Boogie Woogie is a
comedy filmComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
set in the contemporary
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art world. It is based on the book of the same name written by Danny Moynihan. The film is directed by Duncan Ward, and stars
Amanda SeyfriedAmanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in other feature films such as Alpha Dog and Jennifer's Body, and in the television...
,
Gillian AndersonGillian Leigh Anderson is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG winning actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files, Moro in the English dub of Princess Mononoke, Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak...
,
Stellan SkarsgårdStellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean, Exorcist: The Beginning, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and WΔZ.- Personal life...
,
Alan CummingAlan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor. His roles have included Boris in Goldeneye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy...
,
Joanna LumleyJoanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is an English actress, best known for her roles in the British television series The New Avengers, Sapphire and Steel, Absolutely Fabulous and Sensitive Skin...
, Heather Graham and
Gemma AtkinsonGemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model.-Personal life:...
.
It premiered on 26 June, 2009 at the
Edinburgh International Film FestivalThe Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
. The film, set for release in 2009, was produced by L+E Productions, a joint venture headed by
Eric EisnerEric Eisner is the son of Disney magnate Michael Eisner and a producer. He currently co-owns the film production company L+E Productions.-Career in Entertainment:...
and
Leonid RozhetskinLeonid Rozhetskin was an international financier and lawyer credited with bringing significant financial and legal advances to modern Russia....
.
Boogie Woogie is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money.
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Boogie Woogie is a
comedy filmComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
set in the contemporary
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
art world. It is based on the book of the same name written by Danny Moynihan. The film is directed by Duncan Ward, and stars
Amanda SeyfriedAmanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in other feature films such as Alpha Dog and Jennifer's Body, and in the television...
,
Gillian AndersonGillian Leigh Anderson is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG winning actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files, Moro in the English dub of Princess Mononoke, Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak...
,
Stellan SkarsgårdStellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean, Exorcist: The Beginning, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and WΔZ.- Personal life...
,
Alan CummingAlan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor. His roles have included Boris in Goldeneye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy...
,
Joanna LumleyJoanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is an English actress, best known for her roles in the British television series The New Avengers, Sapphire and Steel, Absolutely Fabulous and Sensitive Skin...
, Heather Graham and
Gemma AtkinsonGemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model.-Personal life:...
.
It premiered on 26 June, 2009 at the
Edinburgh International Film FestivalThe Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
. The film, set for release in 2009, was produced by L+E Productions, a joint venture headed by
Eric EisnerEric Eisner is the son of Disney magnate Michael Eisner and a producer. He currently co-owns the film production company L+E Productions.-Career in Entertainment:...
and
Leonid RozhetskinLeonid Rozhetskin was an international financier and lawyer credited with bringing significant financial and legal advances to modern Russia....
.
Plot
Boogie Woogie is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, wannabees vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.
Cast
- Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG winning actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files, Moro in the English dub of Princess Mononoke, Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak...
as Jean Maclestone
- Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor. His roles have included Boris in Goldeneye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy...
as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- Heather Graham as Beth Freemantle
- Danny Huston
Danny Huston is an American actor and director.-Life and career:Huston was born in Rome, Italy, the son of legendary director John Huston, the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston, Allegra Huston and screenwriter Tony Huston, uncle of actor Jack Huston and the grandson of Academy Award-winning...
as Art Spindle
- Jack Huston
-Personal life:Huston is the grandson of director John Huston and nephew of actors Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston.Is currently dating English TV Presenter Cat Deeley.-Career:...
as Jo Richards
- Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor. He initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...
as Mr Alfred Rhinegold
- Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is an English actress, best known for her roles in the British television series The New Avengers, Sapphire and Steel, Absolutely Fabulous and Sensitive Skin...
as Mrs Alfreda Rhinegold
- Simon McBurney
Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE is an English Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, writer and director.-Early life:...
as Robert Freign
- Meredith Ostrom
Meredith Joy Ostrom is an actress/model/Painter.From Swedish, German, English and Lithuanian descent. She has emerged as an artist since 2007...
as Joany
- Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an acclaimed English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.-Early life:...
as Emille
- Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in other feature films such as Alpha Dog and Jennifer's Body, and in the television...
as Paige Prideaux
- Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean, Exorcist: The Beginning, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and WΔZ.- Personal life...
as Bob Maclestone
- Jaime Winstone as Elaine
- Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model.-Personal life:...
as Charlotte Bailey
- Jan Uddin as Art's Partner
Crew
- Director: Duncan Ward
- Writer: Danny Moynihan (novel and script)
- Producers: Cat Villiers, Christopher Simon
Christopher Simon was born in Sydney. He is an Australian actor who has played Pedro in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Michael Hassan in The Bill, Lee Andersen in Casualty, Abdel in Lovejoy and Samir in Ultimate Force. Chris Simon has acted in many plays including the recent highly acclaimed play When The...
, Danny Moynihan, Leonid RozhetskinLeonid Rozhetskin was an international financier and lawyer credited with bringing significant financial and legal advances to modern Russia....
, Eric EisnerEric Eisner is the son of Disney magnate Michael Eisner and a producer. He currently co-owns the film production company L+E Productions.-Career in Entertainment:...
- Executive Producers: Valentine Stockdale
Valentine Stockdale is an English film producer, screenwriter and executive producer.-Early life:He was born in London, and raised in the English counties of Northumberland, Northamptonshire, Sussex and Lincolnshire...
, Matthew Hobbs
- Co-producers: Kami Naghdi, Julia Stannard
- Director of Photography: John Mathieson
John Mathieson B.S.C. is one of a group of film makers who emerged out of the music video industry of the late 80's and 90's. His peers include cinematographers Tim Maurice Jones and Seamus McGarvey BSC and directors Michel Gondry and David Fincher...
- Original Music: Janusz Podrazik
- Production Designer: Caroline Greville Morris
- Art Director: Nick Dent
- Sound Mixer: Kenny Lee
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