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Phuket Siam Niramit
7 TOP 10 FILMS SHOT ON PHUKET
MAP K2 • Chalermprakiet
Road, Ratsada, north of Phuket Town
• 07633 5000 • Open 5:30–10:30pm
Wed–Mon • www.siamniramit.com
A tasteful but lively cultural show­
case of the best of Thai classical
dance, music, and martial arts, with
top­level performers and special
effects. The show itself runs from
8:30–10pm, but it’s best to arrive
early to enjoy the Thai village, and
floating market on the grounds.
Good for the whole family. Scene from Tomorrow Never Dies
Patong Boxing Stadium
8 1 The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974)
Phuket’s top venue to watch
Muay Thai presents real fights every This 007 movie featured Ko Khao
Phing Kan (see p36), now popularly
Monday and Thursday night. known as James Bond Island.
Foreigners who train at the local 2 The Killing Fields (1984)
gyms frequently get onto the cards Based on Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
against each other, or local Thai regime, this movie shows Phuket’s
boxers, and these French and US embassies.
fights are often 3 Good Morning, Vietnam
among the most (1987)
exciting. Early Starring Robin Williams and
evening fights pit Chintara Sukapatana, this film’s
younger, light­ jungle scenes were shot on Phuket.
weight boxers 4 Casualties of War (1989)
against one Brian De Palma’s Vietnam War film
another; the features very realistic jungle scenes
bouts gradually filmed on Phuket.
build up toward 5 Cutthroat Island (1995)
the main event Muay Thai, Starring Geena Davis, this pirate film
(see p18). Patong Stadium was shot in secluded Maya Bay on
Ko Phi Phi Leh (see p100).
Fire Dancing
9 6 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Popular on Ko Phi Phi Don’s
Phang Nga Bay (see p36–7) was
beaches, and in some of Patong’s portrayed as Vietnam’s Halong Bay
beachfront hotels, this rare perform­ in this 007 film.
ance art features flaming staffs and 7 The Beach (2000)
poi spinning in the darkness to Ko Phi Phi Leh’s Maya Bay stole the
pulsating music. To watch these show in this movie by Danny Boyle.
glowing rays of light is mes merizing, 8 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge
and in photographs the fire dancers of the Sith (2005)
often appear to be playing with halos. Backdrops from Krabi province were
featured in this movie.
Go-Go Bars
0 9 The Impossible (2012)
Patong, in particular Bangla
Shot and set in Khao Lak, this is based
Road, is well known for its many on the true story of a Spanish family
adult venues. Club promoters stroll caught up in the 2004 tsunami.
the street with programs describing 10 Patong Girl (2014)
what will be on stage that night. This follows a German family’s visit to
Always use your best judgment when Phuket, where the teenage son falls in
entering any bar, and make sure you love with a transgender Thai woman.
ask for prices before ordering.

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