Principal photography has begun on the drama, which also stars Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling.
Production has begun on Euphoria, the Alicia Vikander-starring drama from director Lisa Langseth.
Charles Dance, Adrian Lester and Mark Stanley have all joined a cast that already boasted Vikander alongside Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling.
The film is the first feature from Vikander’s production outfit Vikarious Productions, which she launched in May with her London-based agent Charles Collier.
Collier and Vikander are both producers on Euphoria, along with Patrik Andersson and Frida Bargo of B-Reel Films. Christine Ruppert co-produces for Dancing Camel.
It marks the English-language debut of director Langseth, who previously collaborated with Vikander on two Swedish-language titles, Pure and Hotell.
The story follows two sisters (played by Vikander and Green) who meet up again after spending many years apart.
A short shoot in Munich is underway, and will be followed shooting on location in Bavaria.
Euphoria is a Swedish...
Production has begun on Euphoria, the Alicia Vikander-starring drama from director Lisa Langseth.
Charles Dance, Adrian Lester and Mark Stanley have all joined a cast that already boasted Vikander alongside Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling.
The film is the first feature from Vikander’s production outfit Vikarious Productions, which she launched in May with her London-based agent Charles Collier.
Collier and Vikander are both producers on Euphoria, along with Patrik Andersson and Frida Bargo of B-Reel Films. Christine Ruppert co-produces for Dancing Camel.
It marks the English-language debut of director Langseth, who previously collaborated with Vikander on two Swedish-language titles, Pure and Hotell.
The story follows two sisters (played by Vikander and Green) who meet up again after spending many years apart.
A short shoot in Munich is underway, and will be followed shooting on location in Bavaria.
Euphoria is a Swedish...
- 8/24/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Drama marks the first project from Vikander’s outfit, Vikarious Productions.
Charlotte Rampling is to join the cast of Euphoria, alongside previously announced stars Alicia Vikander and Eva Green. Rampling was Oscar-nominated for her leading role in 45 Years, for which she won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2015.
Vikander also produces for Vikarious Productions, the company she recently launched along with London-based agent Charles Collier of Tavistock Wood.
The director of photography will be Rob Hardy, who teams with Vikander for a third time following Ex Machina and Testament Of Youth.
The film is set to start shooting in early August in the German Alps.
Euphoria marks the English-language directorial debut of Swedish writer-director Lisa Langseth, who previously collaborated with Vikander on two Swedish-language titles, Pure and Hotell.
Vikander, who won this year’s Oscar for best supporting actress for The Danish Girl, will star opposite Green (Casino Royale), as sisters in conflict travelling through Europe towards...
Charlotte Rampling is to join the cast of Euphoria, alongside previously announced stars Alicia Vikander and Eva Green. Rampling was Oscar-nominated for her leading role in 45 Years, for which she won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2015.
Vikander also produces for Vikarious Productions, the company she recently launched along with London-based agent Charles Collier of Tavistock Wood.
The director of photography will be Rob Hardy, who teams with Vikander for a third time following Ex Machina and Testament Of Youth.
The film is set to start shooting in early August in the German Alps.
Euphoria marks the English-language directorial debut of Swedish writer-director Lisa Langseth, who previously collaborated with Vikander on two Swedish-language titles, Pure and Hotell.
Vikander, who won this year’s Oscar for best supporting actress for The Danish Girl, will star opposite Green (Casino Royale), as sisters in conflict travelling through Europe towards...
- 6/22/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Vikarious Productions’ first feature will be Euphoria, starring Vikander alongside Eva Green.
Oscar-winning actor Alicia Vikander is launching production outfit Vikander Productions with her London-based agent Charles Collier.
The company’s first project will be Swedish-uk-German co-pro Euphoria, produced with Sweden’s B-Reel films, and will star Vikander (The Danish Girl) alongside Eva Green (Casino Royale).
The story follows two sisters (Vikander and Green) in conflict as they travel through Europe towards a mysterious destination.
The project will shoot in the German Alps in early August and will mark the English-language directorial debut of Swedish writer-director Lisa Langseth, who previously cast Vikander in Swedish-language titles Pure and Hotell.
Vikander and Collier will produce alongside Hotell producers Patrik Andersson and Frida Bargo.
Christine Ruppert will co-produce for German outfit Dancing Camel, while also involved are Sveriges Television, Svensk Filmindustri, Reel Ventures and Filmregionen Stockholm-Mälardalen in association with Wild Bunch Germany and Dorian Media Limited.
Further support...
Oscar-winning actor Alicia Vikander is launching production outfit Vikander Productions with her London-based agent Charles Collier.
The company’s first project will be Swedish-uk-German co-pro Euphoria, produced with Sweden’s B-Reel films, and will star Vikander (The Danish Girl) alongside Eva Green (Casino Royale).
The story follows two sisters (Vikander and Green) in conflict as they travel through Europe towards a mysterious destination.
The project will shoot in the German Alps in early August and will mark the English-language directorial debut of Swedish writer-director Lisa Langseth, who previously cast Vikander in Swedish-language titles Pure and Hotell.
Vikander and Collier will produce alongside Hotell producers Patrik Andersson and Frida Bargo.
Christine Ruppert will co-produce for German outfit Dancing Camel, while also involved are Sveriges Television, Svensk Filmindustri, Reel Ventures and Filmregionen Stockholm-Mälardalen in association with Wild Bunch Germany and Dorian Media Limited.
Further support...
- 5/6/2016
- 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
Paradise: Hope
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Writer(s): Seidl & Veronika Franz
Producers: Seidl, Christine Ruppert, Philippe Bober
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
Cast: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch
We’re waiting for a full retrospective on the director – we’ve only seen a small sampling of his work with Dog Days and Import/Export but we get a true sense of Ulrich Seidl’s works as a docu filmmaker. Our Nicholas Bell was thoroughly impressed (review) by Paradise: Faith, while I found Paradise: Love (the first part of the trilogy) suffered from its lengthy run-time but it was certainly candid and unforgettable sampling of ugly tourism.
Gist: Hope, the third film in the Paradise Trilogy, tells the story of the 13-year-old Melanie. While her mother (Teresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers.
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Writer(s): Seidl & Veronika Franz
Producers: Seidl, Christine Ruppert, Philippe Bober
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
Cast: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch
We’re waiting for a full retrospective on the director – we’ve only seen a small sampling of his work with Dog Days and Import/Export but we get a true sense of Ulrich Seidl’s works as a docu filmmaker. Our Nicholas Bell was thoroughly impressed (review) by Paradise: Faith, while I found Paradise: Love (the first part of the trilogy) suffered from its lengthy run-time but it was certainly candid and unforgettable sampling of ugly tourism.
Gist: Hope, the third film in the Paradise Trilogy, tells the story of the 13-year-old Melanie. While her mother (Teresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers.
- 1/15/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It is clear that Kevin Spacey can turn his hand to just about anything, and in "Ordinary Decent Criminal", playing a charismatic Dublin gangster, he masters the accent and manner with consummate ease. But despite Spacey's witty, elegant central performance, the sum of the film is not as good as its parts. While there is much to enjoy, it's unlikely that "Criminal" will do much to set the boxoffice alight. Produced and released in the United Kingdom via Mel Gibson's Icon Entertainment, the film will be handled Stateside by Miramax, which may manage to make good use of Spacey's name.
Spacey stars as crime boss Michael Lynch, a character based loosely on the Dublin crook Martin Cahill, whose antics were the basis of John Boorman's excellent "The General". A clever criminal who enjoys poking fun at the Garde (the Irish police) as much as making off with the money, Lynch has a loyal gang and the love of two sisters (Linda Fiorentino and Helen Baxendale) who happily share him and have children by him.
Lynch protects his identity by keeping his black hood up during his many court cases or wearing a black motorcycle helmet around town. He is something of a folk hero to Dubliners, though his plans begin to misfire when, after irritating the police too much, the Garde take to following and harassing Lynch and his family. To get his ultimate one-up, Lynch plans and executes the theft from an art gallery of a Caravaggio painting valued in the millions.
Police pressure continues, and the gang begins to lose faith in him and negotiates with the IRA to sell the picture. But the IRA sells out the gang, and several members are killed in a shootout while the IRA robs a bank across town. Lynch has gotten wind of the double cross, though. He arrives at the bank early and, despite the hail of bullets, manages to fake his own death and escape.
The initial setup of "Criminal", directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, points to it being played with black humor (Spacey's smile is perfect for the smug but highly talented thief). Lynch drops his trousers to flash his buttocks to police as they try to arrest him, and he later digs up a golf course before the police chief's game.
Unfortunately, the film tends to lose its way, sometimes lurching into violence that doesn't fit or dialogue exchanges that don't quite work. Most problematic is the relationship between Lynch and the sisters.
He is married to Christine (Fiorentino) but pops off, with her full knowledge, for passionate interludes with Lisa (Baxendale). Fiorentino seems lost in this film, which gives little or no space for her character to develop. Baxendale gets even less screen time and no development at all.
Other casting is very good, with Scottish actors David Hayman and Peter Mullan terrific as loyal Lynch gang members and Patrick Malahide playing top policeman Commissioner Daly strictly for laughs.
To Spacey's credit, he keeps his focus on playing Lynch as a self-absorbed but charming rogue, easily holding center ground while fine actors work around him.
O'Sullivan directs perfectly well, though there is a feeling that during the editing stage there were problems in finding the right balance. Other technical credits are fine, with British popster Damon Albarn of the group Blur providing a jaunting soundtrack that tallies well with the film's humor.
ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL
Icon Entertainment International
presents a Little Bird production
in association with Tatfilm and Trigger Street Prods., Miramax Films, the Irish Film Board, the Greenlight Fund, Filmstiftung NRW, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England
Producer:Jonathan Cavendish
Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Screenwriter:Gerard Stembridge
Executive producers:James Mitchell, Christine Ruppert, Ralph Kamp, Paul Tucker, Rod Stoneman
Director of photography:Andrew Dunn
Production designer:Tony Burrough
Music:Damon Albarn
Editor:William Anderson
Costume designer:Jane Robinson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Michael Lynch:Kevin Spacey
Christine Lynch:Linda Fiorentino
Stevie:Peter Mullan
Noel Quigley:Stephen Dillane
Lisa:Helen Baxendale
Tony Brady:David Hayman
Commissioner Daly:Patrick Malahide
Harrison:Gerard McSorley
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Spacey stars as crime boss Michael Lynch, a character based loosely on the Dublin crook Martin Cahill, whose antics were the basis of John Boorman's excellent "The General". A clever criminal who enjoys poking fun at the Garde (the Irish police) as much as making off with the money, Lynch has a loyal gang and the love of two sisters (Linda Fiorentino and Helen Baxendale) who happily share him and have children by him.
Lynch protects his identity by keeping his black hood up during his many court cases or wearing a black motorcycle helmet around town. He is something of a folk hero to Dubliners, though his plans begin to misfire when, after irritating the police too much, the Garde take to following and harassing Lynch and his family. To get his ultimate one-up, Lynch plans and executes the theft from an art gallery of a Caravaggio painting valued in the millions.
Police pressure continues, and the gang begins to lose faith in him and negotiates with the IRA to sell the picture. But the IRA sells out the gang, and several members are killed in a shootout while the IRA robs a bank across town. Lynch has gotten wind of the double cross, though. He arrives at the bank early and, despite the hail of bullets, manages to fake his own death and escape.
The initial setup of "Criminal", directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, points to it being played with black humor (Spacey's smile is perfect for the smug but highly talented thief). Lynch drops his trousers to flash his buttocks to police as they try to arrest him, and he later digs up a golf course before the police chief's game.
Unfortunately, the film tends to lose its way, sometimes lurching into violence that doesn't fit or dialogue exchanges that don't quite work. Most problematic is the relationship between Lynch and the sisters.
He is married to Christine (Fiorentino) but pops off, with her full knowledge, for passionate interludes with Lisa (Baxendale). Fiorentino seems lost in this film, which gives little or no space for her character to develop. Baxendale gets even less screen time and no development at all.
Other casting is very good, with Scottish actors David Hayman and Peter Mullan terrific as loyal Lynch gang members and Patrick Malahide playing top policeman Commissioner Daly strictly for laughs.
To Spacey's credit, he keeps his focus on playing Lynch as a self-absorbed but charming rogue, easily holding center ground while fine actors work around him.
O'Sullivan directs perfectly well, though there is a feeling that during the editing stage there were problems in finding the right balance. Other technical credits are fine, with British popster Damon Albarn of the group Blur providing a jaunting soundtrack that tallies well with the film's humor.
ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL
Icon Entertainment International
presents a Little Bird production
in association with Tatfilm and Trigger Street Prods., Miramax Films, the Irish Film Board, the Greenlight Fund, Filmstiftung NRW, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England
Producer:Jonathan Cavendish
Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Screenwriter:Gerard Stembridge
Executive producers:James Mitchell, Christine Ruppert, Ralph Kamp, Paul Tucker, Rod Stoneman
Director of photography:Andrew Dunn
Production designer:Tony Burrough
Music:Damon Albarn
Editor:William Anderson
Costume designer:Jane Robinson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Michael Lynch:Kevin Spacey
Christine Lynch:Linda Fiorentino
Stevie:Peter Mullan
Noel Quigley:Stephen Dillane
Lisa:Helen Baxendale
Tony Brady:David Hayman
Commissioner Daly:Patrick Malahide
Harrison:Gerard McSorley
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/23/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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