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Elephant White
Elephant White
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Prachya Pinkaew
Written by	Kevin Bernhardt
Produced by	Humberto Arechiga; Daniel Bernhardt; Frank DeMartini; Djimon Hounsou; Sally Lear; Peter Safran; Tom Waller
Starring	Djimon Hounsou; Kevin Bacon
Cinematography	Wade Muller
Edited by	David Richardson
Music by	Robert Folk
Production; companies	Nu Image; Millennium Films
Distributed by	Millennium Entertainment
Release date	May 17, 2011;
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	Thailand ; United States
Languages	English ; Thai
Budget	$10 million

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Elephant White is a 2011 American action-thriller film starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon. Filming took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

Plot

American assassin Curtie Church (Hounsou) is completing a job in Thailand when 18-year-old child prostitute, Mae, witnesses Church killing a group of her captors, the Chang Cao gang, and afterwards framing the Jong Ang Gang for the murders. Church collects his payment for the job from his client, Rajahdon, whose daughter was murdered. Church travels to his hideout near a monastery and within sight of Kitty Kat, a Jong Ang Gang club. While Church is eating, Mae arrives. After interrogating her, he ties her up and gags her. Church has strange dreams of Mae, then awakes in the monastery. He leaves immediately and kills the snipers watching the club of his weapons dealer, Jimmy (Bacon), taking one of their cellphones. Church arranges a meeting with Rajahdon, but hides outside until Rajahdon leaves. Church follows him back to a brothel and pays for a room. After entering the room, he asks the girl if Rajahdon is the boss and where he is. He sees Mae riding a white elephant toward him and wakes up at his hideout. He tells Mae his business is finished in Bangkok. Church then wakes up and it is revealed the previous fight sequence was all just a dream.

Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun discuss how to find Church when Rajahdon walks in. It is then revealed that Rajahdon is Katha's son. The planned assassination of Bhun and the gang war was secretly intended by Rajhadoon as a means for him to succeed his father as his father deems him to be unfit to lead the gang and he chooses Bhun as the successor instead. With Bhun out of the way, Rajhadon would kill Church and win himself back into his fathers good graces. Rajahdon says he will take care of Church himself. Church calls Jimmy to tell him he's leaving, but wants Jimmy to take care of Mae. Jimmy tells Rajahdon that Church is leaving, but Rajahdon still wants to kill Church to assure his position as successor to Boss Katha. Church drives to the gang headquarters and crashes through the wall into the room where Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun are. Church holds Katha hostage while Jimmy and Rajahdon arrive. Church offers to buy all the girls to free them and he begins to tell Katha about the bounty Rajahdon placed on Bhun and whole scheme concocted by Rajadon to succeed as gang leader. Rajahdon tries to shoot him, but Jimmy kills Rajahdon first. The guards then shoot Jimmy but he survived. Disappointed at his son's recklessness, Katha accepts Church's offers to buy the all the girls he has. Church takes a picture of Mae off the wall and Katha says she was the first girl he brought in but she died thirty years ago. Church is confused but soon realizing that he has been talking with Mae's spirit all along who wants him to rescue all the enslaved girls. Jimmy and Church leave with the girls, but Church tells Jimmy he has to go back. Jimmy says he will make sure the girls get help.

Cast

Djimon Hounsou as Curtis 'Curtie' Church
Kevin Bacon as Jimmy 'The Brit'
Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul as Mae
Weeraprawat Wongpuapan as Boss Katha
Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul as Advisor Bhun
Sahajak Boonthanakit as Rajahdon
Creighton Mark Johnson as Lead Gunman Bodyguard (uncredited)
Ron Smoorenburg as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Desmond O'Neill as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Marketing

At the beginning of the film, in a shot showcasing Bangkok is a billboard advertising The Expendables, which was also made by Nu Image/Millennium Films the previous year.

Home media

The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on May 17, 2011.^[1]

References

^ "New clip from Elephant White starring Djimon Hounsou". 29 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

External links

Elephant White at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Elephant White at AllMovie
Elephant White at the TCM Movie Database
Elephant White at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "New clip from Elephant White starring Djimon Hounsou". 29 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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 {{Infobox film
-| name = Elephant White
+| name           = Elephant White
-| image = Elephant White.jpg
+| image          = Elephant White.jpg
+| caption        = Theatrical release poster
-| director = [[Prachya Pinkaew]]
+| director       = [[Prachya Pinkaew]]
-| producer = Frank DeMartini Daniel Bernhardt SallyLear [[Humberto Arechiga]] Peter Safran Tom Waller<BR>[[Avi Lerner]]
+| producer       = Humberto Arechiga<br />Daniel Bernhardt<br />Frank DeMartini<br />[[Djimon Hounsou]]<br />Sally Lear<br />Peter Safran<br />[[Tom Waller]]
-| writer = [[Kevin Bernhardt]]
+| writer         = [[Kevin Bernhardt]]
-| starring = [[Kevin Bacon]]<BR>[[Djimon Hounsou]]<BR>[[Tony Teulan]]
+| starring       = [[Djimon Hounsou]]<br />[[Kevin Bacon]]
-| music = [[Robert Folk]]
+| music          = [[Robert Folk]]
 | cinematography = Wade Muller
-| editing = [[David Richardson (audio engineer)|David Richardson]]
+| editing        = [[David Richardson (audio engineer)|David Richardson]]
-| studio = [[Nu Image]]<BR>Millenium Films
+| studio         = [[Nu Image]]<br />[[Alchemy (company)|Millennium Films]]
-| distributor = [[Hollywood Pictures]]
+| distributor    = Millennium Entertainment
-| released = {{Film date|2011|4|8}}
+| released       = {{Film date|2011|05|17}}
-| runtime =
+| runtime        = 91 minutes
-| country = {{Film US}}
+| country        = Thailand <br/> United States
-| language = English
+| language       = English <br/> Thai
-| budget = $10 million
+| budget         = $10 million
-| gross =
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 }}
-'''''Elephant White''''' is a 2011 action-thriller film starring [[Djimon Hounsou]] and [[Kevin Bacon]]. Filming took place in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
+'''''Elephant White''''' is a 2011 American action-thriller film starring [[Djimon Hounsou]] and [[Kevin Bacon]]. Filming took place in [[Bangkok, Thailand]].
 ==Plot==
-American mercenary Curtie Church (Hounsou) is completing a job in [[Thailand]] when 14-year-old [[Prostitution of children|child prostitute]], Mae, witnesses Church kill a group her captor Chang Cao gang members and frame the Jong Ang Gang.  Church sees her, but decides to flee the scene.  Word reaches Chang Cao Gang advisor, Bhun, that the Jong Ang have broken the truce.  However, it seems suspicious that a bomb was used as that is unlike the Jong Ang.
+American assassin Curtie Church ([[Djimon Hounsou|Hounsou]]) is completing a job in [[Thailand]] when 18-year-old [[Prostitution of children|child prostitute]], Mae, witnesses Church killing a group of her captors, the Chang Cao gang, and afterwards framing the Jong Ang Gang for the murders.
+Church collects his payment for the job from his client, Rajahdon, whose daughter was murdered.
+Church travels to his hideout near a [[monastery]] and within sight of Kitty Kat, a Jong Ang Gang club. While Church is eating, Mae arrives. After interrogating her, he ties her up and gags her.
+Church has strange dreams of Mae, then awakes in the monastery. He leaves immediately and kills the snipers watching the club of his weapons dealer, Jimmy ([[Kevin Bacon|Bacon]]), taking one of their cellphones.
+Church arranges a meeting with Rajahdon, but hides outside until Rajahdon leaves. Church follows him back to a [[brothel]] and pays for a room. After entering the room, he asks the girl if Rajahdon is the boss and where he is. He sees Mae riding a white elephant toward him and wakes up at his hideout. He tells Mae his business is finished in Bangkok. Church then wakes up and it is revealed the previous fight sequence was all just a dream.
+Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun discuss how to find Church when Rajahdon walks in. It is then revealed that Rajahdon is Katha's son. The planned assassination of Bhun and the gang war was secretly intended by Rajhadoon as a means for him to succeed his father as his father deems him to be unfit to lead the gang and he chooses Bhun as the successor instead. With Bhun out of the way, Rajhadon would kill Church and win himself back into his fathers good graces. Rajahdon says he will take care of Church himself. Church calls Jimmy to tell him he's leaving, but wants Jimmy to take care of Mae. Jimmy tells Rajahdon that Church is leaving, but Rajahdon still wants to kill Church to assure his position as successor to Boss Katha.
-Church collects his payment for the job from his client, Rajahdon, whose daughter was murdered.  Church then goes to a club which Jimmy The Brit (Bacon) is visiting, however upon seeing Church, Jimmy flees the premises thinking he is there to kill him.  Church eventually catches Jimmy and explains that he was not the target, and he just wanted to buy some weapons. They drive to Jimmy's warehouse where Church purchases a [[sniper rifle]].
+Church drives to the gang headquarters and crashes through the wall into the room where Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun are. Church holds Katha hostage while Jimmy and Rajahdon arrive. Church offers to buy all the girls to free them and he begins to tell Katha about the bounty Rajahdon placed on Bhun and whole scheme concocted by Rajadon to succeed as gang leader. Rajahdon tries to shoot him, but Jimmy kills Rajahdon first. The guards then shoot Jimmy but he survived. Disappointed at his son's recklessness, Katha accepts Church's offers to buy the all the girls he has. Church takes a picture of Mae off the wall and Katha says she was the first girl he brought in but she died thirty years ago. Church is confused but soon realizing that he has been talking with Mae's spirit all along who wants him to rescue all the enslaved girls. Jimmy and Church leave with the girls, but Church tells Jimmy he has to go back. Jimmy says he will make sure the girls get help.
+==Cast==
-Church travels to his hideout near a [[monastery]] and within sight of Kitty Kat, a Jong Ang Gang club.  While Church is eating, Mae arrives. After interrogating her, he ties her up and gags her.  The next day Mae is suffering from [[drug withdrawal|drug withdrawal]], but Church won't let her leave.  That night the Chang Cao attack Kitty Kat, and Church fires at them from his lookout.  The attack is repulsed the survivors tell Boss Katha there were snipers, which again is unlike the Jong Ang.
+* [[Djimon Hounsou]] as Curtis 'Curtie' Church
-In the morning Church forces Mae to help him find her former owners (Chang Cao Gang) by threatening to kill the monks.  Mae takes him to a [[landfill]], where she reveals she joined the monks because her father sold her.  She then takes him to building with many Chang Cao gang members.  Church returns to his client who wants to break the contract, but Church says the agreement was for all the gang members that killed his daughter.
+* [[Kevin Bacon]] as Jimmy 'The Brit'
+* Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul as Mae
-Back at Kitty Kat, Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun have brought the Jong Ang a [[white elephant]] as a [[truce|peace offering]].  On the way back, Katha tells Bhun he did a good job making the truce, and that his decision for his successor is torn between Bhun and his son.
+* Weeraprawat Wongpuapan as Boss Katha
+* [[Abhijati Jusakul|Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul]] as Advisor Bhun
-Church revisits Jimmy to buy another gun.  However, Jimmy says the Chang Cao Gang, which Church has been killing, allows him to operate his business and doesn't want to anger them.  Church insists and they drive to another hidden weapon cache, where he buys a much more powerful [[anti-material rifle]] (AM).  Jimmy is convinced Church's new mission is suicide.  Church breaks Jimmy's nose to make it appear as a robbery.
+* Sahajak Boonthanakit as Rajahdon
+* Creighton Mark Johnson as Lead Gunman Bodyguard (uncredited)
-Church makes his way to a rooftop in view of the Chang Cao Gang building Mae showed him.  After opening fire, he sees that Mae is inside.  He is then shot by a sniper, returns fire, but the gun jams.  After being shot again, he abandons his gun and hides in an alley as gang members rush by. To make his escape, he hijacks one of the gang's trucks and retreats under a hail of gunfire into oncoming traffic.  After stopping he opens the back of the truck to find Mae and several wounded girls.  Offering them freedom, most want to go back, thinking they will be found and killed for escaping.
+* [[Ron Smoorenburg]] as Bodyguard (uncredited)
+* Desmond O'Neill as Bodyguard (uncredited)
-Badly wounded Church leaves in a taxi with Mae, who says she was at the building because she was telling the gang if they stopped what they were doing, Church would stop killing them.  The driver keeps glancing back at Church during the conversation and tells Church he is crazy.  Mae leads Church back to the monastery where the monks bandage his wounds and draw symbols on his body.
-Advisor Bhun and Boss Katha are mad at the failure to kill Church and inspect the gun he left behind.  Bhun takes it to Jimmy who lies about it being stolen by an imaginary robber.  Bhun doesn't believe him and orders his men to watch Jimmy.
-Church has strange dreams of Mae, then awakes in the monastery. He leaves immediately and kills the snipers watching Jimmy's club, taking one of their cellphones.  Church wants to buy another gun, but Jimmy refuses.  Church answers the gang member's cellphone asks Jimmy if he wants to talk to Boss Katha.  Jimmy impersonates a Thai weapons dealer to avoid being connected to Church.  Church finally threatens Jimmy at gunpoint and they return to the warehouse, where Church buys a shotgun.
-Church arranges a meeting with Rajahdon, but hides outside until Rajahdon leaves.  Church follows him back to a [[brothel]] and a pays for a room. After entering the room, he asks the girl if Rajahdon is the boss and where he is.  She tells him the boss is upstairs, but then raises the alarm.  Church kills all the guards on the way to the boss, Rajahdon.  Church confronts him for lying about an imaginary daughter, but he says he'll double the payment if Church kills Advisor Bhun.
-Jimmy is tortured into giving up who Church is, but tells Advisor Bhun that Church will kill them all.  Church goes to the forest outside the gang's headquarters, and sees a ghostly Mae through his rifle scope.  Wind and leaves paint the symbols back on him the monks had drawn.  He then fights his way to compound, killing all the guards, first using his sniper rifle then switching to a handgun and knife.  He then leaps through the bushes and slits Advisor Bhun's neck.  He sees Mae riding a white elephant toward him and wakes up at his hideout.  He tells Mae his business is finished in Bangkok.
-Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun discuss how to find Church when Rajahdon walks in, and Katha calls him his son.  Rajahdon says he will take care of Church himself.  Church calls Jimmy to tell him he's leaving, but wants Jimmy to take care of Mae.  Jimmy tells Rajahdon that Church is leaving, but Rajahdon still wants to kill Church to assure his position as successor to Boss Katha.
-Church returns to his hideout and and gives Mae a white dress, thanking her for all her help.  He makes her promise to wait there for Jimmy.  While Church is waiting for his flight at the airport, Jimmy calls and tells him that no one was at his hideout.  Rajahdon hears the conversation and sends his men to the airport, however Church is already leaving to find Mae and sees them first.  He steals one of their parked cars and drives to the monastery to find many of the monks killed.  He enters the hideout and sees the white dress left behind.
-Church drives to the gang headquarters and crashes through the wall into the room where Boss Katha and Advisor Bhun are.  Church holds Katha hostage while Jimmy and Rajahdon arrive.  Church begins to tell Katha about the bounty Rajahdon placed on Bhun, so Rajahdon tries to shoot him, but Jimmy kills Rajahdon first.  The guards then shoot Jimmy.  Church takes a picture of Mae off the wall and Katha says she was the first girl he brought in.  Bhun says that was thirty years ago.  Church is confused, but agrees to a deal for all of Katha's girls.  Jimmy and Church leave with the girls, but Church tells Jimmy he has to go back.  Jimmy says he will make sure the girls get help.
-==Cast==
-*[[Kevin Bacon]]  ...  Jimmy The Brit
-*[[Djimon Hounsou]]  ...  Curtie Church
-*Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul ... Mae
-*Weeraprawat Wongpuapan  ...  Boss Katha
-*Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul  ...  Advisor Bhun
-*[[Sahajak Boonthanakit]]  ...  Rajahdon
-*Ron Smoorenburg  ...  Bodyguard
-*Byron Gibson  ...  Bodyguard
-*Tony Teulan ... Kid Kicks
 ==Marketing==
-At the beginning of the film, in a shot showcasing Bangkok is a billboard advertising [[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]], which was also made by [[Nu Image]]/Millenium Films the previous year.
+At the beginning of the film, in a shot showcasing Bangkok is a billboard advertising ''[[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]]'', which was also made by [[Nu Image]]/Millennium Films the previous year.
 ==Home media==
-The film was released on [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD]] on May 17, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/movie/elephant-white/dvd-bluray|title=Elephant White: DVD/Blu-ray|accessdate=16 August 2011|publisher=movieweb.com}}</ref>
+The film was released on [[Blu-ray Disc]] and [[DVD]] on May 17, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shockya.com/news/2011/04/29/new-clip-from-elephant-white-starring-djimon-hounsou/|title=New clip from Elephant White starring Djimon Hounsou|date=29 April 2011|publisher=|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-==External Links==
+==External links==
-*{{IMDb title|1578882|Elephant White}}
+* {{IMDb title|1578882|Elephant White}}
-* {{Allmovie title|529759|Elephant White}}
+* {{AllMovie title|529759|Elephant White}}
-* {{tcmdb title|786052|Elephant White}}
+* {{TCMDb title|786052|Elephant White}}
+* {{Rotten Tomatoes|elephant_white}}
 {{Prachya Pinkaew}}
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-[[Category:2010s action films]]
+[[Category:2011 action thriller films]]
 [[Category:Films shot in Thailand]]
 [[Category:Films set in Thailand]]
 [[Category:American action thriller films]]
 [[Category:Nu Image films]]
-[[Category:Hollywood Pictures films]]
+[[Category:Films about drugs]]
-[[Category:Drug-related films]]
+[[Category:Films about prostitution in Thailand]]
-[[Category:Films about prostitution]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Prachya Pinkaew]]
-[[Category:Films set in Asia]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Robert Folk]]
+[[Category:2010s American films]]
+[[Category:2010s Thai films]]
-[[es:Elephant White]]