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Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
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Release Date:
3 September 1927 (USA) morePlot:
Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Not really a documentary, but some sort of masterpiece moreCast
(Credited cast) | Kru | ... | Kru, the Lao tribesman |
| Chantui | ... | Chantui, his wife |
| Nah | ... | Nah, son and heir of the House of Kru |
| Ladah | ... | Their little girl |
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| Bimbo the Monkey | ||
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69 minCountry:
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Black and White (tinted and toned)Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
SilentFilming Locations:
ThailandMOVIEmeter: 
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Previously Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack made Grass, a very great silent documentary inspired by the success of Nanook of the North (which they hadn't even seen when they were flying off to the Middle East to film the long migration of a group of nomads). Grass was a real documentary, with little staging. Nanook, however, had a lot of staging, and has suffered a ton of criticism since its first release because of it. No matter how clearly Nanook is staged, Cooper's and Schoedsack's Chang is a hundred times more staged.
I don't care. It's an amazing film. Call it a fictionalized documentary, or a fudged one. Whatever. Chang is an awesome movie. The story is gripping, the cinematography is great, and the filmmaking in general is wonderful. I'm sitting there wondering how the hell they got these shots of tigers and elephants and stuff. I'm thinking Carl Denham, the risk-taking filmmaker from their own later King Kong. This whole movie seems like a preparation for King Kong. A couple of the scenes are repeated there. This may be preparation, but it is as amazing in its own way. 10/10.