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©-DR-LARGO WINCH de Jérome Salle (2008) p17
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©-DR-LARGO WINCH de Jérome Salle (2008) p18
16/08/2014 18:01
Glossy and undemanding
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Author: TrevorAclea from London, England
30 September 2010
Largo Winch is one of those big glossy disposable action films that France regularly turns out to prove that they can do that sort of thing as well as Hollywood. Based on a hugely popular series of Belgian novels and later comic books and clearly intended as a jetsetting James Bond-like franchise, Anthony Zimmer director Jerome Salle's film kicks off with Miki Manojlovic's billionaire murdered on his yacht, throwing the fifth largest conglomerate into the world into panic until it emerges that he had a secret adopted son (Tomer Sisley) to whom he's left 65% of the shares.
Of course, what with a hostile takeover bid from a shady Russian gunrunner (who helpfully introduces himself with "I'm the story's bad guy"), a traitor in the company's ranks and the odd attempt on his life, this is more interested in chases in exotic locations from Hong Kong and South America to not-so-exotic Croatia than boardroom manipulations. As such it's a slick, enjoyable and forgettable package with no surprises – it doesn't take much to anticipate each plot development before it happens – but which provides undemanding entertainment if that's what you're looking for.
Like Group W, the film's something of a multi-national itself, shifting from French to English to Croatian to Spanish as the locations demand, with the cast a similar mixture of French (Gilbert Melki, Melanie Thierry, Anne Consigny), British (Kristen Scott-Thomas, Steve Waddington, Benedict Wong) and East Europeans (Karl Roden, Radivoje Bukvic), but it manages to avoid the usual indigestible Euro-Pudding feel by virtue of its relentlessly globetrotting plot. A sequel's already in the works, co-starring Sharon Stone in an effort to get the theatrical release in the English-speaking territories that this didn't manage.
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©-DR- LARGO WINCH (2008) de Jérome Salle p19
16/08/2014 18:06
Kristin Scott Thomas,parfaite dans le rôle d'Ann Ferguson
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-Two Brazilian twin brothers who were extras on the film sold their car to buy a plane ticket and continue the shoot in Hong Kong.
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-Jean Van Hamme declared that though Tomer Sisley doesn't look like Largo Winch as drawn by Philippe Francq, he nevertheless resembles the one depicted in the novels, which preceded the comic book series.
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-Tomer Sisley learned Serbian for the film and performed a lot of his own stunts.
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-The Hong Kong action scenes were shot without official authorization, with a small crew looking out for the police.
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-The movie rights to Largo Winch were first sold 20 years prior to this film to producer Serge Silberman, whose ambition was to create a franchise that could rival James Bond's. He however died before being able to work on the project.
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-Jérôme Salle first thought of making a Largo Winch movie six years before this film, and acquired the rights after completing Anthony Zimmer (2005)
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-The film is mainly based on the first two albums of the comic book series, with elements of the next two also included.
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-Though in the film, the W Group's headquarters are in Hong Kong, in the comic book they are located in New York.
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-The part of the film set in Brazil in the movie was set in Turkey in the comic book.
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-In the film, Nerio and later Largo stay in a yacht off the coast of Hong Kong. In the comic book, they stay in a penthouse at the top of the W Group building.
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-In the comic book, Nerio is killed by being thrown off the roof of the Winch building. In the movie he is drowned.
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-In the movie, it is told that Nerio was born poor and made all his wealth by himself. In the comic book Nerio's father was already billionaire.
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-In the comic book, Largo is raised by a Liechtensteinian couple. In the movie the couple is Croatian.
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WILHELM SCREAM: In the fight scene between Largo (Tomer Sisley) and the Brazilian militia.(Mé putain cékoa le Wihelm scream !!!????)
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©-DR-LARGO WINCH de Jérome Salle (2008) fin
16/08/2014 18:10
Récompenses
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World Soundtrack Awards 2009 :
Meilleur compositeur de l'année pour Alexandre Desplat,
récompense attribuée pour son travail sur Largo Winch mais aussi sur
Coco avant Chanel,
L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button
et Chéri
Étoiles d'or 2009 :
Révélation masculine pour Tomer Sisley
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©-DR-Karel Roden : Bio / filmo
17/08/2014 04:17
Un acteur interessant
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Karel Roden est un acteur tchèque,né le 18 mai 1962 à ÄŒeské BudÄ›jovice Tchécoslovaquie
Biographie (fr)
Son père et son grand-père étaient aussi des acteurs. Après avoir étudié l'art dramatique à Prague, Karel Roden obtient de nombreux rôles au théâtre et au cinéma. En dehors de la République tchèque, il est surtout connu pour sa participation à des films hollywoodiens, tels que Blade II ou Hellboy.
Biographie(en)
Karel Roden is an internationally known actor who was most recently seen in the United States in director Jaume Collet-Serra's "Orphan," starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard, and in Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla," opposite Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson and Thandie Newton. His work can also be seen in such films as the hit comedy "Mr. Bean's Vacation," starring Rowan Atkinson; Wayne Kramer's "Running Scared," opposite Paul Walker and Vera Farmiga; Paul Greengrass' wildly successful "The Bourne Supremacy," the second film in the franchise starring Matt Damon; Guillermo del Toro's comics-based action thrillers "Hellboy" and "Blade II"; "Bulletproof Monk," starring Chow Yun-Fat and Seann William Scott; and "15 Minutes," starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns.
Roden has been nominated several times and recently won a prestigious Czech Lion Award for Best Actor for his work in the film "Guard No. 47," produced in his native country, the Czech Republic. He has acted in numerous Czech films, including "Jménem krále"; "The Eye"; "Holka Ferrari Dino"; "Bathory"; "Little Girl Blue"; "Bestiar"; "Vaterland - Lovecký deník"; and "Wild Flowers." Roden has also acted in a variety of films produced throughout Europe, including France's "Largo Winch," from director Jérôme Salle and starring Kristin Scott Thomas; Spain's "The Abandoned," Poland's "Summer Love"; and the UK's "Shut Up and Shoot Me" and "The Last Drop."
He appeared as himself in Jan Nemec's documentary "Late Night Talks with Mother." On the small screen, Roden has appeared in the US series "The Philanthropist," the UK series "MI-5" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel," and in countless Czech productions, including the series "Trapasy" and the telepic "A Christmas Tale." A graduate of the Prague Dramatic Academy of Fine Arts, Roden hails from a long tradition of Czech actors: his younger brother, Marian, is also an actor, and both men followed in the footsteps of their father and grandfather Roden's upcoming films include the horror thriller "Andrassy Street 60.," opposite Talia Shire and Barry Corbin; the German period drama "Habermann"; and "Alois Nebel," an animated feature from the Czech Republic.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Elizabeth Baker
Filmographie
1984 : Jak básníci pÅ™icházejí o iluze : Honza
1987 : Hauri : Cyril
1987 : Copak je to za vojáka... : Captain Tuma
1987 : Jak básníkum chutná život : Honza
1988 : Sedem jednou ranou
1988 : ÄŒekání na Patrika : Mirek
1988 : Pan Tau - Der Film : Pavel
1989 : Masseba : Tall youngster
1989 : Čas sluhů : Milan
1990 : Jen o rodinných záležitostech : VyšetÅ™ovatel
1990 : SilnÄ›jší než já : Inspector Sárka
1991 : Corpus delicti : Jaromír
1992 : Prova di memoria : Matyás
1992 : Don Gio : Giovanni
1992 : La Caverne de la rose d'or 2 (Fantaghirò 2) (TV) : Goldeye
1993 : Kanárská spojka : Don Giovanni
1994 : Desideria et le prince rebelle (feuilleton TV) : Prince Lisandro
1994 : Hrad z písku : Stranger
1996 : Crackerjack 2 : Hans Becker
1996 : Ubu roi (Kral Ubu) : Captain Vobruba
1996 : La Légende d'Aliséa (Sorellina e il principe del sogno) (TV) : The proprietor
1996 : Eine Kleine Jazzmusik : Bronzoryp
1998 : Čas dluhů : Milan
1998 : Pasti, pasti, pastiÄky : Dr. Marek
1999 : The Scarlet Pimpernel (feuilleton TV) : Figaro
1999 : Prague vu par (Praha ocima) : Petr
1999 : Dvojrole : Surgeon
1999 : Kuře melancholik : Father
2000 : Pták ohnivák : Magician Skeleton
2000 : Oběti a vrazi : Miroslav
2000 : Kytice : The Groom Soldier
2001 : VÄ›rní abonenti (TV)
2001 : 15 minutes (15 Minutes) : Emil Slovak
2001 : Les Mondes parallèles (Paralelní svety) : Krystof
2001 : ÄŒerní andÄ›lé (série TV)
2002 : Bratři
2002 : Blade II : Carter Kounen
2002 : Sen
2003 : Le Gardien du manuscrit sacré (Bulletproof Monk) : Strucker
2004 : Dead Fish : Dragan
2004 : Rex-patriates
2004 : Hellboy : Grigori Rasputin
2004 : La Mort dans la peau (The Bourne Supremacy) : Gretkov
2004 : Vaterland - Lovecký deník : Richard
2005 : Opération Matchbox (The Last Drop) : Beck
2005 : Shut Up and Shoot Me : Pavel Zeman
2006 : La Peur au ventre (Running Scared) : Anzor "Duke" Yugorsky
2006 : Abandonnée (The Abandoned) : Nikolaï
2007 : BestiáÅ™
2007 : Les Vacances de Mr. Bean : Emil Duchevsky
2008 : RocknRolla : Uri
2008 : Largo Winch : Mikhail Korsky
2009 : Esther : Dr Varava
2011 : Poursuite mortelle : Darko
2013 : Frankenstein's Army : Victor Frankenstein
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