Stars: Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, Derek Jacobi, Nigel Barber, Togo Igawa, Margo Stilley, Daniël Boissevain, Tom Wu, Jeroen Krabbé, Fabian Jansen, Reinout Bussemaker, Dominic Keating | Written by Finola Geraghty, Brendan Bishop | Directed by Andy Newbery
Robert Atkinson (Beckingham) is a young London banker and today the opportunity to show the lady in his life how great things could be with him has arrived. When locking up the bank for the weekend he takes a whole bunch of cash that he intends to make into a whole bunch more cash by gambling it all. Unsurprisingly and because you know, movies, He loses all the cash but is about to gain a new “friend” in Mr Lau (Togo Igawa). Robert’s new “friend” offers to clear all of his debts and then some if he just takes one briefcase to Amsterdam and brings another back. Next thing we know there...
Robert Atkinson (Beckingham) is a young London banker and today the opportunity to show the lady in his life how great things could be with him has arrived. When locking up the bank for the weekend he takes a whole bunch of cash that he intends to make into a whole bunch more cash by gambling it all. Unsurprisingly and because you know, movies, He loses all the cash but is about to gain a new “friend” in Mr Lau (Togo Igawa). Robert’s new “friend” offers to clear all of his debts and then some if he just takes one briefcase to Amsterdam and brings another back. Next thing we know there...
- 4/9/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Rising star Mike Beckingham will star in “Waltzing With Brando” alongside Billy Zane, who plays a “Godfather”-era Marlon Brando in the upcoming movie.
Beckingham, younger brother of actor, writer and producer Simon Pegg, will play Bernard Judge in the comedic feature, which is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Judge was an idealistic L.A. architect selected by Brando and tasked with building the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny Tahitian island that had been thought uninhabitable.
The picture is based upon Judge’s memoir, which recounts his relationship with Brando and his work with the enigmatic star on the designs for the would-be island getaway.
British actor Beckingham’s credits include horror pic “Redwood” and supernatural movie “Black Site.” In 2020 he will be seen in “The Host,” with Derek Jacobi and Dutch actor Maryam Hassouni, and British sci-fi film “G-Loc” alongside Stephen Moyer...
Beckingham, younger brother of actor, writer and producer Simon Pegg, will play Bernard Judge in the comedic feature, which is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Judge was an idealistic L.A. architect selected by Brando and tasked with building the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny Tahitian island that had been thought uninhabitable.
The picture is based upon Judge’s memoir, which recounts his relationship with Brando and his work with the enigmatic star on the designs for the would-be island getaway.
British actor Beckingham’s credits include horror pic “Redwood” and supernatural movie “Black Site.” In 2020 he will be seen in “The Host,” with Derek Jacobi and Dutch actor Maryam Hassouni, and British sci-fi film “G-Loc” alongside Stephen Moyer...
- 12/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
"Beware - even those who look innocent can be dangerous." Vertical Entertainment has unveiled an official trailer for an indie crime mystery thriller titled The Host, the feature directorial debut of TV director Andy Newbery. There have been at least two other major films with the name The Host, including Bong Joon-ho's monster movie, and also the sci-fi flick from Andrew Niccol. Can we stop using this especially bland title, please? Newbery's The Host is about a London banker who risks everything taking on a job carrying a briefcase to Amsterdam. "But all is not as it seems in a city veiled by dark secrets. Fuelled by power players, drugs, seduction and violence Robert awaits his turn in a deadly game of choice and consequence." Starring Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, Nigel Barber, & Suan-Li Ong. Watch out. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Andy Newbery's The Host, direct...
- 12/6/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Actor Jake Abel has been dubbed a rising star, but he knows when to be humble — like, for example, when he meets Frances McDormand later this week at the 16th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which opens today on the eastern end of New York's Long Island."McDormand's been in the business a lot longer than me, and she knows a lot more than I do," says Abel. "Whatever it is they have us doing with her, it's a shut-your-mouth-and-listen-to-the-master-speak situation."Abel, a 21-year-old actor from Ohio, is one of three American actors who are part of the festival's Rising Stars program, designed to draw attention to actors on the brink of success. He has featured roles in Flash of Genius, which will be shown at the festival, and the upcoming Lovely Bones, starring Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz and directed by Peter Jackson. Other Rising Stars are Taylor Kitsch...
- 10/15/2008
- by Robert Nicolais
- backstage.com
Amsterdam -- Teenage drama "Dunya and Desie" has been selected as the Dutch Oscar entry for best foreign-language film, Holland Film said Thursday.
The production, directed by Dana Nechustan, deals with the friendship between a Dutch and a Moroccan girl in Amsterdam. Together they face cultural differences and unwanted pregnancies.
The leading characters are played by Eva van de Wijdeven and Emmy winner Maryam Hassouni, who was the Dutch Shooting Star at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
"Dunya and Desie," based on a local TV series by Nps, is produced by Lemming Film and had its world premiere in February at the Berlinale.
The production, directed by Dana Nechustan, deals with the friendship between a Dutch and a Moroccan girl in Amsterdam. Together they face cultural differences and unwanted pregnancies.
The leading characters are played by Eva van de Wijdeven and Emmy winner Maryam Hassouni, who was the Dutch Shooting Star at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
"Dunya and Desie," based on a local TV series by Nps, is produced by Lemming Film and had its world premiere in February at the Berlinale.
- 8/28/2008
- by By Ab Zagt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The Union Jack held sway during the 34th International Emmy Awards, with the British taking six statues at Monday's ceremony in New York.
The U.K. took all but three of the awards, which were handed out at a star-studded gala at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan. They included best actor to Ray Winstone as the title character in Vincent, a Granada dramedy about a private investigator; and Life on Mars (Kudos Film & TV Ltd. for BBC Wales), a drama series about a present-day police detective who awakens to find himself in 1973 and tries to solve crimes without the aid of the 21st century technology he is used to using. Best actress honors went to Maryam Hassouni, who played Laila in Offers from the VARA Broadcasting Organization in the Netherlands.
Steven Spielberg received the International Emmy Founders Award honoring his long television career. Receiving the International Emmy Directorate Award was Central European Media Enterprises and founder-chairman Ronald S.
The U.K. took all but three of the awards, which were handed out at a star-studded gala at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan. They included best actor to Ray Winstone as the title character in Vincent, a Granada dramedy about a private investigator; and Life on Mars (Kudos Film & TV Ltd. for BBC Wales), a drama series about a present-day police detective who awakens to find himself in 1973 and tries to solve crimes without the aid of the 21st century technology he is used to using. Best actress honors went to Maryam Hassouni, who played Laila in Offers from the VARA Broadcasting Organization in the Netherlands.
Steven Spielberg received the International Emmy Founders Award honoring his long television career. Receiving the International Emmy Directorate Award was Central European Media Enterprises and founder-chairman Ronald S.
- 11/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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