My Kingdom (film)
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My Kingdom is a 2001 British
crime film
directed by Don Boyd
and starring Richard Harris
, Lynn Redgrave
and Jimi Mistry
.
It premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival
but failed to make an impression The following year My Kingdom grossed $2,607 on its opening weekend in Los Angeles for an eventual domestic gross of $4,296 in its US release.
The film, co-scripted by Boyd with Nick Davies
and drawing on both their researches into the London and Liverpool criminal underworld (which in Boyd's case included the Kray bothers
), brought Boyd into conflict with its principal lead Richard Harris, who wanted to rewrite the script. The film subsequently received mixed reviews while generally acknowledging a fine performance from Harris who was nominated for a British Independent Film Award.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Don Boyd
Don Boyd
Donald William Robertson Boyd Hon D.Litt is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist...
and starring Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....
, Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
and Jimi Mistry
Jimi Mistry
-Early life:Mistry, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England to an Indian Hindu father and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. He was brought up a Roman Catholic and attended St. James' Catholic High in Cheadle Hulme before his family moved to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School...
.
It premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival
2001 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2001 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival...
but failed to make an impression The following year My Kingdom grossed $2,607 on its opening weekend in Los Angeles for an eventual domestic gross of $4,296 in its US release.
The film, co-scripted by Boyd with Nick Davies
Nick Davies
Nick Davies is a British investigative journalist, writer and documentary maker.Davies has written extensively as a freelancer, as well as for The Guardian and The Observer, and been named Reporter of the Year Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards...
and drawing on both their researches into the London and Liverpool criminal underworld (which in Boyd's case included the Kray bothers
Kray twins
Reginald "Reggie" Kray and his twin brother Ronald "Ronnie" Kray were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s...
), brought Boyd into conflict with its principal lead Richard Harris, who wanted to rewrite the script. The film subsequently received mixed reviews while generally acknowledging a fine performance from Harris who was nominated for a British Independent Film Award.
Cast
- Richard HarrisRichard HarrisRichard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....
... Sandeman - Reece NoiReece NoiReece Noi is a British actor born and raised in Manchester. He is best known for playing Taylor Mitchell in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 2004 to 2007...
... The Boy - Lynn RedgraveLynn RedgraveLynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
... Mandy - Tom BellTom Bell (actor)Tom Bell was an English actor on stage, film and television. He was dark-haired, lean, and in his later years often played characters having a sinister side to their nature.-Biography:...
... Quick - Emma CatherwoodEmma CatherwoodEmma Catherwood is a Welsh actress and former model best known for her role as Jo in My Kingdom and for her role in Holby City. Catherwood studied the Meisner technique in London, and has degrees in English literature and Art History.Catherwood began her career with Models 1, where she modelled...
... Jo - Aidan GillenAidan GillenAidan Gillen is an Irish stage and screen actor and television presenter. He is known in Ireland for his role in Love/Hate, in the UK for his role in Queer as Folk and in the US for his role in HBO's television series The Wire in which he plays Tommy Carcetti and for his role in Game of Thrones as...
... Puttnam - Louise LombardLouise LombardLouise Lombard is an English actress.-Early life and education:Lombard's parents left Dublin in the mid-1950s. Lombard was born in London, England, the fifth child of seven siblings to a family of Irish extraction.Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight...
... Kath - Paul McGannPaul McGannPaul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
... Dean - Jimi MistryJimi Mistry-Early life:Mistry, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England to an Indian Hindu father and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. He was brought up a Roman Catholic and attended St. James' Catholic High in Cheadle Hulme before his family moved to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School...
... Jug - Lorraine PilkingtonLorraine PilkingtonLorraine Pilkington is an Irish actress from Dublin, who is best known for her role as Katrina Finlay on Monarch of the Glen. Trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, Pilkington began her career at the age of 15 when she appeared in The Miracle directed by Neil Jordan. She appeared onstage in the...
... Tracy - Colin SalmonColin SalmonColin Salmon is a British actor best known for playing the character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.-Personal life:...
... The Chair - James Foy ... Animal
- James McMartin ... Mineral
- Danny Lawrence ... Tigger
- Gerard Starkey ... Minder
- Sasha Johnson ManningSasha Johnson ManningSasha Johnson Manning is an English composer specialising in vocal pieces.She graduated in voice and cello from the Royal Academy of Music in 1985. She has worked as a full time soprano and composer ever since. Her singing career includes the BBC Radio 4s The Daily Service and extensive oratorio...
... Soprano - Seamus O'Neill ... Snowy
- Chris ArmstrongChris ArmstrongChris Armstrong or Christopher Armstrong may refer to:*Chris Armstrong , former Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur football player*Chris Armstrong , former Sheffield United football player...
... Dutch farmer - Ingi Thor Jonsson ... Dutch farmer
- Otis Graham ... Delroy
- David YipDavid YipDavid Yip is an English actor.Yip, of Asian and English descent, was born in Liverpool and trained at East 15 Acting School, London...
... Merv - Kieran O'BrienKieran O'BrienKieran O'Brien is an English actor.-Biography:O'Brien, who grew up in nearby Royton, began acting at a early age and was the star of a BBC TV series Gruey by the time he was 15. He also featured in several other series at the time in one-off or recurring roles...
... Photographer - Jack Marsden ... Billy the whizz
- Amer Nazir ... Mutt
- Mushi Noor ... Jeff
- Carl Learmond ... Rudi
- Anthony Dorrs ... Skunk
- Steve FosterSteve FosterStephen "Steve" Brian Foster is a former English football player, famed for wearing a headband and having one of the greatest beards in football.-Football career:...
... Toffee - Oscar JamesOscar JamesOscar James is a Trinidadian actor, who is based in the United Kingdom. He has had a long and varied career, but is best known for appearing on British television, in particular the BBC soap opera EastEnders, where he played original character, Tony Carpenter, for over two years...
... Desmond - Sylvia Gatril ... Brothel receptionist
- Sharon ByattSharon ByattSharon Byatt is a British based actress born in Liverpool, who played Irenee in Carla Lane's Bread. She has also appeared in such programmes as Mersey Beat, Holby City, Springhill and Dream Team.-References:...
... Annie - Desmond Bayliss ... John the dog
- Kelly MurphyKelly MurphyKelly Murphy is an American author and illustrator of children's books from Massachusetts. Murphy attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, her student work receiving distinction from the Society of Illustrators...
... Karen - Leanne Burrows ... Miss Joy