Hamzah Jamjoom’s eco-thriller “Running Dry,” which will start principal photography on Dec. 26, has revealed its leading cast members.
The film will star Baraa Alem, Waleed Zuaiter, Houshang Touzie, Naif Aldaferi and Ali Fardi.
Jamjoom’s credits include “Rupture,” winner of the Best Saudi Film Award at the Red Sea Film Festival in 2021, and “How I Got There,” the Best Saudi Film Award winner at last year’s Red Sea Film Festival.
It is based on a script by Gregory Collins and Jamjoom, from a story by Waleed Al Sanad and is produced by Abubakar Khan.
Inspired by real events, “Running Dry” follows the story of a poor mechanic from rural Saudi Arabia who is lured overseas only to be held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
Jamjoom said: “This film is really about overcoming forces that use and manipulate resources in order to divide people and consolidate power. In that sense,...
The film will star Baraa Alem, Waleed Zuaiter, Houshang Touzie, Naif Aldaferi and Ali Fardi.
Jamjoom’s credits include “Rupture,” winner of the Best Saudi Film Award at the Red Sea Film Festival in 2021, and “How I Got There,” the Best Saudi Film Award winner at last year’s Red Sea Film Festival.
It is based on a script by Gregory Collins and Jamjoom, from a story by Waleed Al Sanad and is produced by Abubakar Khan.
Inspired by real events, “Running Dry” follows the story of a poor mechanic from rural Saudi Arabia who is lured overseas only to be held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
Jamjoom said: “This film is really about overcoming forces that use and manipulate resources in order to divide people and consolidate power. In that sense,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Killers of the Flower Moon, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and the Versace Icons Dinner.
Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards
The third annual Laba Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly Hills, where artist and photographer Michael Warren was presented with an award by his son Cash Warren (and support from daughter-in-law Jessica Alba) and visual artist Alexandra Grant was honored by sound mixer Paul N. J. Ottosson.
Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade
After a three year hiatus, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne along with Chef David Lentz, returned on Saturday to UCLA’s Royce Quad. The culinary cookout, which supports Alex’s Lemonade...
Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards
The third annual Laba Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly Hills, where artist and photographer Michael Warren was presented with an award by his son Cash Warren (and support from daughter-in-law Jessica Alba) and visual artist Alexandra Grant was honored by sound mixer Paul N. J. Ottosson.
Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade
After a three year hiatus, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne along with Chef David Lentz, returned on Saturday to UCLA’s Royce Quad. The culinary cookout, which supports Alex’s Lemonade...
- 9/29/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated with trailer below. Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling, Jennifer Lane’s documentary about the legendary installation artist Robert Irwin, who has been called “one of the most pivotal figures in recent American art.”
Greenwich plans to release the film simultaneously in select theaters and on VOD on October 20. Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling premiered at Doc NYC last fall and went on to screen at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Irwin’s “decade-spanning career has profoundly influenced generations of artists and is best known for his landscape work at LA’s Getty Center and his dazzling experiential installation in Marfa, Texas,” notes a release about the film. “New interviews with the artist and his colleagues are supplemented by archival materials, including photographs and archival recordings, as well as new, immersive footage of Irwin’s artworks.”
Director Jennifer...
Greenwich plans to release the film simultaneously in select theaters and on VOD on October 20. Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling premiered at Doc NYC last fall and went on to screen at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Irwin’s “decade-spanning career has profoundly influenced generations of artists and is best known for his landscape work at LA’s Getty Center and his dazzling experiential installation in Marfa, Texas,” notes a release about the film. “New interviews with the artist and his colleagues are supplemented by archival materials, including photographs and archival recordings, as well as new, immersive footage of Irwin’s artworks.”
Director Jennifer...
- 9/6/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Discovery+ is ramping up its feature doc slate with a range of new titles including a documentary about Michael Brody Jr., a hippie-millionaire and heir to a margarine fortune who publicly offered his $25-million inheritance to anyone in need in 1970.
The streamer has acquired the rights to Dear Mr. Brody, which is directed by Keith Maitland (Tower) and was an official selection at the Telluride Film Festival, as well as screening at SXSW and Tribeca Festival.
It has also picked up feature docs Set!, Dead Man’s Switch and Keep Sweet.
Dear Mr. Brody, which will be released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment ahead of its streaming bow, will launch in winter 2022. It follows the complex story of Brody, who announced that he would be giving away his fortune in 1970. He and his wife became instant celebrities and they were mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the press, and overwhelmed...
The streamer has acquired the rights to Dear Mr. Brody, which is directed by Keith Maitland (Tower) and was an official selection at the Telluride Film Festival, as well as screening at SXSW and Tribeca Festival.
It has also picked up feature docs Set!, Dead Man’s Switch and Keep Sweet.
Dear Mr. Brody, which will be released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment ahead of its streaming bow, will launch in winter 2022. It follows the complex story of Brody, who announced that he would be giving away his fortune in 1970. He and his wife became instant celebrities and they were mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the press, and overwhelmed...
- 10/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian screen legend Franco Nero is having a busy year. “Recon,” the Robert Port-directed World War II thriller in which he stars, opened theatrically on Veteran’s Day in the U.S. as an event release and since then has been playing well online. German courtroom procedural “The Collini Case,” in which Nero has the title role, recently dropped Stateside on several platforms after scoring well theatrically in Germany. His Cuba set “Havana Kyrie” will also be coming out in the U.S. soon.
And Nero’s got plenty more projects in the pipeline including “Django Lives!” where he plans to reprise the role that brought him worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Spaghetti Western “Django.” On his birthday, the 79-year-old icon spoke exclusively to Variety from Rome, where he’s been stuck due to the pandemic, but was pleased to get flowers sent from England by his wife Vanessa Redgrave.
And Nero’s got plenty more projects in the pipeline including “Django Lives!” where he plans to reprise the role that brought him worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Spaghetti Western “Django.” On his birthday, the 79-year-old icon spoke exclusively to Variety from Rome, where he’s been stuck due to the pandemic, but was pleased to get flowers sent from England by his wife Vanessa Redgrave.
- 11/26/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Sue Barton, a publicist and marketing veteran who worked for Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, MGM and director Robert Altman, has died. She was 79.
Barton died Jan. 5 in Monterey, California, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, her friend, producer Carolyn Pfeiffer, announced.
In 1975, Barton was hired as national director of publicity for Columbia Pictures, then promoted to vp publicity and promotion East Coast. She helped with the rollout of more than 50 studio films, including best picture Oscar winner Gandhi and Tootsie, both released in 1982.
Barton then served as a top marketing executive at Universal Pictures and MGM...
Barton died Jan. 5 in Monterey, California, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, her friend, producer Carolyn Pfeiffer, announced.
In 1975, Barton was hired as national director of publicity for Columbia Pictures, then promoted to vp publicity and promotion East Coast. She helped with the rollout of more than 50 studio films, including best picture Oscar winner Gandhi and Tootsie, both released in 1982.
Barton then served as a top marketing executive at Universal Pictures and MGM...
- 2/15/2018
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This look at the ‘adjustments’ of old age and the pain of nostalgia is a prime opportunity to admire a pair of legendary actresses. David Barry’s play observes the intersection of several interesting personalities on one glorious late-summer day. Bette Davis and Lillian Gish earn our full attention, backed by memorable turns from Ann Sothern and Vincent Price, directed by Lindsay Anderson.
The Whales of August
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1987 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 90 min. / 30th Anniversary Edition / Street Date December 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, Vincent Price, Harry Carey Jr., Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Stering, Mary Steenburgen.
Cinematography: Mike Fash
Film Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Production Design: Jocelyn Herbert
Original Music: Alan Price
Written by David Berry, from his play
Produced by Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Every once in a while a ‘sunset’ movie comes along, a picture seemingly...
The Whales of August
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1987 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 90 min. / 30th Anniversary Edition / Street Date December 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, Vincent Price, Harry Carey Jr., Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Stering, Mary Steenburgen.
Cinematography: Mike Fash
Film Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Production Design: Jocelyn Herbert
Original Music: Alan Price
Written by David Berry, from his play
Produced by Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Every once in a while a ‘sunset’ movie comes along, a picture seemingly...
- 12/30/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Italian actor Franco Nero wants to reprise his role as the coffin-dragging gunfighter made famous in Sergio Corbucci's original 1966 spaghetti Western, Django. Django Lives! will be directed by Pandorum's Christian Alvart from a screenplay by legendary writer/director John Sayles (Lone Star, Battle Beyond the Stars). Myriad Pictures will handle international sales and present the project at Cannes next week, reports Screen Daily Django Lives! will catch up with the titular character in California in 1914, where he will encounter white supremacists. "Having Christian direct Sayles's powerful screenplay is a dream come true," said Nero. "Even Christian's third son is named Django. It was meant to be." Syrreal Entertainment's Sigi Kamml, Josef Brandmaier and Alvart will produce the film alongside Fast Draw Films' Carolyn Pfeiffer, Louis...
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- 5/13/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Franco Nero to reprise legendary role as Django.
Christian Alvart will direct from a screenplay by John Sayles and Italian icon Franco Nero will reprise the role that brought him worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Django.
Myriad will handle international sales and introduce the project to buyers in Cannes next week.
Django Lives! will star Nero as a drifter in California in 1914 who encounters White Supremacists.
“I’m excited and honored to be a part of this great project that will update us on one of the greatest archetype characters of movie history,” Alvart said.
“Having Christian direct Sayles’s powerful screenplay is a dream come true,” Nero, who appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 western Django Unchained, said. “Even Christian’s third son is named Django. It was meant to be.”
Syrreal Entertainment’s Sigi Kamml, Josef Brandmaier and Alvart produced alongside Fast Draw Films’ Carolyn Pfeiffer, Louis Black, David Hollander, and Nancy P. Sanders...
Christian Alvart will direct from a screenplay by John Sayles and Italian icon Franco Nero will reprise the role that brought him worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Django.
Myriad will handle international sales and introduce the project to buyers in Cannes next week.
Django Lives! will star Nero as a drifter in California in 1914 who encounters White Supremacists.
“I’m excited and honored to be a part of this great project that will update us on one of the greatest archetype characters of movie history,” Alvart said.
“Having Christian direct Sayles’s powerful screenplay is a dream come true,” Nero, who appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 western Django Unchained, said. “Even Christian’s third son is named Django. It was meant to be.”
Syrreal Entertainment’s Sigi Kamml, Josef Brandmaier and Alvart produced alongside Fast Draw Films’ Carolyn Pfeiffer, Louis Black, David Hollander, and Nancy P. Sanders...
- 5/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Acclaimed scribe John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Sunshine State") has been tapped to write "Django Lives!," a third outing in the classic spaghetti Western series following on from 1966's "Django" and 1987's "Django 2".
Franco Nero is returning as the outlaw Civil War soldier with blood-soaked hands, a role he originated almsot five decades ago. No director is on board at this stage.
Louis Black, Carolyn Pfeiffer, David Hollander and Nancy P. Sanders are producing. Nero's original is one of the most influential films the genre, inspiring numerous imitators and the likes of Quentin Tarantino with his recent "Django Unchained".
Source: THR...
Franco Nero is returning as the outlaw Civil War soldier with blood-soaked hands, a role he originated almsot five decades ago. No director is on board at this stage.
Louis Black, Carolyn Pfeiffer, David Hollander and Nancy P. Sanders are producing. Nero's original is one of the most influential films the genre, inspiring numerous imitators and the likes of Quentin Tarantino with his recent "Django Unchained".
Source: THR...
- 10/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Point Blank Pictures has scored the rights to "Django Lives," a sequel to the 1966 classic spaghetti western.
Franco Nero, who played the character in the original films, reprises the role in this $5 million project which also stars Mark Boone Junior and Noah Segan.
Set in 1915, former gunslinger Django is now a film consultant. There he runs afoul of a group of racketeers, forcing him to flee to a town under the thumb of violent radicals.
Joe D'Augustine, who worked as an additional editor on Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films and "Inglourious Basterds," directs from a script by Eric Zaldivar and Mike Malloy. Carolyn Pfeiffer and David Hollander are producing and currently seeking a female lead.
Source: Screen...
Franco Nero, who played the character in the original films, reprises the role in this $5 million project which also stars Mark Boone Junior and Noah Segan.
Set in 1915, former gunslinger Django is now a film consultant. There he runs afoul of a group of racketeers, forcing him to flee to a town under the thumb of violent radicals.
Joe D'Augustine, who worked as an additional editor on Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films and "Inglourious Basterds," directs from a script by Eric Zaldivar and Mike Malloy. Carolyn Pfeiffer and David Hollander are producing and currently seeking a female lead.
Source: Screen...
- 1/10/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Texas-based Point Blank Pictures has secured sequel rights to Django Lives, the sequel to the Spaghetti Western Django that made an international star of Franco Nero.
Joe D’Augustine will direct Nero and a nascent cast that includes Mark Boone Junior and Noah Segan. The producers are out to the female lead.
Eric Zaldivar and Mike Malloy co-wrote the screenplay and Carolyn Pfeiffer and David Hollander are producing.
Nero (pictured in Django Unchained) will reprise the role of Django, who by now has found work as a film consultant in 1915 Hollywood and fights back when he falls foul of racketeers.
Louis Black will serve as executive producer and the producers are weighing up international co-production and financing opportunities.
D’Augustine worked in the editorial department on four Quentin Tarantino features including Inglorious Bastards and Kill Bill and edited The Man With The Iron Fists.
Joe D’Augustine will direct Nero and a nascent cast that includes Mark Boone Junior and Noah Segan. The producers are out to the female lead.
Eric Zaldivar and Mike Malloy co-wrote the screenplay and Carolyn Pfeiffer and David Hollander are producing.
Nero (pictured in Django Unchained) will reprise the role of Django, who by now has found work as a film consultant in 1915 Hollywood and fights back when he falls foul of racketeers.
Louis Black will serve as executive producer and the producers are weighing up international co-production and financing opportunities.
D’Augustine worked in the editorial department on four Quentin Tarantino features including Inglorious Bastards and Kill Bill and edited The Man With The Iron Fists.
- 1/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
From a time before hip-hop and crack, cult documentary offers a vivid snapshot of south Bronx street life
"I've seen … 57s … I've seen 12-gauge shotguns, I've seen 12-gauge pumps … I've seen a .45 military special with a clip on the street … I've seen fuckin' Thompsons. A damn Thompson! I've seen it! I've seen hand grenades, I've seen damn beer-can bazookas getting made. That thing hit you, just the same as being hit with a gun! I've seen .22 zip guns, I've seen .38 zip guns. I see things you never think you'll see on the street. I've seen dynamite. I've seen all this, man; you'd be surprised. Pretty soon, they're going to steal the damn atom bomb!"
The young man recounts his amateur arsenal to the camera with a complete lack of drama or hyperbole, quickly ticking off the hardware of his daily life as though he were running through a shopping list.
"I've seen … 57s … I've seen 12-gauge shotguns, I've seen 12-gauge pumps … I've seen a .45 military special with a clip on the street … I've seen fuckin' Thompsons. A damn Thompson! I've seen it! I've seen hand grenades, I've seen damn beer-can bazookas getting made. That thing hit you, just the same as being hit with a gun! I've seen .22 zip guns, I've seen .38 zip guns. I see things you never think you'll see on the street. I've seen dynamite. I've seen all this, man; you'd be surprised. Pretty soon, they're going to steal the damn atom bomb!"
The young man recounts his amateur arsenal to the camera with a complete lack of drama or hyperbole, quickly ticking off the hardware of his daily life as though he were running through a shopping list.
- 11/27/2010
- by Justin Quirk
- The Guardian - Film News
National Lampoon has acquired worldwide rights to Adam Rifkin's Homo Erectus. The prehistoric comedy, the film, written and directed by Rifkin, stars Rifkin and Ali Larter. Produced by Burnt Orange Productions and the University of Texas Film Institute with Brad Wyman and Carolyn Pfeiffer serving as producers and Tom Schatz as exec producer, the film will be released theatrically in September under the title "National Lampoon's Homo Erectus," followed by home video distribution through National Lampoon Home Entertainment.
- 6/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Goldcrest Films International and Burnt Orange Prods. are co-producing Elvis and Anabelle, Will Geiger's feature centering on the love affair between a beauty queen and a mortician's son. Max Minghella and Blake Lively will play the title roles in the dark romantic comedy, which co-stars Mary Steenburgen and Keith Carradine. The film, which began principal photography Monday in Austin, is produced by Burnt Orange's Carolyn Pfeiffer and Goldcrest's Nick and John Quested. Goldcrest is handling international sales.
- 4/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adam Rifkin will write, direct and star in Homo Erectus, a comedy set in prehistoric times. Brad Wyman and Carolyn Pfeiffer will produce the tentatively titled picture, and Burnt Orange Prods. will provide financing. Described as being in the vein of Woody Allen's Bananas and Sleeper, Homo Erectus centers on Ishbo, a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life than sticks, stones and raw meat. The rest of his tribe write off his forward-thinking ideas as the ravings of an idiot, including the cavegirl he loves from afar. Tom Schatz will executive produce. Casting has already begun in Los Angeles and Austin.
- 10/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Burnt Orange Prods., the Austin, Texas-based production company, will begin production in June of the film A West Texas Children's Story. Brad Isaacs has written the screenplay and will direct for producers Polly Platt and Carolyn Pfeiffer and executive producers Tom Schatz, Morna Ciraki and Thom Mount. Burnt Orange, a public/private joint venture of the University of Texas at Austin, will produce the film with the Mount Film Co. The film chronicles the journey of two runaway 12-year-olds.
- 2/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The recently announced Burnt Orange Prods. -- the University of Texas at Austin's feature film production division that is being advised by WMA -- has announced a slate of projects with such directors as Zalman King, Jamie Babbitt and Carlos Carrera and producers including Terrence Malick, Ed Pressman and Holly Wiersma. Burnt Orange is prepping Austin Angel, Dot and The Marfa Lights, UT president Larry Faulkner said Thursday night at a Beverly Hills reception hosted by Thomas Schlamme and WMA's Mike Simpson. Austin Angel centers on a country singer looking back on his life with regret, and his battle with the devil to regain his soul and redeem his daughter's future as she follows in his footsteps. King will direct the original country musical with music and lyrics by Rod Harris, who also wrote the screenplay along with Patricia Louisiana Knop. Carolyn Pfeiffer of Burnt Orange will produce in partnership with Tom Schatz of the UT Film Institute. King and Harris will take executive producer credits.
Propelled by a blistering reggae and dancehall soundtrack produced by Sly & Robbie, this shot-on-video Jamaican import is a routine genre item most notable for lead Paul Campbell's sometimes-riveting performance as a hardhearted "Third World Cop" facing off with gunrunning bad guys in Kingston.
The Palm Pictures release opened Friday in New York and looks to be a tough sell across the board. While the music and Jamaican setting will attract a few urban hipsters, the subtitling of many scenes because of the actors' thick accents and use of slang effectively makes "Third World Cop" a foreign film, but one with little to recommend it to curious cineastes.
Making his feature debut, director and co-screenwriter Chris Browne is the nephew of Perry Henzell, director of the 1971 hit "The Harder They Come" starring Jimmy Cliff. Many of the "Third World" production crew and cast also were involved with the 1997 Jamaican film "Dancehall Queen".
A crime-stopping crusader who gets the job done with bullets and brains, Capone (Campbell) in the film's opening sequence makes love with a lady friend and then makes war on some bad guys in a messy shootout. His boss, citing his "effective but not always right" methods, reassigns him to his hometown of Kingston, where there's apparently a need for him to police a notorious slum.
In a new department, where his reputation is immediately questioned by another lives-to-kill-the-bad-guys roughneck dubbed Not Nice (Lenford Salmon), Capone gets an amiable partner (Winston Bell) who is more cautious, and the movie appears headed into "Lethal Weapon" territory. But director Chris Browne and co-writers Suzanne Fenn and Chris Salewicz only flirt with that angle and opt instead for a John Woo-like scenario, with Capone forced to confront childhood friend Ratty (Mark Danvers) about his involvement with the local godfather Oney (Carl Bradshaw).
"Third World Cop" never comes together in a compelling way and finally resorts to many cop-movie cliches for a predictably bloody windup.
THIRD WORLD COP
Palm Pictures in association with Hawk's Nest Prods.
Director: Chris Browne
Screenwriters: Suzanne Fenn, Chris Browne, Chris Salewicz
Producer: Carolyn Pfeiffer Bradshaw
Executive producers: Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti
Director of photography: Richard Lannaman
Production designer: Richard Lannaman
Editor: Suzanne Fenn
Costume designer: Michelle Haynes
Music: Wally Badarou, Sly & Robbie
Casting: Sheila Lowe Graham, Suzanne Fenn, Sharon Burke
Color/stereo
Cast:
Capone: Paul Campbell
Ratty: Mark Danvers
Oney: Carl Bradshaw
Rita: Audrey Reid
Floyd: Winston Bell
Not Nice: Lenford Salmon
Deportee: Desmond Ballentine (a k a Ninjaman)
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
The Palm Pictures release opened Friday in New York and looks to be a tough sell across the board. While the music and Jamaican setting will attract a few urban hipsters, the subtitling of many scenes because of the actors' thick accents and use of slang effectively makes "Third World Cop" a foreign film, but one with little to recommend it to curious cineastes.
Making his feature debut, director and co-screenwriter Chris Browne is the nephew of Perry Henzell, director of the 1971 hit "The Harder They Come" starring Jimmy Cliff. Many of the "Third World" production crew and cast also were involved with the 1997 Jamaican film "Dancehall Queen".
A crime-stopping crusader who gets the job done with bullets and brains, Capone (Campbell) in the film's opening sequence makes love with a lady friend and then makes war on some bad guys in a messy shootout. His boss, citing his "effective but not always right" methods, reassigns him to his hometown of Kingston, where there's apparently a need for him to police a notorious slum.
In a new department, where his reputation is immediately questioned by another lives-to-kill-the-bad-guys roughneck dubbed Not Nice (Lenford Salmon), Capone gets an amiable partner (Winston Bell) who is more cautious, and the movie appears headed into "Lethal Weapon" territory. But director Chris Browne and co-writers Suzanne Fenn and Chris Salewicz only flirt with that angle and opt instead for a John Woo-like scenario, with Capone forced to confront childhood friend Ratty (Mark Danvers) about his involvement with the local godfather Oney (Carl Bradshaw).
"Third World Cop" never comes together in a compelling way and finally resorts to many cop-movie cliches for a predictably bloody windup.
THIRD WORLD COP
Palm Pictures in association with Hawk's Nest Prods.
Director: Chris Browne
Screenwriters: Suzanne Fenn, Chris Browne, Chris Salewicz
Producer: Carolyn Pfeiffer Bradshaw
Executive producers: Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti
Director of photography: Richard Lannaman
Production designer: Richard Lannaman
Editor: Suzanne Fenn
Costume designer: Michelle Haynes
Music: Wally Badarou, Sly & Robbie
Casting: Sheila Lowe Graham, Suzanne Fenn, Sharon Burke
Color/stereo
Cast:
Capone: Paul Campbell
Ratty: Mark Danvers
Oney: Carl Bradshaw
Rita: Audrey Reid
Floyd: Winston Bell
Not Nice: Lenford Salmon
Deportee: Desmond Ballentine (a k a Ninjaman)
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 4/19/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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