Teng is again Monk Teng but it's not a Monk Teng movie

Veteran comedian Pongsak "Teng Terdterng" Pongsuwan is back on the big screen as Monk Teng in Teng Nong Jiwon Bin (เท่งโหน่ง จีวรบิน), the third entry in the Teng Nong/Nong Teng franchise produced by Sahamongkol Film International.

The movie pairs Teng up with his TV-show co-star Choosak "Nong" Iamsuk.

Teng became a major movie star in 2005 when he played Monk Teng in Luangpee Teng (หลวงพี่เท่ง), a.k.a. The Holy Man, which was a smash-hit comedy by the then-new studio Phranakorn Production.

He played a monk who comes to a downtrodden temple in a small town, and helps the residents in their fight with a local gangster, played by Somlek Sakdikul.

Teng then shifted his big-screen efforts over to the Work Point studio, which makes the TV variety shows he stars in. Work Point has a production partnership with Phranakorn's bigger rival Sahamongkol Film International.

With Sahamongkol, Teng and his Ching Roi Ching Lan TV-game show co-star Choosak "Nong" Iamsuk teamed up for 2006's Nong Teng, Nak Leng Phukhao Thong (โหน่ง เท่ง นักเลงภูเขาทอง), a historical comedy that surrounded the making of the lost 1923 silent film Nang Sao Suwan. They followed that up in 2007 with Teng Nong Khon Ma Ha Hear (เท่งโหน่งคนมาหาเฮีย), which was some sort of crime comedy set in the present day and having nothing do with the earlier film.

Meanwhile, Phranakorn forged ahead with the Monk Teng franchise, which was created by producer-director Note Chernyim. Luangpee Teng 2 had the rapper Joey Boy in monk's robes, preaching rapid-fire sermons that inspired residents of a downtrodden town. The most recent effort, last year's Luangpee Teng 3 had rock stars Noi Sukosol and Oui Buddha Bless in saffron and shaved heads, backed up by the Harley-riding Ad Carabao.

But now Teng is back as Monk Teng, even if Teng Nong Jiwon Bin isn't a Monk Teng movie, it's a Teng Nong movie.

But the movies all look about the same, with the usual cast of comedians who seem to appear in every comedy film. So audiences can be excused if they don't make the distinction or pay attention to what studio the movies are from.

In Teng Nong Jiwon Bin, co-directed by Teng and Smith Timsawat, Teng is a Buddhist monk on a pilgrimage. He is aiming to return to Thailand and is offered a ride on a cargo plane by a wealthy jeweler, played Nong in a ridiculous fake mustache. The flight turns into something that's right out of Con Air thanks to a gang of thieves, led by a hot-headed "Tao" Somchai Kemklad.

Comic relief is offered by familiar faces, among them actress "Tukky" Sudarat Butrprom as a flight attendant, along with comic actors Somlek Sakdikul. Kom Chuanchuen leads a band of ghost-faced jihadists. New-face actress "Mo" Amina Phinit gives the boys something to look at.
There's trailer at YouTube.

I guess it's okay for monks to pilot airplanes?

Oneminutesjr shorts from the Luang Prabang Film Festival

The 15 one-minute movies by Laotian youths that opened last year's Luang Prabang Film Festival are online and you can watch them all.

Meanwhile, LPFF festival director Gabriel Kuperman is interviewed at Travelfish, and he says the fest's second edition is in the works and is set for December 3 to 10.

Thailand's next top catfighter

There's a reality-style TV show on in Thailand called The Acting Queen, in which 12 aspiring actresses scream, scratch and claw at each other, eliminating the weakest until one stands alone and is guaranteed a place in the pantheon of Thai cinema and television.

The Bangkok Post has a story about it, including an interview with the show's host, Marsha Wattanapanich, the veteran singer-actress who contemporary Thai cinema fans might recognize from the GTH horrors Alone and Phobia 2.

The panel of judges includes Ong-Bak and Chocolate producer-director Prachya Pinkaew, who directed the actresses in a stunt scene in which they were "fighting bad guys [then] escaping a bomb explosion and calmly walking away from a wall of fire, captured by five cameras." He's looking for a movie star:

"The TV show aims to find a new face for the Thai movie industry, which lacks magnet stars. Unfortunately, the industry is not big enough to have actresses dedicated to playing only movies," said Prachya. "Hollywood, on the other hand, has Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and Emma Watson who guarantee box office success. Here, it's often the name of the director that attracts movie-goers. But we hope that the industry will grow bigger so that one day we will have our own league of movie actresses."

They try their hand at various genres. Other directors creating scenes for the contestants have included Nonzee Nimibutr, Guan Muen Ho and Shutter helmer Banjong Pisanthanakul, Kongkiat Khomsiri (Slice, Muay Thai Chaiya) and Poj Arnon.

Chookiat Sakveerakul directed a horror segment involving loads of maggot-like worms being dumped on the women. There's a YouTube clip showing them all screaming.

The Acting Queen finale will be broadcast on February 13 on Modernine.

Memento targets international sales on Pen-ek's Headshot

Paris-based Memento Films International has picked up the international sales rights to Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s upcoming film-noir thriller Headshot, which is in post-production and is expected to be ready in May.

According to Screen Daily, Memento will launch its marketing campaign with a promo reel at Berlin's European Film Market.

Produced by Pawas Sawatchaiyamet and Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Headshot follows a hitman ("Peter" Noppachai Jayanama) who is shot in the head during a job. He wakes up after two months in a coma and is seeing the world upside down.

Cris Horwang also stars.

The film is adapted from Fon Tok Kuen Fah (ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า, literally "rain falling upward"), a "film-noir novel" by S.E.A. Write Award-winning writer Win Lyovarin.

Previously, French distribution rights were picked up by Wild Side.

(Via Extra Virgin)

Chua Fah Din Salai tops Bangkok Critics nominations

The steamy romantic drama Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity) continues its roll through Thailand's movie-awards season, with 12 nominations for the Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards.

Directed by ML Bhandevanop Devakul and starring Ananda Everingham and "Ploy" Chermarn Boonyasak, Chua Fah Din Salai is nominated in all 11 categories. The period romance already swept most of the Kom Chad Luek Awards and is the top nominee for the StarPics Awards.

Other top nominees include Nak Prok (The Shadow of the Naga) with 10 nominations, Wisit Sasanatieng's Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle) with seven nods and the travel romance Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good) with six nominations.

Ananda is a double nominee for best actor for Chua Fah Din Salai and The Red Eagle.

The indie film Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia) by Uruphong Raksasad got four nods and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Anocha Suwichakornpong's Mundane History each got three nominations.

And the popular GTH films Guan Muen Ho and The Little Comedian also got three nominations.

Here's the list of nominees:

Best picture

• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Sahamongkol Film International
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Sahamongkol Film International
• Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good), M-Thirtynine
• Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia), Extra Virgin
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Five Star Production

Director

• "Leo" Kittikorn Liawsirikul, Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good)
  
• ML Bhandevanop Devakul, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Wisit Sasanatieng, Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle)
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
• Uruphong Raksasad, Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia)

Actor

• Chawin Likitjareonpong, Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (The Little Comedian)
• Choosak Iamsuk, Meu Peun Dao Pra Sao (Saturday Killer)
• Somchai Kemklad, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)
• Ananda Everingham, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Ananda Everingham, Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle)

Actress

• Chermarn Boonyasak, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Neungtida Sophon, Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger)
• Pimchanok Luevisetpaibool, Sing Lek Lek Thee Riak Wa … Ruk (First Love)
• Rattanrat Eertaweekul, Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good)
• Siripan Wattanajinda, 9 Wat

Supporting actor

• Jaturong Phonboon, Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (The Little Comedian)
• Teerapong Leowrakwong, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Pitisak Yaowanon, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)
• Sa-ad Piampongsan, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)
• Sakkaraj Rerkthamrong, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)

Supporting actress

• Kanya Rattapetch, Krai ... Nai Hong (Who R U)
• Daraneenuch Pothipithi, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Ramita Mahapreukpong, Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good)
• Ornanong Panyawong, Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (The Little Comedian)
• Intira Charoenpura, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)

Screenplay

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Anocha Suwichakornpong
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), ML Bhandevanop Devakul
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Koses Charittiporn, Nut Nualpang, Phawat Panangkasiri
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Wisit Sasanatieng

Director of photography

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Ming Kai Leung
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Teerawat Rujintham
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Teerawat Rujintham
• Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good), Thamjaroen Promphan, Somsak Srisawat
• Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia), Uruphong Raksasad

Editing

• Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger), Thammarat Sumetsupachok
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Sunij Asavinikul, Phannipha Kabillikavanich
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Tawat Siripon
• Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia)
• , Uruphong Raksasad
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Sunit Asvinikul, Phannipha Kabillikavanich

Score

• Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger), Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Krissanasak Kantathamwawong
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Chamras Saewataporn
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Narinthon Na Bangchang
• Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good), Giant Wave, Mongkol Pongwachirin, Prawit Keskasem
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Wild at Heart

Art direction

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Parinda Moongmaipho
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Siranat Ratchusanti
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Sophon Pulsawat
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Akekarat Homlaor
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Wittaya Chaimongkol, Phairot Siriwath, Pallop Chomtawor

Box office winner: Guan Muen Ho

Lifetime Achievement Award: Piak Poster

The awards presentation will be on February 23 at the Army Club on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.

(Via Deknang, Extra Virgin)

Stella!

What's Stella Malucchi been up to since she made her big-screen acting debut as the heroine in Wisit Sasanatieng's Tears of the Black Tiger in 2000? She acted in one other Thai film, Anguilmala.

And since then the Bangkok-based actress and model of Columbian and Italian heritage has been busy raising a family and looking after her family's import-export business.

But around a year ago, she lost a leg due to a rare disease – hyperparathyroidism.

You can read more about her amazing recovery and catch up with her life in an article from the Bangkok Post's Brunch magazine.

StarPics nominations in chains with Chua Fah Din Salai

The lavish and steamy romantic drama Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity) looks set to sweep through Thailand's movie-awards season, with 12 nominations across 11 categories in the StarPics Awards. Other top StarPics nominees include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Shadow of the Naga, Mundane History and Guan Muen Ho.

Director ML Bhandevanop Devakul's Eternity, starring Ananda Everingham and "Ploy" Chermarn Boonyasak and produced by Sahamongkol Film International, is nominated in every category, including best picture, director, screenplay and best actor and actress. It's the story of a despotic Burmese timber baron (Teerapong Leowrakwong, also a best-actor nominee) who chains together his young wife (Ploy) and his nephew (Ananda) after they're caught cheating on him.

Indie director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has eight nominations, tied with Sahamongkol Film International's Buddhist-themed crime drama Shadow of the Naga, directed by Phawat Panangkasiri. Both are up for best picture, director and screenplay.

The indie social drama Mundane History by Anocha Suwichakornpong has seven nominations, including best picture, director and score. Mundane's editor Lee Chatametikool is a double nominee, also up for editing honors on Uncle Boonmee.

The much-acclaimed Agrarian Utopia is up for best picture as well as honors for the cinematography by director Uruphong Raksasad.

Interestingly, Uncle Boonmee, Mundane History and Agrarian Utopia are all indie films that only had limited theatrical releases last year. Until recent years, Thailand's movie awards generally concentrated on big industry movies because the independent films usually only played at film festivals.

Studio GTH's popular South Korean travel romance Guan Meun Ho, which was the No. 1 Thai movie at the box office last year, scored five nominations, including best director for Banjong Pisanthanakun and actor and actress nods for the two leads, Chantavit Thanasevi and Neungtida Sophon.

Other best-acting nominees include Jenjira Pongpas from Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. She's the veteran actress who's appeared in most of Apichatpong's features and shorts. Another Kick the Machine stock-company player, Sakda Kaewbuadee, is up for supporting actor for Boonmee.

Young actress "Bai Fern" Pimchanok Luevisetpaibool from the Sahamongkol teen romance Sing Lek Lek Thee Riak Wa … Ruk (First Love), the box-office No. 2 last year, is nominated, as is Apinya Sakuljaroensuk for the indie romance Sammidti (สามมิติ, Behind the Scene), which had a limited release at Bangkok's House cinema.

The supporting-actress category pits veteran singer-actress "Mai" Sirimol Charoenpura, who played a pickpocketing hooker in the Phranakorn horror shorts compilation Tai Hong against her castmate "Kratae" Supaksorn Chaimongkol as well as against her half sister, "Sai" Intira Charoenpura, who played a prostitute in Shadow of the Naga.

The acting category also includes comedian Choosak Iamsuk for his lead role in Yuthlert Sippapak's hitman comedy Saturday Killer and Somchai Kemklad as a bank robber who dons monk's robes in Shadow of the Naga. Veteran actor Sa-ad Piampongsan is nominated in the supporting category, also for Shadow of the Naga.

Eternity earlier swept the most prizes in the Kom Chad Luek Awards. Other awards still to come include the Bangkok Critics Assembly and top industry honors, the Subhanahongsa Awards.

Here's the list of nominees:


Score

• Guan Meun Ho (Hello Stranger), Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Krissanasak Kantathamwawong
• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Photosticker Machine, Furniture
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Chamras Saewataporn
• Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good), Giant Wave, Mongkol Pongwachirin, Prawit Keskasem
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Wild at Heart

Art direction

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Parinda Moongmaipho
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Siranat Ratchusanti
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Sophon Pulsawat
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Akekarat Homlaor
• Insee Daeng (The Red Eagle), Wittaya Chaimongkol, Phairot Siriwath, Pallop Chomtawor

Cinematography

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Ming Kai Leung
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Teerawat Rujintham
• Rao Song Sam Khon (That Sounds Good), Thamjaroen Promphan, Somsak Srisawat
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Yukontorn Mingmongkon, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
• Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia), Uruphong Raksasad

Editing

• Guan Meun Ho (Hello Stranger), Thammarat Sumetsupachok
• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Lee Chatametikool
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Sunij Asavinikul, Phannipha Kabillikavanich
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Tawat Siripon
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Lee Chatametikool

Screenplay

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Anocha Suwichakornpong
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), ML Bhandevanop Devakul
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Koses Charittiporn, Nut Nualpang, Phawat Panangkasiri
• Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (The Little Comedian), Aummaraporn Phandintong, Wittaya Thongyuyong, Mez Tharatorn.
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Supporting actress

• Daraneenuch Pothipithi, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Lakkana Wattanawongsiri, Namtan Daeng (Brown Sugar)
• Supaksorn Chaimongkol, Tai Hong (Still, a.k.a. Die a Violent Death)
• Sirimol Charoenpura, Tai Hong (Still, a.k.a. Die a Violent Death)
• Intira Charoenpura, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)

Supporting actor

• Jaturong Phonboon, Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (The Little Comedian)
• Sakda Kaewbuadee, Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
• Sakkaraj Rerkthamrong, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Sa-ad Piampongsan, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)

Actress

• Jenjira Pongpas, Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
• "Ploy" Chermarn Boonyasak, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Pimchanok Luevisetpaibool, Sing Lek Lek Thee Riak Wa … Ruk (First Love)
• Neungtida Sophon, Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger)
• Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Sammidti (Behind the Scenes)

Actor

• Chantavit Thanasevi, Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger)
• Choosak Iamsuk, Meu Peun Dao Pra Sao (Saturday Killer)
• Teerapong Leowrakwong, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Somchai Kemklad, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)
• Ananda Everingham, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)

Director

• Banjong Pisanthanakun, Guan Muen Ho (Hello Stranger)
• ML Bhandevanop Devakul, Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity)
• Phawit Panangkasiri, Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)
• Anocha Suwichakornpong, Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History),
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)

Best picture

• Jao Nok Krajok (Mundane History), Houdini Studio
• Chua Fah Din Salai (Eternity), Sahamongkol Film International
• Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga), Sahamongkol Film International
• Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), Kick the Machine
• Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia), Extra Virgin

Lifescapes South East Asian Film Festival, Chiang Mai, February 3-6

Uruphong Raksasad's Agrarian Utopia and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives are the opening and closing films of the the Lifescapes South East Asian Film Festival at Payap University in Chiang Mai from February 3 to 6.

The fest focuses on regional issues and human-rights struggles with films from Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.

Other Thai films include Kon Jon Poo Ying Yai (คนจนผู้ยิ่งใหญ่), an unreleased work by Sueb Boonsong Nakphoo that "explores the people in rural Thailand, living in the hardest place at the hardest time", and shorts from Rung Uan, a Chiang Rai NGO that trains young filmmakers.

Other highlights include Bradley Cox's documentary Who Killed Chea Vichea?, about the death of the Cambodian labor leader; Only Love, the latest feature by Laotian director Anousone Sirsackda; The Prison Where I Live, on the jailed Burmese comedian Zarganar; and The Most Secret Place on Earth, a documentary looking at the lingering aftermath of the CIA's "secret war" in Laos.

Aside from film screenings, there's talks, among them a panel discussion on censorship featuring Tanwarin Sukhaphisit, director of the banned Insects in the Backyard.

The closing film, which will take place at the Major Cineplex Airport Plaza, will be the Chiang Mai premiere of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which despite having been shown around Thailand in limited theatrical engagements last year, missed Apichatpong's adopted hometown.

The full schedule is at the festival website.

Phangan Film Festival, February 4-6

Agrarian Utopia, Uruphong Raksasad's award-winning documentary on a pair of struggling farming families, makes its Koh Phangan premiere in the Phangan Film Festival, February 4 to 6 at the Holiday Beach Resort in Thongsala, Koh Phangan.

The fest features a mix of shorts and features, mainly documentaries on environmental and spiritual themes. Other titles include Bag It! Is Your Life Too Plastic, Hippie Masala – Forever in India, A Mongolian Couch, Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love and Dirt!! The Movie.

More on Wisit Sasanatieng's Muay Thai movie Suriya

Wisit Sasanatieng is at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, taking part in the Tiger Awards jury. The fest is also screening his latest movie, The Red Eagle.

When he was making The Red Eagle, Wisit said he was finished with making movies for the studios. He's looking to get back to making movies his way, and so he's pitching his first independent project, Suriya, at Cinemart.

He sent along a snazzy poster for the Muay Thai picture, which is a biographical drama about a fighter named Suriya Lukthung, a gifted and ingenious boxer. Here's more of his story:

Nobody knows about his mysterious origin.

He is thin and skinny like a sick person. But once he is on the boxing stadium, he becomes a killer, fast and furious. With his boxing style “double kicks” and “double elbows” which he invents. No one has ever stood up to round three.

He uses alcohol to carry on life and sleeps at a cheap whorehouse every night.

He is not under any boxing camp. No one ever sees him practice.

Every time he wins. He will take the prize money and leave quietly with disregard for any honorable reputation.

Later people will see him at the whorehouse surrounded with prostitutes. The liquor is in his hand and the cigarette is in the mouth. With his sleepy eyes, he is such a different person comparing with the one on the canvas.

His life goes like fireworks, and it ended quickly.

Soon after he lives in extreme, he gets a bad disease from prostitutes. Then he has to go to the fight just to make money to cure himself. He still beats the rival as always although it's not fast like before.

Finally, when his health starts deteriorating, the defeat begins to come online.He still fights with a weaken body and his eyes are near blind because of the syphilis.

But he never lets himself be knocked out at the boxing stadium. He just asks for surrender once he is aware that his time has come.

The rest of his life is facing hard liquor. He drinks as if to kill himself. He drinks morbidly until he gets crazy. He dies later.

A short moment before he died, someone saw him drunk, standing and holding a balloon in the rain. Then he let it rise to the sky, clapping and laughing merrily as if a child.

As Twitch's Todd Brown says, it's "the story of such a larger than life character seems perfectly suited to Sasanatieng's larger than life style. Hopefully this one finds the backing it needs."