Fakers
Encyclopedia
Fakers is a 2004
British
film
directed by Richard Janes
and starring Matthew Rhys
as con-man with a big debt to pay off to wanna-be crime lord Art Malik
. It was produced by Richard Janes
Claire Bee and Todd Kleparski, three graduates from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
. Completely funded via independent routes the film cost $1,500,000 to make and has opened theatrically in the United Kingdom, America and Japan as well as other territories.
Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini, he believes he’s in the clear. The problem is, it’s only worth 15 grand.
With the help of the eternal cynic Eve (Ashfield) and her extremely talented yet naïve artist brother Tony (Chambers), the plan is hatched; to forge the drawing and sell it to five Mayfair galleries within an hour before anyone cottons onto the fact there’s a scam going down.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
British
United Kingdom
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film
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directed by Richard Janes
Richard Janes
Richard Janes is an English actor, film and theatre director.From the age of 11 Janes was brought up spending his summers at The Cannizaro Park Open Air Theatre in Wimbledon, London where his parents ran the bar as an off shoot from their wimbledon based café and catering business...
and starring Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys Evans , known professionally as Matthew Rhys, is a Welsh actor, best known as Kevin Walker on the U.S. ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters, and as Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love.-Early life:...
as con-man with a big debt to pay off to wanna-be crime lord Art Malik
Art Malik
Art Malik is a Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant-Ivory television serials and films...
. It was produced by Richard Janes
Richard Janes
Richard Janes is an English actor, film and theatre director.From the age of 11 Janes was brought up spending his summers at The Cannizaro Park Open Air Theatre in Wimbledon, London where his parents ran the bar as an off shoot from their wimbledon based café and catering business...
Claire Bee and Todd Kleparski, three graduates from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne is a university sector college innovating in digital media and design, with a vocationally focused portfolio of courses, spanning fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music...
. Completely funded via independent routes the film cost $1,500,000 to make and has opened theatrically in the United Kingdom, America and Japan as well as other territories.
Plot summary
In this crime caper set in the eccentric London art world, Nick Edwards (Rhys) owes £50,000 to the super-smooth, yet brutal, crime lord Foster Wright (Malik) and has four days to find the cash.Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini, he believes he’s in the clear. The problem is, it’s only worth 15 grand.
With the help of the eternal cynic Eve (Ashfield) and her extremely talented yet naïve artist brother Tony (Chambers), the plan is hatched; to forge the drawing and sell it to five Mayfair galleries within an hour before anyone cottons onto the fact there’s a scam going down.