Boogie Woogie (film)
Boogie Woogie | |
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Directed by | Duncan Ward |
Screenplay by | Danny Moynihan |
Based on | Boogie Woogie by Danny Moynihan |
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Cinematography | John Mathieson |
Edited by | Kant Pan |
Music by | Janusz Podrazik |
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Distributed by | Vertigo Films |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million |
Box office | $47,527 |
Boogie Woogie is a 2009 British
The film stars Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Charlotte Rampling, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård and Jaime Winstone. It premiered on 26 June 2009 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.[4]
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, and wannabes vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.
Cast
- Gillian Anderson as Jean Maclestone
- Alan Cumming as Dewey Dalamanatousis
- Heather Graham as Beth Freemantle
- Danny Huston as Art Spindle
- Christopher Lee as Mr Alfred Rhinegold
- Joanna Lumley as Mrs Alfreda Rhinegold
- Charlotte Rampling as Emille
- Amanda Seyfried as Paige Oppenheimer
- Stellan Skarsgård as Bob Maclestone
- Jaime Winstone as Elaine
- Simon McBurney as Robert Freign
- Meredith Ostrom as Joany
- Gemma Atkinson as Charlotte Bailey
- Jan Uddin as Art's Partner
- Jack Huston as Jo Richards
Production
I hoped it would be a film from the start, and even wrote it in an Altman-esque way, like Short Cuts, but it took ten years.
— Moynihan, on his novel and the film.[3]
Danny Moynihan's novel for Boogie Woogie was published in 2000, based on his hedonistic New York years.[3]
Dennis Hopper originally held the option to adapt the novel into a screenplay for a film to be set in New York City; later, Moynihan's friend, Duncan Ward, a documentary filmmaker, became involved, with Rachel Weisz agreeing to play the "central, nubile gallerist" role eventually portrayed by Graham.[3]
After Weisz dropped out, producers switched the film's location to London for cost reasons; Moynihan "discovered then-unknown Amanda Seyfried living around the corner in Chelsea" and got her cast as an "art-world nymphet"; Charlotte Rampling, a family friend of Moynihan's, makes a cameo appearance.[3] Principal photography took place in London in December 2006.[5]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 32% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.4/10.[6]
Richard Clayton—in a Sunday Times article about the film that focuses on
"who inspired its unsavoury characters"—called it "
References
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (29 June 2009). "Boogie Woogie". Variety. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Boogie Woogie: sex, drugs and overpriced art". The Sunday Times. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Nick Curtis (12 April 2010). "Interview: Danny Moynihan - The Boogie Woogie man". Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 6 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boogie Woogie, production notes from a fansite for Stellan Skarsgård
- ^ "Boogie Woogie". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- National Public Radio. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ James Reginato (13 May 2010). "The Art World's Devil Wears Prada". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ Rex Reed (21 April 2010). "Boogie Woogie: You Call This Art?". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
External links
- Boogie Woogie at IMDb
- Boogie Woogie at AllMovie
- Boogie Woogie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Boogie Woogie at the better source needed]