MARLOWE starring Neeson, Lange, Kruger, Cumming, Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Huston, Hart and Meaney
The script from William Monahan (The Departed) is based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville, with Oscar winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) aboard to direct.
In Marlowe, when private detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter.
Kruger will play Clare Cavendish, the femme-fatale instigator of the plot, who inherits her irresistible charm from her notorious mother, Dorothy Cavendish, played by Oscar winner Jessica Lange.
Hart is set to play detective Joe Green, whilst Colm Meaney plays Bernie Ohls, the DA’s investigator and Chandler’s other recurring character from the original stories. Danny Huston will play the colourful country club manager, Floyd Hanson. Akinnuoye will play Cedric, the right-hand to sharply-dressed gangster Lou Hendricks, played by Cumming.
Pic is being produced by Alan Moloney, Gary Levinsohn, Philip Kim, Patrick Hibler, Mark Fasano and Billy Hines. The film is being executive produced by Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard, Patrick Muldoon, Jeff Rice, Steven Sims, Harris Tulchin, Tobias Weymar, Christopher Hines and Celine Haddad.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 36 | September 1, 2022 8:42 PM
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Alan Cumming needs to go away. What a ham.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 13, 2021 3:33 AM
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The book is a page turner. Lange’s character is aces.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 13, 2021 4:51 PM
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The Suicide Squad breakout Daniela Melchior and The Moodys star François Arnaud are the latest to have joined Liam Neeson movie thriller Marlowe, which is currently filming in Ireland and Spain.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | November 27, 2021 2:31 AM
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The film is being shot in Ireland apparently. The description makes it sound like a Chinatown esque L.A. noir but I can't imagine anyone is dumb enough to think the Emerald isle could stand in for California.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 27, 2021 2:40 AM
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This is an excellent cast.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 27, 2021 2:40 AM
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Wow this looks great, I can’t wait to see it! Love a good noir. And not just the Pinot kind!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 27, 2021 3:05 AM
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R4, That's probably why they were shooting in Barcelona, which has a temperate Mediterranean climate like California.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | November 29, 2021 5:42 AM
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Part of this story is set in Ireland, too.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 29, 2021 5:51 AM
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Please send a grease fire to the table of R1
Alan Cumming is fabulous.
The entire cast sounds enticing.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 29, 2021 6:07 AM
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Vintage cars were on the streets of Manresa last week, and the exterior of the Catalan restaurant Miami was transformed into Schmidt's Liquor, while the building next door read "Bank of Bay City." Bay City is Raymond Chandler's pseudonym for Santa Monica.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 10 | November 29, 2021 6:21 AM
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Only 3 reasons I'd watch the film: Lange, Huston & Cummins and they probably will all have only small roles.
Wasn't Liam Neeson cancelled?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 29, 2021 6:34 AM
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A little snippet of a scene from the novel between Lange and Neeson’s characters.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 12 | November 29, 2021 6:46 AM
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I love the word snippet. Well it sounds promising for sure. Neil Jordan can be great. Liam Neeson is beyond sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 29, 2021 7:25 AM
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Never realized it before but Jessica Lange and diane kruger actually look pretty similar enough to be believable as mother and daughter
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 29, 2021 9:34 AM
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I’m ready, with my crotchless panties on.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 1, 2021 2:37 AM
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is so damn sexy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | December 1, 2021 2:44 AM
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R18 He was delicious in Oz.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 1, 2021 2:51 AM
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Liam is hot big nose and all
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 1, 2021 2:51 AM
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R20 I bet he’s got cock for days.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 1, 2021 2:52 AM
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R21 Is that a Nicole Kidman emoji…?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 1, 2021 2:57 AM
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R22, he's pretty old. I wonder if it works?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 9, 2021 12:35 AM
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Diane Kruger is a nothing actress. I saw J.T. Leroy and I didn’t even know who she was.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 16, 2021 6:11 AM
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R26, second movie with Liam. I wonder if they're lovers?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 16, 2021 11:24 AM
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There was a movie in the late 1960s called Marlowe with James Garner and DL anti-fave Rita Moreno, who I thought did a really good job. It wasn't as edgy as it really should have been, especially since it was based on the short story "Little Sister," which is grim.
I had assumed this was going to be a remake of that story but I'm glad to see it's not. Sounds more like the Gene Hackman Night Moves, so I'm seriously interested in watching this.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 16, 2021 11:29 AM
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[quote]In Marlowe, when private detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress
Hmmph. If Liam Neeson isn't searching for his daughter, the film is not worth watching.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 16, 2021 11:34 AM
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R26, Kruger is excellent as Marie Antoinette in Farewell My Queen (2012).
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 16, 2021 9:03 PM
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Is Lisa Mordente in this?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 23, 2021 6:38 AM
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R14 snippet, snippet good.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 31, 2022 6:16 AM
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You'd think they'd try to make this a franchise and select a younger actor besides the wooden, 70-yr. old Neeson, who has never lost his Irish brogue.
"Chandler is not consistent as to Marlowe's age. In The Big Sleep, set in 1936, Marlowe's age is given as 33, while in The Long Goodbye (set 14 years later), Marlowe is 42. In a letter to D. J. Ibberson of April 19, 1951, Chandler noted among other things that Marlowe is 38 years old and was born in Santa Rosa, California"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | August 31, 2022 7:07 AM
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The film is premiering in competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival later this month (Sept. 24):
Marlowe, directed by Neil Jordan and written by William Monahan, will have its world premiere at the closing gala of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF, September 16-24).
Screening in official competition, Marlowe stars Liam Neeson as the titular private detective asked to hunt down the ex-lover of a mysterious blonde woman, played by Diane Kruger, in 1930’s Los Angeles. It is inspired by John Banville’s novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, based on the character of Philip Marlowe from the novels of Raymond Chandler.
Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Alan Cumming also star. Kruger will join Neeson and Jordan in attending SSIFF for the premiere on September 24.
The film is produced by Alan Moloney, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Fasano, Billy Hines, Philip Kim and Patrick Hibler. Filming took place in both Barcelona and Dublin in a co-production between Parallel Films, Hills Productions and Davis Films, with support from Screen Ireland.
Open Road Films has North American rights to Marlowe and is planning a theatrical release in December.
Jordan was previously president of SSIFF in 2019 and his film The Good Thief opened the festival in 2002.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 36 | September 1, 2022 8:42 PM
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