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Shades (1999) [N/A]

Featuring:
Mickey Rourke, Gene Bervoets, Andrew Howard

Written by:
Guy Lee Thys
Paul Breuls
Erik Van Looy

Directed by:
Erik Van Looy


Release Date:
October 19, 1999

Original Title:
Shades

Alternate Titles:
Sombras

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Multicom Entertainment Group

Production Countries:
Belgium

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 96

A frantic film within a film.

Overview from TheMovieDB

In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, a merciless producer, an insubordinate star, and a conviced serial killer all try to survive the deadliest place on Earth: a movie set.

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Overview from Open Movies

Shades is a film about (imaginary) Belgian serial killer Freddy Lebecq which producer Max Vogel, a former lawyer, is determined to make into an internationally co-produced, relatively big budget-production Hollywood style, with a director from the States. To that end he cuts deals with and often behind the backs of just about everybody, including Lebeq -who has the book rights-, his lawyer who hopes to use proceeds donated to the relatives to facilitate early release, even the victims, always trying to get the media circus to yield priceless publicity. However not only the lead actor proves a loose canon, even Lebecq ends up killing his lawyer and escaping, when he believes the movie is hurting his case ...

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Shades (1999) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.2/10

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Production

Casting:
Sara De Vries-Vinck
Kris Vinck

Co-Producer:
Catherine Vandeleene

Costume Design:
Tine Claeys

Director:
Erik Van Looy

Director of Photography:
Danny Hiele

Editor:
Philippe Ravoet

Executive Producer:
Gregory Cascante

Makeup Artist:
Eddy van den Abbeele

Novel:
Guy Lee Thys

Producer:
Paul Breuls
Guy Lee Thys

Production Design:
Johan van Essche
Ludo Volders

Screenplay:
Paul Breuls
Erik Van Looy

Sound:
Sophie Determeyer
Leo Franssen

Sound Editor:
Peter Flamman
Wart Wamsteker

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