Revenger's Tragedy

World Premiere - September 15th 2002
UK release - October 2002

Revenger's Tragedy is Alex Cox's new film. It stars big names such as Derek Jacobi and Eddie Izzard. Filmed mainly in Liverpool this film is an modern update of the 1607 play. It depicts a futuristic clan war between Liverpool and London. Eddie plays Lussorioso who is the son of a villianous duke, played by Derek Jacobi. Cox describes Lussurioso as 'the second most nefarious character of the film. Filming was completed at the end of August.

All The Queen’s Men

All the Queen's Men is planned to be released in the US on 11th October 2002 on limited release.

Production for All The Queen's Men began in August 2000, with Stephan Ruzowitsky directing.
It is about a group of British service agent led by an American Women. They must infiltrate a female- run factory, in disguise, to gain valuable information that will end the war. For more info, see the official website

All The Queen's Men

Pictures orginally seen on Cake or Death (see links page)

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The Cat's Meow

The Cat's Meow was released throughout the US earlier this year and has had great success, appearing in a number of film festivals.

It is due for release on DVD and video on August 20th, 2002 and you can now pre-order it through Amazon.com.
You can also buy the soundtrack!

Lions Gate began production on The Cat’s Meow in mid November last year.

Kirsten Dunst - Marion Davies (Hearst's mistress)
Jennifer Tilly - Louella Parsons
Eddie Izzard - Charlie Chaplin
Edward Herrmann - William Randolph Hearst
Cary Elwes - Thomas Ince

Plot:
When Hearst suspects Marion Davies of having an affair with Chaplin, he fires a shot in a jealous rage aboard his yacht, but mistakenly kills businessman Thomas Ince.

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Circus

“Don’t trust any of these clowns!”
Released early this year on video and DVD, Eddie stars with talented actor John Hannah in this crime thriller.

Leo Garfield (John Hannah) is a con man and is hoping to raise enough money so him and his wife Lily (Famke Janssen) can leave the country. He does this by agreeing to murder Gloria (Amanda Donohoe) who is the wife of a mobster called Julius (Peter Stormare) but finds out after that she was just a prostitute hired by Julius. This is just the beginning of Leo’s problems. A unstable bookie called Troy (Eddie Izzard) is looking for money from Leo and a simple minded guy called Moose (Tom ‘Tiny’ Lister, Jr) shows up asking Leo to find his girlfriend. Fortunatly, Leo knows exactly where his girlfriend is but unforunatly, he can’t tell Moose! They’re all playing different games by different rules, or maybe it’s the same game, same rules, just with a different set of loaded dice.
Check out the official website

Circus

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The Criminal

J (Steven Mackintosh) is an unemployed musician. In a bar one night, he finds himself chatting up a mysterious girl called Sarah (Natasha Little). When Sarah’s body is found in his flat, J finds himself framed and on the run from the cops.

”The Criminal” Official Website

You can read an interview with Jonathan Ross about this film, on the Cake or Death site.

Interview with Jonathan Ross

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Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire is a film about the making of a German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu. The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things (some crew members disappeared, some died). This movie focuses on the difficult relationship between Murnau, the director, and Schreck, the lead actor.

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Mystery Men

Based on the comic book “Dark Horse”, this film is about seven called upon to use their powers. Super - hero protector, Captain Amazing has been kidnapped so Mr Furious, The Blue Raja and the Shoveler join forces with wannbe super heros- The Spleen, The Bowler, Invisible Boy and The Sphinx. Together they vow to kill the villain, Casanova Frankenstein and save the day!

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The Avengers

Released in 1999, Eddie stars with one of the few people he can do an impression of, Sean Connery! Plot:
John Steed (Ralph Fiennes), a British secret agent, teams up with scientist Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) to investigate dramatic changes in the earth’s climate. Following orders from “Mother”, the trail leads to ex-agent August de Wynter (Sean Connery) who is up to no good. They have to work fast to save the world and themselves!

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Velvet Goldmine

From back cover:

1971. Glam Rock explodes on to the world music scene in a blaze of glitter and guitars. At its center the flamboyant Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Together with outrageous American rocker Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) they challenge conformity and take on the world!
1974. Suddenly at the height of his career, Slade decides to fake his own death on stage. The stunt backfires and he is never seen again.
1984. It's the 10th Anniversary of Slade's disappearance and journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is sent out to expose the truth behind the myth. Controversial and explicit, Velvet Goldmine takes you on a journey in rock 'n' roll excess. Back to the stardust 70s. Back to the sight and sounds of the Glam era. Back to a time where anything goes!

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The Secret Agent

Eddie does not appear in this film as strongly as in his more recent film, but being made in 1998 this was one of his first film appearances. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, also features Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Patricia Aquette, Christian Bale and Robin Williams.

Read the original novel, which is very similar to the film at the link below.

The Secret Agent

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You can buy Circus, Velvet Goldmine, Mystery Men and The Avengers at Blackstar

BlackStar Home Page

Amazon.co.uk

or if you're in the US, at Amazon.com

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