MR. NICE
by Bernard Rose
synopsis
Nuclear physicist, marijuana connoisseur, school teacher, money launderer, gentleman, fugitive and spy.… Raconteur, travel agent, writer, philosopher of science and supposed 20th century gay icon.… Rock Music tour promoter, public speaker, board game appreciator and the biggest dope smuggler on the planet. Mr. Nice. From: Kenfig, South Wales, 1945. To: Oxford University, Germany, London, Ireland, Pakistan, Amsterdam, Thailand, Ibiza, Majorca, Manila, America. Jail. Contact with: the mafia, CIA, IRA and MI6. 43 aliases, 4 kids, 89 phone lines, 25 companies throughout the world and over one million books sold. We follow Howard’s prodigious rise. And fall. This is the frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal story of Howard's life so far.
international title: | Mr. Nice |
original title: | Mr. Nice |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Independent Film Company |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bernard Rose |
film run: | 121' |
release date: | UK 08/10/2010, IE 08/10/2010, SE 03/12/2010, SI 13/01/2011, DK 03/03/2011, FR 13/04/2011, PL 20/05/2011, DE 23/06/2011, BE 10/08/2011, NL 15/09/2011, CZ 21/04/2012, ES 20/07/2012 |
screenplay: | Bernard Rose |
cast: | Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis, Omid Djalili |
cinematography by: | Bernard Rose |
film editing: | Teresa Font |
art director: | Max Gottlieb |
costumes designer: | Caroline Harris |
music: | Philip Glass |
producer: | Luc Roeg, Mark Albela, Denise O'Dell |
production: | Independent Film Company |
distributor: | eOne entertainmentOne, UFO Distribution, Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment Belgique, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment Nederland, Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o. |