THAILAND: TEN PEOPLE DRESSED AS SPIDERMAN ABSEIL FROM THE TOP OF A BANGKOK SKYSCRAPER TO PUBLICISE THE OPENING OF A LOCAL HOTEL.

Record ID: 862417

  • Title: THAILAND: TEN PEOPLE DRESSED AS SPIDERMAN ABSEIL FROM THE TOP OF A BANGKOK SKYSCRAPER TO PUBLICISE THE OPENING OF A LOCAL HOTEL.
  • Date: 9th January 2003
  • Summary: (L!1) BANGKOK, THAILAND (JANUARY 09, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) MLV: TEN SPIDERMEN ON ROOFTOP PREPARING EQUIPMENT. CU: SPIDER EMBLEM ON SHIRT. SCU: MEN PUTTING ON SPIDERMAN MASKS. CU: ABSAILING EQUIPMENT. GV/PAN: VIEW FROM 32 FLOOR OVER BANGKOK CITY WITH SPIDERMEN PREPARING EQUIPMENT. CU: SPIDERMAN PREPARING EQUIPMENT. MV: SPIDERMAN SITTING ON WALL OF HOTEL PREPARING EQUIPMENT. LAS: GROUND VIEW OF HOTEL. MV: BUSINESSMEN LOOKING ON. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) SPIDERMAN, PISIT SUAYMAN SAYING "I did a similar stunt about 2 years ago so i am not afraid." MLV: SPIDERMEN STANDING ON THE HOTEL LEDGE. MV: SPIDERMAN PREPARES TO ABSAIL DOWN THE HOTEL. LAS: GROUP OF SPIDERMEN ABSAILING DOWN THE BUILDING. (2 SHOTS) MV: CROWDS LOOKING ON. LAS: SPIDERMEN ABSAILING DOWN THE BUILDING. (2 SHOTS) CU: WOMAN WATCHING. VARIOUS: OF SPIDERMEN ABSAILING DOWN THE HOTEL. (3 SHOTS) MV: CROWDS LOOKING ON. LAS: SPIDERMAN REACHING THE GROUND. SCU: WORKER ON RADIO. LAS/CRANE: A SPIDERMAN REACHES THE GROUND. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) GENERAL MANAGER ON CONRAD HOTEL GREG MEADOW SAYING "Okay, so the hotel goes up to the 32nd floor and so we had 10 spidermen and they absailed down from the 32nd floor, down to the loby level." MV: GROUP OF SPIDERMEN WAVING.
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2003 12:00
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  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
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  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA9WYBVU2E4GAK917PUQHTPIA8U
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  • Story Text: Bangkok was hit by Spiderman-mania as 10 webbed wonders
    swooped into the city in a death-defying rooftop stunt.



    Spiderman has left his native New York to pay a flying
    visit to Thailand, and he's brought some friends with him.

    Passersby had their eyes glued to the skies as 10
    courageous creepy crawlies abseiled an awe-inspiring 32
    stories from the
    rooftop of a central Bangkok skyscraper today.

    The stunt, organised to publicise the opening of a local
    hotel, succeeded in pulling an excited crowd of gasping
    spectators.

    Spiderman has had an enthusiastic following in Thailand
    since the 2002 blockbuster starring Tobey Maguire, and his imitators
    received an enthusiastic welcome in the country's capital.

    "I'm proud to wear this costume," said one webbed wannabe.

    "I wasn't afraid.it was easy for me".

    Despite Spiderman's popularity, some would have
    appreciated a visit from another lycra-clad lovely. One spectator
    joked, "I would have preferred cat woman".

    ENDS
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