Dozens of movie theatres around town show Thai, Chinese, Indian and western movies. The majority of films shown are comedies and shoot-em-ups, with the occasional drama slipping through. These theatres are air-con and quite comfortable, with reasonable rates (40B to 1OOB). All movies in Thai theatres are preceded by the Thai royal anthem. Everyone in the theatre is expected to stand respectfully for the duration of the anthem.

          Movie ads appear daily in both The Nation and the Bangkok Post, listings in The Nation include addresses and program times. Bangkok Metro magazine will carry details of film festivals or other special events when they are scheduled.

          Foreign films am often altered before distribution by Thailand's board of censors; usually this involves obscuring nude sequences, although gun fights are sometimes also edited from the film. Film buffs may prefer the weekly or twice weekly offerings at Bangkok's foreign cultural clubs. French and German films screened at the cultural clubs are almost always subtitled in English. Admission is sometimes free, sometimes 30B to 40B. For addresses and phone numbers see the Cultural Centres section in this chapter.

The main theatres showing commercial English-language films are :

Central 5,6,7
4th floor, Central Plaza Lat Phrao
Tel : (02-541 1370)

Lat Phrao 7
6th floor. Imperial world Lat Phrao
Tel : 02-934 9399, 934 940014)

Major Cineplex
Soi 61, Th Sukhumvit
Tel : (02-714 2828)

Pleonchit Cineplace
Pleonchit Plaza, Th Pleonchit
Tel : (02-639 0064/5)

Seacon 14
4th floor, Seacon Square, Th Sinakharin
Tel : (02-721 9418)

United Artists
6th floor, The Emporium, Th Sukhumvit
Tel : (02-664 8771)

United Artists
7th and 8th floor, Central Plaza, Th Ratchada-Rama III
Tel : (02-673 6060/88)

World Trade 1,2,3
6th floor, World Trade Centre, Ratprasong intersection
Tel : (02-256 9500)

World Trade 4,5
basement floor, World Trade Centre, Ratprasong intersection
Tel : (02-255 9500)

          Of these cinemas, the most state-of-the-art sound and projection facilities are at Ploenchit Cineplace and United Artists (the Central Plaza and Emporium locations).

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