Exclusive: Production is underway in London and Rome on Richard Loncraine’s British comedy ‘Finding Your Feet’.
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband of forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrew Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband of forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrew Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
- 12/12/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Production is underway in London and Rome on Richard Loncraine’s British comedy ‘Finding Your Feet’.
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband if forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcraft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrea Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband if forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcraft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrea Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
- 12/12/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Production is underway in London and Rome on Richard Loncraine’s British comedy.
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband if forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcraft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrea Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband if forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcraft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrea Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
- 12/12/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
A classy crime thriller, with edgy suspense and twists that can't be predicted. Mike Hodges directs Paul Mayersberg's script about a frustrated writer who returns to casino work to find material for a book. A young Clive Owen shines as the rakish but sensible roulette & blackjack dealer, who documents his own criminal activities. Croupier Blu-ray Hen's Tooth Video 1998 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 95 min. / Street Date November 3, 2015 / 24.95 Starring Clive Owen, Gina McKee, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Nicholas Ball, Paul Reynolds, Ciro de Chiara, Rhona Mitra, Loretta Parnell. Cinematography Michael Garfath Production Designer Jon Bunker Art Direction Ian Reade-Hill, Alexander Scherer, Gernot Thöndel Film Editor Les Healey Original Music Simon Fisher-Turner Written by Paul Mayersberg Produced by Jonathan Cavendish, Marlow De Mardt, Jake Lloyd, James Mitchell, Brigid Olen, Christine Ruppert Directed by Mike Hodges
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
He: "You're my conscience." She: "Don't you have a conscience of your own?" If...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
He: "You're my conscience." She: "Don't you have a conscience of your own?" If...
- 11/10/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Belatedly receiving an American release as part of the enterprising Shooting Gallery indie series, this film from British director Mike Hodges ("Get Carter") has many fine things to recommend it, most notably an intense and minimalist performance by Clive Owen and Hodges' gloomily atmospheric direction.
Even though it is ultimately less effective in terms of plotting than mood, "Croupier" is nonetheless a welcome return to form for a filmmaker who has been far too inactive.
Owen plays Jack Manfred, a novelist struggling with writer's block who, at the urging of his wayward father, takes a job as a casino croupier in order to gain some much-needed inspiration. Totally contemptuous of gambling and the people who indulge in it, the taciturn Jack soon discovers that, thanks to his powers of observation, he's quite adept at his newfound profession.
Despite the fact that he has a live-in girlfriend, he becomes sexually involved with a co-worker and also begins a flirtatious relationship with a beautiful South African woman (Alex Kingston of "ER") who soon reveals her true motive: She wants him to be the inside man on a scheme to rob the casino.
"Croupier", written by Paul Mayersberg ("The Man Who Fell to Earth"), is the sort of cerebral thriller that relies more on densely layered characterizations and provocative dialogue than on conventional action sequences. The film's literary tone is well established by the extensive use of voice-over narration, a device that often falls resoundingly flat but here gives us vital insights into the emotionally reticent central character's psyche.
Although the narrative is too meandering and diffuse to satisfy a mass audience, the film has style to spare. As the quietly amoral antihero, Owen delivers an awesomely assured performance, and Kingston provides intriguing sultriness as his partner in crime.
CROUPIER
The Shooting Gallery
Credits: Director: Mike Hodges; Screenwriter: Paul Mayersberg; Producer: Jonathan Cavendish; Executive producer: James Mitchell; Director of photography: Mike Garfath; Editor: Leo Healey; Composer: Simon Fisher Turner; Production designer: Jon Bunker. Cast: Jack Manfred: Clive Owen; Marion Neil: Gina McKee; Jani de Villiers: Alex Kingston; David Reynolds: Alexander Morton; Bella: Kate Hardie; Matt: Paul Reynolds. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 89 minutes.
Even though it is ultimately less effective in terms of plotting than mood, "Croupier" is nonetheless a welcome return to form for a filmmaker who has been far too inactive.
Owen plays Jack Manfred, a novelist struggling with writer's block who, at the urging of his wayward father, takes a job as a casino croupier in order to gain some much-needed inspiration. Totally contemptuous of gambling and the people who indulge in it, the taciturn Jack soon discovers that, thanks to his powers of observation, he's quite adept at his newfound profession.
Despite the fact that he has a live-in girlfriend, he becomes sexually involved with a co-worker and also begins a flirtatious relationship with a beautiful South African woman (Alex Kingston of "ER") who soon reveals her true motive: She wants him to be the inside man on a scheme to rob the casino.
"Croupier", written by Paul Mayersberg ("The Man Who Fell to Earth"), is the sort of cerebral thriller that relies more on densely layered characterizations and provocative dialogue than on conventional action sequences. The film's literary tone is well established by the extensive use of voice-over narration, a device that often falls resoundingly flat but here gives us vital insights into the emotionally reticent central character's psyche.
Although the narrative is too meandering and diffuse to satisfy a mass audience, the film has style to spare. As the quietly amoral antihero, Owen delivers an awesomely assured performance, and Kingston provides intriguing sultriness as his partner in crime.
CROUPIER
The Shooting Gallery
Credits: Director: Mike Hodges; Screenwriter: Paul Mayersberg; Producer: Jonathan Cavendish; Executive producer: James Mitchell; Director of photography: Mike Garfath; Editor: Leo Healey; Composer: Simon Fisher Turner; Production designer: Jon Bunker. Cast: Jack Manfred: Clive Owen; Marion Neil: Gina McKee; Jani de Villiers: Alex Kingston; David Reynolds: Alexander Morton; Bella: Kate Hardie; Matt: Paul Reynolds. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 89 minutes.
- 4/25/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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