Magic Lizard

Magic Lizard
Directed by Sompote Sands
Produced by Sompote Sands
Wannee Thanarungroj
Starring
  • Lor Tok
  • Der Doksadao
  • Hiew Fah
  • Si Tao
  • Lak Apichart
Production
company
Chaiyo Productions Co., Ltd.
Distributed by Chaiyo Productions Co., Ltd.
Release date
 1985
Running time
 107 minutes
Country Thailand
Language Thai

Magic Lizard (Thai: กิ้งก่ากายสิทธิ์; RTGS: Kingka Kaiyasit; lit: Magic lizard) is a Thai comedy, fantasy, adventure, monster film directed and produced by Sompote Sands released in 1985.

Summary

Magic lizard is large lizard guarding the crystal under the base of the pagoda of the Temple of Dawn, and suddenly this crystal mane was stolen by Mars aliens. Magic lizard had to go to the aid of the giant guardian, while is have to run to various locations throughout Thailand such as Bridge on the River Kwai, The Death Railway or Phae Mueang Phi, and to escape the hunt of people who want it to remove is to the show. Magic lizard will have to adventure with things such as man-eating crocodile, wild elephants with tiger, mother and baby black bear, train runners, giant mosquitoes and skeleton ghost in the treasure cave.

Production and reception

The concept of Magic Lizard came from director/producer Sompote Sands' nephew who had studied in Australia and brought a frilled lizard which is an endemic species. He saw it as cute and made it as a main character.

The film was released in Japan by NHK in the Japanese title "エリマケトカゲ一人旅" (Erimaketokage hitoritabi; lit: "frilled lizard alone travel"). But the released in Thailand, it appears that the income is not good. Because at that time, a most of people are fond of a Hong Kong's wuxia series in the form of video tapes. As a result, the film was copied as a massively distributed video. Which is copyright infringement, but in the meantime copyright law has not yet been drafted.[1]

After this Sompote traveled to Japan to work about Ultra Series only.[2]

Some critics have cited this film as a cult film.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Viewfinder 2559 (2016-12-12). "Viewfinder101259 3 4 SCOOP : ผมเป็นศิษย์มีครู " สมโพธิ แสงเดือนฉาย "". ASTV Manager (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Master อุลตร้าแมนเทป 2". Nation TV (in Thai). 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. ↑ "ALL MY WATCHED FILMS IN 2009 [part 1: jan - mar]". m.exteen.com (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-06-10.
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