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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Daniel Lapaine, Henry O, Kate Beckinsale, Claire Danes, Beulah Quo, Jacqueline Kim, Aimee Graham, John Doe, Lim Kay Tong, Bill Pullman, Amanda de Cadenet, Intira Jaroenpura ...MORE

Cast: Daniel Lapaine, Henry O, Kate Beckinsale, Claire Danes, Beulah Quo, Jacqueline Kim, Aimee Graham, John Doe, Lim Kay Tong, Bill Pullman, Amanda de Cadenet, Intira Jaroenpura, Bahni Turpin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Tom Amandes ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Prison, Melodrama, Thriller, Courtroom Drama

Brokedown Palace (1999) is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Because it presents a critical view of the Thai legal system, most scenes were filmed in the Philippines; however, some panoramas and views were filmed in Bangkok. Its title is taken from a Grateful Dead song written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter from their 1970 album American Beauty. Lifelong best friends Alice Marano (Danes) and Darlene Davis (Beckinsale) are like night and day. Alice is... MORE

Brokedown Palace (1999) is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Because it presents a critical view of the Thai legal system, most scenes were filmed in the Philippines; however, some panoramas and views were filmed in Bangkok. Its title is taken from a Grateful Dead song written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter from their 1970 album American Beauty. Lifelong best friends Alice Marano (Danes) and Darlene Davis (Beckinsale) are like night and day. Alice is bold and daring, while Darlene is more quiet and reserved. The future looks bright for both of them as they graduate from high school and make plans to attend college in the fall. Unbeknown to their parents, they change their pre-college summer vacation destination from Hawaii to Thailand at Alice's insistence. Alice claims that the American dollar is much stronger overseas and they should take advantage of the opportunity. While there, they meet a captivating Australian man, Nick Parks (Daniel Lapaine), who befriends them and invites them along with him to Hong Kong. However, the girls are found LESS