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Black Out (2012 Film)
''Black Out'' is a 2012 Dutch crime action comedy film. Plot Jos Vreeswijk (Thiry) is a former criminal who wakes up one day before his wedding to find a murdered corpse beside him, and no recollection of the night before. Cast * Raymond Thiry as Jos Vreeswijk * Kim van Kooten as Caroline * Bas Keijzer as Bobbie * Renée Fokker as Coca Inez * Edmond Classen as Charles * Katja Schuurman as Charity * Birgit Schuurman as Petra * Willie Wartaal as Wally * Kempi as Björn * Simon Armstrong as Vlad * Ursul de Geer as Rudolf * Alex van Warmerdam as André * Marwan Kenzari as Youssef * Robert de Hoog as Gianni * Horace Cohen as Rex * Semmy Schilt as Abel Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 5.17/10. Awards * Rembrandt Awards 2013 Nominee - Best Film *Rembrandt Awards 2013 Nominee - Best Actor, Raymond Thiry *Netherlands Film Festival The Netherlands Film Festival ( nl, Nederlands Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Toonen
Arne Toonen (born 9 January 1975) is a Dutch film director. Several of his films won the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards. Career In 2010, he directed the film ''Dik Trom''. The film won both the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards. The film also won the Golden Calf for Best Production Design award at the 2011 Netherlands Film Festival. His short film ''Drop Dead'' won the Competition for the Short Film Award at the Osnabrück Independent Film Festival. In 2012, he directed the film '' Black Out''. In 2015, he directed the film ''The Little Gangster'' (''De Boskampi's''). The film won the ''Michel Award'' at the 2015 Filmfest Hamburg. In 2019, he directed the film ''Amsterdam Vice'' (''Baantjer: Het Begin'') based on the novels of A. C. Baantjer. The film won the Golden Film award two weeks later after having sold 100,000 tickets. He also directed a 2023 episode of the ''Van der Valk'' television series. Personal life Toonen married Birgit Schuurman in July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroen De Bruin
Jeroen () is a Dutch male given name originating from the Greek Hieronymus, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of that name. Jeroen may refer to: Belgian people *Jeroen Van Herzeele (born 1965), jazz saxophonist Dutch people *Jeroen Bleekemolen (born 1981), professional racing driver *Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971), cyclist * Jeroen de Lange (born 1968), politician *Jeroen Delmee (born 1973), field hockey player *Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966), politician *Jeroen Dubbeldam (born 1973), equestrian *Jeroen Duyster (born 1966), rower *Jeroen Groenendijk (born 1949), philosopher *Jeroen Hoencamp (born 1966), businessman *Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944), actor * Jeroen Lenaers (born 1984), politician *Jeroen Oerlemans (1970–2016), photojournalist *Jeroen Recourt (born 1970), politician *Jeroen Smits (born 1972), cricketer *Jeroen Paul Thesseling (born 1971), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwan Kenzari
Marwan Kenzari ( ar, مروان كنزاري; born 16 January 1983) is a Dutch actor born in The Hague, Netherlands. Starting his career in 2008, he first came to prominence for his role in the 2013 film ''Wolf'', which earned him a Golden Calf award for Best Actor. Since 2016, he has been starring in English-language films, including ''Aladdin'' (2019), '' The Old Guard'' (2020) and ''Black Adam'' (2022), which earned him international recognition. Life and career Early life and beginnings Kenzari was born on 16 January 1983 in The Hague, Netherlands, to a Tunisian family. His father was a construction worker, while his mother was a housewife. As a teenager he was mainly interested in football before a girl he was seeing signed them up to audition for the Dutch version of the musical ''Chicago''. In 2009, Kenzari graduated at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduation he was recruited by the Toneelgroep Amsterdam, which allowed him to tour in Moscow, London, Vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Van Warmerdam
Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter. Life and career Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater (which later became the musictheatre group Orkater). In 1980, he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond (The Mexican Dog), together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam. This is the name under which all the shows since 1989 have been released. He made his first feature film in 1986: ''Abel''. He plays a role in each of his films so far, with the exception of Grimm (film), Grimm (2003). Alex van Warmerdam is married to Dutch actress Annet Malherbe, who plays parts in most of his films and also functions as a casting director. Their son Mees is a musician and has performed in various shows by theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond. He won the Toneelschrijfprijs, Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursul De Geer
Ursul may refer to: *Ursul or Urs, a tributary of the river Țibău in Romania *Ursul (Russia) The Ursul (russian: Урсул; alt, Урсул) is a river of Ongudaysky District, in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The town Onguday lies on the Ursul. Gallery File:Онгудай. Река Урсу ..., a tributary of the Katun in Altai Republic, Russia See also * Ursu River (other) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Armstrong
Simon Armstrong is a Welsh actor from Llanelli, best known for his portrayal of Qhorin Halfhand in '' Game of Thrones''. Career Armstrong portrayed Qhorin Halfhand in the HBO series '' Game of Thrones'' (2012). He also had recurring roles in the TV series '' Coronation Street'' (2013) and ''The Interceptor'' (2015). He portrayed Rogers in Nigel Cole's ''Made in Dagenham'' (2010). He starred in the Dutch crime action comedy '' Black Out'' (2012) and in the British drama film ''In the Dark Half'' (2012). In 2014, Simon joined the cast of British- American short Artificio Conceal. The film, written and directed by Ayoub Qanir, was selected to film festivals worldwide including Cannes Film Festival's ''Short Film Corner '', Edinburgh International Film Festival and Seattle International Film Festival. Selected filmography Film Television Selected theatre * 2017: Sir Toby Belch in ''Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempi
Jerreley Zanian John Slijger (born June 18, 1986), known by his stage name Kempi, is a Dutch rapper of Curaçaoan descent. From 2006 to 2012, Kempi was signed at Dutch label TopNotch. He released two studio albums, four EP's and seven mixtapes to date. In 2008, Kempi was named "Best Hip-Hop Artist" in the Netherlands at the prestigious State Awards. Beside his artistic activities, Kempi is also notorious for his extensive criminal record. Early life Kempi was born in Helmond and grew up in Woensel-West, a deprived neighborhood in Eindhoven, as the fourth of seven children. As a teenager he went to a school for children with behavioral problems and started to participate in criminal activities, such as dealing in cocaine and heroin. He built a very extensive criminal record, including various prison sentences. Musical career Influenced by Tupac Shakur, Lil Wayne, and Dutch rapper Duvel, Kempi began to write down his street-life experiences, but wasn't seriously into hip-hop yet. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Wartaal
Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter * Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and director of the Growing Power urban farming program * Willie Allen (racing driver) (born 1980), American racing driver * Willie Anderson (other) * Willie Apiata (born 1972), New Zealand Army soldier, only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Willie (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Willie Hortencio Barbosa * Willy Böckl (1893–1975), Austrian world champion figure skater * Willy Bocklant (1941–1985), Belgian road racing cyclist * Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier * Willy Bogner, Jr. (born 1942), German fashion designer and alpine skier * Willie Bosket (born 1962), American convicted murderer whose numerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Comedy Film
Action comedy is a genre that combines aspects of action and comedy. The genre is most prevalent in film with action comedy films, though several TV series fit this genre. Film The action comedy film is a film genre that combines aspects of action film and comedy film. Allmovie describes action comedy films as those with "fast and furious" action yet being "mostly lighthearted", rarely having death or serious injury. The Script Lab wrote, " he genrerelies on the characters to bring out the humor, while the action scenes tend to be less intense than in the traditional action movie." Television List of action-comedy TV series: *'' Burn Notice'' (2007-2013) *''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (1979-1985) *''Chuck'' (2007-2012) *''Future Man'' (2017-2020) *''Kidd Video'' (1984-1985) *''Lethal Weapon'' (2016-2019) *''Remington Steele'' (1982-1987) *''What We Do in the Shadows ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benelux Film Distributors
Benelux Film Distributors, also known as Benelux Film Distributors Home Entertainment, BFD and BFDHE, was a joint venture of various independent film distributors founded in 2006. They marketed a wide range of films in cinemas and on home video in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They distributed films by Lumière (Belgium), Inspire Pictures (Netherlands) and Dutch FilmWorks (Netherlands). The company Video/Film Express (Houten, Netherlands), founded in 1991, were merged with BFD on January 1, 2012. Subsequently, BFD had two offices in Ghent, Belgium and Houten. Movies distributed by BFD included ''Oorlogswinter'', ''Crusade in Jeans'', ''De Brief voor de Koning'', ''The Bank Job'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Amazing Grace'', '' The Good Shepherd'', ''Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Film
Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum *Some other citrus or citrus-like fruit, see ''list of plants known as orange'' * ''Orange'' (word), both a noun and an adjective in the English language Orange may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Game of Life'' (film), a 2007 film originally known as ''Oranges'' * ''Orange'' (2010 film), a Telugu-language film * ''The Oranges'' (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy starring Hugh Laurie * ''Orange'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''Orange'' (2015 film), a Japanese film * ''Orange'' (2018 film), a Kannada-language film Music Groups and labels * Orange (band), an American punk rock band, who formed in 2002 from California * Orange Record Label, a Canadian independent record label, founded 2003 Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
