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'''''All the Queen's Men''''' is a 2001 [[action comedy]] [[war film]]. It was directed by [[Stefan Ruzowitzky]] and stars [[Matt LeBlanc]] and [[Eddie Izzard]]. The budget was $15,000,000,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252223/business All the Queen's Men (2001) - Box office / business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but the film only earned $22,723 worldwide, giving it a |
'''''All the Queen's Men''''' is a 2001 [[action comedy]] [[war film]]. It was directed by [[Stefan Ruzowitzky]] and stars [[Matt LeBlanc]] and [[Eddie Izzard]]. The budget was $15,000,000,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252223/business All the Queen's Men (2001) - Box office / business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but the film only earned $22,723 worldwide, giving it a −99.92% return.<ref>[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php The Numbers - Movie Budgets<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allthequeensmen.htm All the Queen's Men (2002)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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*O'Rourke - [[Matt LeBlanc]] |
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| Directed by | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
| Written by | David Schneider |
| Produced by | Rainer Virnich Phil Alden Robinson |
| Starring | Matt LeBlanc Eddie Izzard James Cosmo |
| Cinematography | Peter Kappel Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
| Edited by | Rudi Heinen Nick Moore Britta Nahler Andrea Schumacher |
| Music by | Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Robert Folk Michael Lloyd |
| Distributed by | Strand Releasing |
Release dates | October 14, 2001 (U.S. Mill Valley Film Festival) October 25, 2002 (limited) December 13, 2001 (Germany) June 7, 2002 (Austria) |
Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | Germany / Austria |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15,000,000 |
All the Queen's Men is a 2001 action comedy war film. It was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and stars Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard. The budget was $15,000,000,[1] but the film only earned $22,723 worldwide, giving it a −99.92% return.[2][3]
Cast
- O'Rourke - Matt LeBlanc
- Tony Parker - Eddie Izzard
- Archie - James Cosmo
- Romy - Nicolette Krebitz
- Johnno - David Birkin
- Aitken - Edward Fox
Plot
During World War II the British army is attempting to retrieve an Enigma machine from Germany. Having failed in previous attempts they decide to send four men undercover to the factory that makes the devices, deep in Berlin. Unfortunately the factory is populated entirely by women, and they only have men to send.
American O'Rourke (LeBlanc) teams with British transvestite Tony Parker (Izzard), genius Johnno (Birken) and the reluctant Archie (Cosmo). The four are sent to infiltrate the factory dressed as women.
Dropped in the wrong area, the team must first try to find their bearings. Aided by Romy, a sympathiser to their cause, they find their way to the factory. They manage to retrieve the Enigma machine, against the expectations of the British army. Just before they leave Germany, they realize they were tricked – the British government already had the device, but wanted to make the Germans think they were still after it. They were specifically chosen as the team most likely to fail. That they are about to successfully leave Germany with an Enigma machine would, in fact, destroy the usefulness of the machine, as the Germans would know it was stolen and switch to a different code system. Archie volunteers to be captured with the machine to allow the mission to "fail," but actually succeed. After he is captured, the team retrieves him and all return safely to England, leaving the German with the impression they have all the Enigma machines and the British are still desperate to obtain one.
Reception
Roger Ebert mentioned the film in his book Your Movie Sucks. He says it's "a perfectly good idea for a comedy, but it just plain doesn't work." Ebert also mentions the problem with the plot being about retrieving an Enigma machine when "Anyone who has seen Enigma, U-571, or the various TV documentaries...will be aware that by the time of the movie, the British already had possession of an Enigma machine... The movie has an answer to it, but it comes so late in the film that although it makes sense technically, the damage has already been done."[4]