May 4, 2006
The producers of a Thai horror film reportedly based on a notorious Khmer Rouge torture centre said on Thursday they are seeking a meeting with Cambodian officials to officially apologise for the movie.
The producers have sent a letter to the Cambodian ambassador in Bangkok, requesting a meeting with officials in Phnom Penh to apologise "for any misrepresentation and misinterpretation of any part of the movie," they said in a statement.
"Ghost Game," released in Thailand last month, tells the story of 10 reality game show contestants who stayed in a haunted prison, where they must confront the atrocities that occurred there to win an huge cash prize.
The film takes place in a fictional Security Prison 11, which closely resembles the Khmer Rouge's Tuol Sleng prison, or S-21, where some 16,000 men, women and children were tortured before being executed.
The movie sparked complaints from Cambodian government which said the country's tragic history was being exploited. The culture ministry says it will seize any copies of the film found in Cambodia.
Producers Ngr Company said a more detailed disclaimer has been placed on the movie to express "once again our heartfelt apology and express that all locations, activities and persons depicted in Ghost Game are fiction not fact."
Co-producers Tifa Company last week issued an emotional public apology for the film in Bangkok, saying they never thought it would offend Cambodians.
The filmmakers originally planned to shoot the movie in Cambodia but changed their minds after concerns about the sensitivity of the issue. The entire movie was shot in Thailand instead.
The producers have sent a letter to the Cambodian ambassador in Bangkok, requesting a meeting with officials in Phnom Penh to apologise "for any misrepresentation and misinterpretation of any part of the movie," they said in a statement.
"Ghost Game," released in Thailand last month, tells the story of 10 reality game show contestants who stayed in a haunted prison, where they must confront the atrocities that occurred there to win an huge cash prize.
The film takes place in a fictional Security Prison 11, which closely resembles the Khmer Rouge's Tuol Sleng prison, or S-21, where some 16,000 men, women and children were tortured before being executed.
The movie sparked complaints from Cambodian government which said the country's tragic history was being exploited. The culture ministry says it will seize any copies of the film found in Cambodia.
Producers Ngr Company said a more detailed disclaimer has been placed on the movie to express "once again our heartfelt apology and express that all locations, activities and persons depicted in Ghost Game are fiction not fact."
Co-producers Tifa Company last week issued an emotional public apology for the film in Bangkok, saying they never thought it would offend Cambodians.
The filmmakers originally planned to shoot the movie in Cambodia but changed their minds after concerns about the sensitivity of the issue. The entire movie was shot in Thailand instead.
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