked the sort of father-son relationship between Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott) and Richard Carlisle (Hugo Weaving). Screencaps Quotes …they've stopped the money have they? …no, the breweries are safe… ******* …twenty years ago you were the funny
man who drank a lot and sung songs from South Pacific… ******* …it's the law. It's how I've been
raised. It's all that stands between us and chaos… Home Biography Filmography Galleries Soundfiles Links Contact
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