Repo Men
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 Promotional film poster |
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| Directed by | Miguel Sapochnik |
| Produced by | Scott Stuber |
| Written by | Eric Garcia Garrett Lerner |
| Starring | Jude Law Forest Whitaker Liev Schrieber Alice Braga Carice van Houten Chandler Canterbury RZA |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
| Editing by | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| Studio | Relativity Media Stuber Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 2, 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Repo Men (formerly known as Repossession Mambo[1]) is an upcoming 2010 science fiction action thriller directed by Miguel Sapochnik, and starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.[2]
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Production
In 2003, screenwriters Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner began collaborating with Miguel Sapochnik on a screenplay based on a novel being written by Garcia, which has since been published as of March 31, 2009. In June 2007, Universal Pictures cast Jude Law and Forest Whitaker into the futuristic adventure thriller Repo Men!. The film will be directed by Sapochnik in his directorial debut. Production began in September 2007.[3] Casting for this film was done by Mindy Marin, production design by David Sandefur, art direction by Dan Yarhi, set decoration by Clive Thomasson, and costume design by Caroline Harris. Filming took place in Toronto, and the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario.
Cast
- Jude Law portrays Remy, a repo man.[4]
- Forest Whitaker portrays Remy's former partner, Jake Freivald.[5] Whitaker, experienced in the martial art of kali, used it in the film.[6]
- Carice Van Houten portrays Remy's current wife.[5]
- Alice Braga portrays Beth, Remy's former wife.[4]
- Liev Schreiber portrays Frank, Remy's chief.[7]
- Chandler Canterbury portrays Peter, Remy's son.
Music
The score to Repo Men was composed by Marco Beltrami, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/32773/repo-men-do-repossession-mambo
- ^ Trailer Debut for Long Delayed 'Repo Men', Poster and Still!
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana; Borys Kit (2007-06-18). "Whitaker, Law do the Uni 'Mambo'". The Hollywood Reporter (Nielsen Company). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iefd3c170a1ef0178524b0da4252ed5c2. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ^ a b Kit, Borys; Carloyn Giardina (2007-08-30). "Braga doing 'Mambo' for Universal". The Hollywood Reporter (Nielsen Company). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ia4622155e545932c6302ab2d5b50773e. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ a b Kit, Borys (2007-10-12). "Van Houten two-timing leading men". The Hollywood Reporter (Nielsen Company). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iafd724b50c2b4b11e5d32ffe3149548e. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ Nepales, Ruben V. (2008-02-16). "Forest Whitaker shows off Pinoy martial arts skills in Repossession". Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc).
- ^ Garrett, Diane (2007-11-27). "Schreiber to do Universal's 'Mambo'". Variety (Reed Business Information). http://www.variety.com/articleVR1117976609.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Dan Goldwasser (2009-04-13). "Marco Beltrami scores Repossession Mambo". ScoringSessions.com. http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/180/. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
External links
- Repo Men at the Internet Movie Database
- Repo Men at Allmovie
