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Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
''Kidnapping Freddy Heineken'' (U.S. title ''Kidnapping Mr. Heineken'') is a 2015 British-Dutch crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson based on the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. The screenplay, based on the 1987 book by Peter R. de Vries, was written by William Brookfield. The role of Freddy Heineken is played by Anthony Hopkins, with Sam Worthington as Willem Holleeder, Jim Sturgess as Cor van Hout, Ryan Kwanten as Jan Boellaard, Thomas Cocquerel as Martin Erkamps and Mark van Eeuwen as Frans Meijer. Plot The film takes place in 1983, primarily in Amsterdam, and centres on a group of five Dutch friends: Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout, Jan Boellard, Martin Erkamps and Frans Meijer. Looking for easy money, they decide to kidnap the Heineken owner and tycoon Freddy Heineken to achieve a very high ransom. Although capturing Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer successfully, the group eventually face difficulties due to a lack of experience in crime. They fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Alfredson
Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson (born 23 May 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Sweden, Swedish film director who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the ''Millennium Trilogy'': ''The Girl Who Played with Fire (film), The Girl Who Played with Fire'' and ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (film), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest''. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Guldbagge Award for Best Director, Best Director for the film ''The Man on the Balcony (film), The Man on the Balcony''. In 2015 his film ''Blackway'' starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta was released. He is the older brother of Tomas Alfredson (director of ''Let the Right One In (film), Let the Right One In'' and ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'') and the son of Hasse Alfredson. Filmography * ''Roseanna (1993 film), Roseanna'' (1993) * ''The Man on the Balcony (film), The Man on the Balcon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Meijer (criminal)
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Frans Meijer may refer to: *Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875–1918), born Frans Nicholaas Meijer in the Netherlands, American explorer and collector of plants *Frans Meijer, one of five Dutch men who were caught and imprisoned for the 1983 Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken Freddy Heineken, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of the brewing company Heineken International and one of the richest people in the Netherlands, and his driver Ab Doderer, were kidnapped on 9 November 1983 in Amsterdam. They were relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Godon
Eric Godon (born 7 February 1959) is a Belgian character actor, director and writer. Recognisable by his burly appearance and deep voice, he is perhaps best known in English language circles, for his roles in ''In Bruges'', and '' The Missing''. Life and career Godon studied Germanic Philology in Brussels, and was a member of the Belgian Junior national football team. He began his acting career at the age of 42. He is largely self-taught, and is well versed in improvisation. He speaks many languages, which have proven useful in his international acting career. In addition to his native language (French), he is fluent in Dutch, Flemish, English and German, and is also reasonable in Hebrew, Spanish, Italian and Russian. He is pursuing an international career. After '' Fishing Without Nets'', an American independent film by Cutter Hodierne shot in Kenya, he played the character of mayor Georges Deloix in the first series of the BBC drama '' The Missing''. In 2015, he appeared alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Slaughter
William H. Slaughter is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles in '' The Campaign'' and ''Focus''. In his free time he works with students that want to become actors and actresses at Launch Model And Talent in Metairie, Louisiana. Early life Slaughter was born on June 3, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and graduated in Drama and Communications from the University of New Orleans. He has been trained at the British American Drama Academy (BADA). Career In 2011, Slaughter played Ryan in the action film ''Colombiana'' opposite Zoe Saldana, the film was directed by Olivier Megaton and released domestically by TriStar Pictures on August 26, 2011. In 2012, Slaughter played the role of Dermot in the political comedy film '' The Campaign'' along with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. The film was directed by Jay Roach and released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 10, 2012. In 2013, Slaughter played the role of an Ohio State Fair Security Guard named Ben in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dencik
Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), ''Top of the Lake'' (2017), ''McMafia'' (2018), ''Chernobyl'' (2019), and the ''James Bond'' film ''No Time to Die'' (2021). Dencik is twice a Robert Award winner, for Best Actor in a Leading Role for '' A Soap'' (2006) and Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role for ''The Chestnut Man'' (2021). He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''The Perfect Patient'' (2019). He is also a seven-time Bodil Award nominee. Early life Dencik was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His family moved to Denmark when he was very young. As a teenager, he spent his youth studying in Brazil, where he discovered Capoeira, the Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance and music. The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Van Eeuwen
Mark van Eeuwen (born 23 July 1976) is a Dutch actor. He is known for his role as Jack van Houten in the long-running soap opera ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden''. Career He played the role of criminal Frans Meijer in the 2015 film ''Kidnapping Freddy Heineken''. He also played in the 2018 film ''Redbad''. In 2013, he participated in an episode of the game show ''De Jongens tegen de Meisjes''. In 2016, he played the role of Peter in '' The Passion'', a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011. Personal life Van Eeuwen has been in relationships with actress Lieke van Lexmond and model Kim Kötter. Filmography As actor * ''Snowfever'' (2004) * ''Voetbalvrouwen'' (2007) * ''Kidnapping Freddy Heineken'' (2015) * ''Rendez-vous'' (2015) * ''Alles voor elkaar'' (2017) * ''Redbad'' (2018) * ''Blijf van mijn kind'' (2018) * ''Flikken Rotterdam'' (2016-2021) * ''The Forgotten Battle'' (2020) * ''Stromboli'' (2022) As contestant * ''De Jongens tegen de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cocquerel
Thomas Michel Cocquerel (born 5 September 1989) is an Australian actor. On television, he is known for his role as Tom Raikes in Julian Fellowes' HBO Max series ''The Gilded Age (TV series), The Gilded Age'' (2022). His films include ''OtherLife'' (2017), ''Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film), Billionaire Boys Club'', ''Celeste (2018 film), Celeste'', ''In Like Flynn (film), In Like Flynn'' (2018), and ''The Divorce Party'' (2019). Early life Cocquerel was born in Sydney to French father Patrick and Australian mother Georgia. His younger sisters Emilie Cocquerel, Emilie, Elsa Cocquerel, Elsa, and Anna are also actors. He spent his early childhood in Spain, France, and the United States before returning to Sydney in 2001, settling in the North Shore suburb of Warrawee, New South Wales, Warrawee. He attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (colloquially known as the Shore School). He went on to graduate from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2012. Career In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemima West
Jemima West (born 11 August 1987) is a French actress. She is bilingual, growing up for most of her life in Paris, France. She is best known for playing ''Isabelle Lightwood'' in the film adaptation of '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'' and Alice Whelan in the British drama series ''Indian Summers''. She also appeared in the second season of '' The Borgias'' as Vittoria. Early life West's parents are English. Her father is an accountant and her mother is a business interpreter. When she was five years old, her parents moved to Paris. She attended the Sorbonne and graduated in the history of art while taking acting classes in the evening. She can speak both French and English. She has described herself as completely English and has said that she has an easier time working in her mother tongue; she says Paris is her home. Career West made her acting début at the age of 12 when she appeared in the 1999 film ''Joan Of Arc'', directed by Luc Besson. She later on starred in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice. When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French ''rançon'' from Latin ''redemptio'' = "buying back": compare " redemption". Ransom cases Julius Caesar was captured by pirates near the island of Pharmacusa, and held until someone paid 50 talents to free him. In Europe during the Middle Ages, ransom became an important custom of chivalric warfare. An important knight, especially nobility or royalty, was worth a significant sum of money if captured, but nothing if he was killed. For this reason, the practice of ransom contributed to the development of heraldry, which allowed knights to advertise their identities, and by implication their ransom value, and made them less likely to be killed out of hand. Examples include Richard the Lion Heart and Bertrand du Guesclin. In 1532, Francisco Pizarro was paid a rans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heineken International
Heineken N.V. () is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. , Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality beers and ciders and employs approximately 85,000 people. With an annual beer production of 241300000 hectolitres in 2019, and global revenues of 23.894 billion euro in 2019, Heineken N.V. is the number one brewer in Europe and one of the largest brewers by volume in the world. Heineken's Dutch breweries are located in Zoeterwoude, 's-Hertogenbosch and Wijlre. The original brewery in Amsterdam, closed in 1988, is preserved as a museum called Heineken Experience. Since the merger between the two largest brewing empires in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, in October 2016, Heineken has been the second-largest brewer in the world. History Gerard Adriaan Heineken The Heineken company was founded in 1864 when the 22-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
