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Doctor Who episode
The Doctor begins to regenerate
Cast
Doctor
Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)
Companions
Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams)
Alex Kingston (River Song)
Others
Mark Sheppard – Canton Everett Delaware III
William Morgan Sheppard – Old Canton Everett Delaware III
Stuart Milligan – President Richard Nixon
Chuk Iwuji – Carl
Mark Griffin – Phil
Marnix van den Broeke – The Silence
Sydney Wade – Little Girl
Nancy Baldwin – Joy
Adam Napier – Captain Simmons
Henrietta Clemett – Matilda
Paul Critoph – Charles
Kieron O'Connor – Prison Guard
Emilio Aquino – Busboy
Production
Directed by
Toby Haynes
Written by
Steven Moffat
Script editor
Caroline Henry
Produced by
Marcus Wilson[1]
Executive producer(s)
Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Incidental music composer
Murray Gold
Production code
2.1
Series
Series 6
Length
1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes
Originally broadcast
23 April 2011
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
"Space" / "Time" (mini episodes)
"A Christmas Carol" (episode) "Day of the Moon"
List of Doctor Who serials
"The Impossible Astronaut" is the first episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Steven Moffat, and directed by Toby Haynes, the episode was first broadcast on 23 April 2011 in the United Kingdom, as well as the United States and Canada. It also aired in Australia on 30 April 2011. The episode features alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill), and is the first of a two-part story, which concluded with "Day of the Moon".
In the episode, Amy Pond, Rory and River Song are summoned to Utah, United States, by the Eleventh Doctor, who is killed by a mysterious figure in a space suit. The dead Doctor is revealed to be an older self, after his younger version returns. They try to understand what the future Doctor said and are sent to Washington D.C. The team deals with the Silence, a race of aliens with the ability to make people forget their encounter with them when they look away.
The Silence was created to compete with other past aliens in terms of "scariness," including the Weeping Angels. The episode was partially filmed on location at Lone Rock, Utah, the first time in Doctor Who that principal photography took place in the United States. Before the broadcast, a fan leaked the plot of the episode following a press screening. The episode was seen by 8.86 million viewers in the United Kingdom, and received generally positive reviews from critics. "The Impossible Astronaut" gained an Appreciation Index of 88 – considered excellent. The episode was dedicated to Elisabeth Sladen, known for playing former companion Sarah Jane Smith, who died from cancer on 19 April 2011.
Contents
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1 Plot
1.1 Prequel
1.2 Synopsis
1.3 Continuity
2 Production
2.1 Writing
2.2 Casting
2.3 Filming and effects
3 Broadcast and reception
3.1 Pre-broadcast leak
3.2 Broadcast and ratings
3.3 Critical reception
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
Prequel[edit]
On 22 March 2011, a short scene serving as a prequel for the first episode was released on the programme's website. In the prequel, Nixon receives a phone call from the little girl who keeps calling him in the episode. She begs for the President to look behind him, but he asks how she got that number, which the 'spaceman' told her. She tells him it is about monsters, to which he replies "Young lady, there are no monsters in the Oval Office." He then hangs up and leans back. Behind him stands an out-of-focus Silent.[2][3]
Synopsis[edit]
Buzz Aldrin during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. A replica of this suit was created for the episode.
After a two-month break from their travels with the Doctor, his companions, Amy Pond and her husband, Rory Williams, receive a "TARDIS blue"-coloured envelope providing a time, date and set of coordinates leading them to Utah. They arrive to meet River Song (Alex Kingston), who also received an envelope, and the Doctor, now 1,103 years old, 194 years older than he was when he last saw them. He takes them to a picnic at a nearby lake, telling them he is taking them on a trip to "Space 1969." Amy catches a glimpse of a mysterious figure from a distance, but appears to immediately forget about it after she looks away. Later, a figure in an American astronaut suit emerges from the lake; the Doctor approaches it but warns his companions not to interfere. The astronaut shoots the Doctor, causing him to begin to regenerate, but his companions are horrified to witness the astronaut shoot him again, killing him before he can fully regenerate. The three are met by Canton Everett Delaware III (William Morgan Sheppard) who also received an envelope and was instructed to bring a can of gasoline, which the group then uses to give the Doctor a Viking-style funeral.
Regrouping at a diner, Amy, Rory, and River are speculating about who might have sent the envelopes when they are shocked to see the Doctor walking in, 200 years younger again. He reveals that he too was given an envelope, but does not know who sent it to him. Reluctantly his companions decide not to tell the Doctor either about his death or that the sender was his future self. The four do a search on Delaware and "Space 1969." The TARDIS travels back to 8 April 1969, and ends up cloaked in the Oval Office. President Richard Nixon (Stuart Milligan) converses with a younger Delaware (Mark Sheppard) about a series of phone calls he received from a young girl asking for help. The Doctor quickly gains Delaware's trust, convincing Nixon to give him a few minutes to locate the girl.
While the Doctor works, Amy sees the mysterious figure again, and excuses herself to the restroom. There, the figure, a member of a species known as the Silence, waits for her and kills an innocent woman despite Amy's pleas. Realising the alien is wiping her memory of their encounters, Amy takes a picture of the alien. When she leaves the restroom, however, she yet again forgets the encounter. By then the Doctor has found the girl's location, a building near Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the intersection of streets named Jefferson, Adams, and Hamilton. The Doctor and his companions leave in the TARDIS, followed closely by a curious Delaware.
Upon arrival, they find pieces of a space suit and alien technology. River and Rory explore a vast network of tunnels that have apparently spread across the planet for centuries, unnoticed by the human population. The two find a control room with a design similar to one seen in "The Lodger" but are unaware they are surrounded by the Silence. Meanwhile, Delaware hears the little girl screaming and gives chase. As Amy and the Doctor follow, Amy tells him she is pregnant. When they find Delaware unconscious, a figure in an astronaut suit appears. Quickly, Amy picks up Delaware's gun and shoots at the suit. However, she realises too late that the helmet's visor has opened to reveal the little girl.
Continuity[edit]
The TARDIS had been previously turned invisible by damage to its visual stabiliser in the Second Doctor story The Invasion.[4] When Canton first leaves the TARDIS, the Doctor remarks, "Brave heart, Canton," a reference to the Fifth Doctor's recurrent statement to his companion Tegan Jovanka, "Brave heart, Tegan."[4] When Amy asks the younger Doctor to trust her, he asks her to swear to him on something that matters. After some thought, she smiles and says "Fish fingers and custard," referring to events in "The Eleventh Hour," when Amy first meets the Doctor as a little girl.[4]
Production[edit]
Writing[edit]
Showrunner and episode writer Steven Moffat (pictured) created the Silence to compete with other creatures in the past in terms of "scariness."
The episode was written by Steven Moffat, who took charge of the show in 2010. Moffat wanted the 2011 season to start with a two-part story in an attempt to begin with more gravity and a wider scope in plot,[5] as well as wanting the episodes to be one of the darker ones in the series.[6] "The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon" was the first two-part episode to open a series since the 1985 Sixth Doctor story Attack of the Cybermen.[4]
In the Doctor Who Confidential episode following the broadcast of "The Impossible Astronaut," Moffat stated that in his view, it was one of the darker episodes of the series, but still maintained the same level of humour. The inclusion of the Doctor's death felt like a series ender for some of the producers, but was actually there to "kick it off."[5] In writing the death scene of the older version of the Doctor, Moffat wanted to acknowledge to the audience that Time Lords are not invincible, and could still die permanently if killed before regeneration. In creating the Silence, the alien antagonists of the episode, Moffat wanted them to challenge past monsters in terms of "scariness."[5] He felt these creatures are a "much bigger deal."[5] The aliens' design was partially inspired by the figure from the Edvard Munch painting The Scream.[6]
Casting[edit]
In October 2010, it was announced that Mark Sheppard, who had appeared in other past science fiction series, including Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Supernatural, and Warehouse 13, would make a guest appearance on Doctor Who. Sheppard described playing Canton as a "dream job," and said he wished to appear in another of Moffat's works, including Sherlock.[7][8] Even though Sheppard is an English actor, it was his first appearance in a British-made television show.[9] For the scene depicting the older Canton Delaware, the producers originally planned that Sheppard would appear older using makeup effects. However, Sheppard suggested instead that his father and actor, William Morgan Sheppard, play the role, a suggestion that was accepted.[5]
American actor Stuart Milligan was cast as President Nixon, which he said he found exciting, having played other presidents in the past, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. Prosthetic pieces were applied on Milligan's cheeks, nose, and ears to make him resemble Nixon as much as possible. He also practiced how Nixon would speak, but initially found it difficult since he had to wear fake teeth.[5] Milligan previously appeared in the animated Tenth Doctor special Dreamland as the voice of Colonel Stark.[10] Chuk Iwuji, who played Carl, previously appeared in the Seventh Doctor audio drama A Thousand Tiny Wings, where he played Joshua Sembeke.[11]
Filming and effects[edit]
Karen Gillan (centre) was reportedly genuinely upset filming the death scene of the older version of the Doctor.
Matt Smith at filming in Utah.
This pair of episodes marks the first time that Doctor Who has filmed principal photography footage within the United States;[12] the American-produced TV movie of 1996 was filmed in Canada, and some second unit establishing shots of New York and the Statue of Liberty were filmed on Liberty Island for the episode "Daleks in Manhattan", but none of the cast of the episode were involved in the shoot.[13] Filming took place in the state of Utah. For the opening shot for the location, director Toby Haynes wanted it to be epic so that the audience could recognise where the episode was set. Scenes on the roadway were filmed on U.S. Route 163 [14] (several miles east of the coordinates listed on the Doctor's invitations). The crew wanted to add as many American icons as they could into those shots, including a Stetson hat, a 1950s Edsel Villager, and a yellow school bus. Moffat, having enjoyed writing episodes featuring River Song, wanted to give her an impressive entrance. Haynes had Alex Kingston block the sunlight from the camera angle and blow smoke from her revolver. The scenes involving the picnic and the future-Doctor dying took place on the shore of Lake Powell. The suit worn by the future-Doctor's killer was a fabricated replica of an Apollo space suit. In filming the death scene the filming crew noticed that Karen Gillan was genuinely upset and "was acting her heart out."[5] In filming the "Viking funeral" scene, Haynes wished to film it during the sunset. However, the sun set over the desert, so was instead filmed during sunrise, as the sun rose over the water.[5]
Kingston had to genuinely slap Matt Smith several times in a scene because it was difficult to fake. Kingston recalled that after a few takes, Smith got red cheeked and grew frustrated at having to do the sequence over and over again. The Oval Office set was constructed at Upper Boat Studios in South Wales. Because the production crew had access to several pictures and plans of the real office, they were able to replicate it in almost every detail. The main problem for building the set was the plastering; the crew normally plaster one wall at a time for normal rooms, but because the Oval Office was round, they had to do the entire set at once. The American-style diner scene when the companions reunite with the Doctor in this episode is actually located in Cardiff Bay.[15] The Laurel and Hardy film The Flying Deuces,[4] in which the Doctor intruded, was done by Smith dancing in front of greenscreen.[5]
Broadcast and reception[edit]
Pre-broadcast leak[edit]
At some point before the broadcast of the episode, it and "Day of the Moon" were released in a press screening, where a number of fans were invited to attend. The production team present asked them not to give away any spoilers. However, following the screening a fan gave away the entire plot of the two episodes on an internet forum. News of this angered Moffat.[16] In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Moffat stated;
“ It's heartbreaking in a way because you're trying to tell stories, and stories depend on surprise. Stories depend on shocking people. Stories are the moments that you didn't see coming, that are what live in you and burn in you forever. If you are denied those, it's vandalism. So to have some twit who came to a press launch, write up a story in the worst, most ham-fisted English you can imagine, and put it on the internet, I just hope that guy never watches my show again, because that's a horrific thing to do. ”
— Steven Moffat[16]
Despite this he added that the majority of Doctor Who fans are "spoiler-phobes," who refused to go online to be spoiled.[16]
Broadcast and ratings[edit]
The episode begins with a still-caption tribute to former Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen (pictured) following her death from cancer.
"The Impossible Astronaut" was first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2011 at 6 pm.[17] It began with a still-caption tribute to actress Elisabeth Sladen, who died from cancer on 19 April 2011. Sladen had previously appeared in the series as companion Sarah Jane Smith, and as the same character on the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures.[18] After the broadcast "The Impossible Astronaut" received preliminary, overnight figures of 6.52 million viewers.[19] Final consolidated ratings for the episode increased to 8.86 million, with a 43.2 per cent audience share.[20] This made the episode the second highest rated programme of the day, behind Britain's Got Talent on ITV1.[19] The episode was the third most watched on BBC One, and sixth overall for the entire week ending 24 April.[21] An additional 300,000 viewed the episode from BBC iPlayer within two days of its original broadcast.[20] It received an Appreciation Index of 88, one of the higher scores for the weekend.[22]
In the United States the episode aired on BBC America on the same day it was released in the United Kingdom,[23] as was the case in Canada for Space.[24] 1.3 million viewers saw "The Impossible Astronaut" on BBC America, making it the highest rated telecast in the history of the channel. It was reportedly up by 71,000 from "The Eleventh Hour".[25] When Live + 7 day DVR ratings were added, the total rose to 1.8 million.[26] In Canada, the episode was seen by 538,000, making it the most watched Who episode for the channel, and its most watched telecast in 2011.[27] It was shown on ABC1 in Australia on 30 April 2011,[28] and was viewed by 860,000 from the five capital cities, matching the ratings from "A Christmas Carol" on Boxing Day 2010.[20]
Audience measurement service Kantar Media reported that "The Impossible Astronaut" is the most recorded television event of all time. Analysis of BARB data revealed that 4.11 million people recorded and viewed the programme within a week of broadcast, accounting for 46% of the episode's total viewers.[29] A total of 1.38 million requests were placed on iPlayer for the month of April, placing it at number one for the month.[30]
Critical reception[edit]
The episode was met with generally positive reviews from television critics. Dan Martin of The Guardian reacted positively towards the episode, believing the cast performed better than the previous fifth series. He stated "Steven Moffat has thrown away the rule book and made Doctor Who as, you imagine, he's pictured it should be his whole life. Killing the Doctor leaves the shape of the series mapped out, raises the bar so that no one is safe, and sees Amy, Rory and River facing a terrible dilemma."[31] Martin liked that "Amy's numbed horror ramps things up to a series-finale level on intensity from the off," and then switches "into an Oval Office comedy of manners," and "morphs into gothic horror and finally flings you to the ground with its cinematic cliffhanger."[31] He was also positive towards the American setting, and "our eccentric British foursome bumbling through it," believing the series raised its game with this.[31] With regards to the Silence, Martin believed it was "a standard Moffat psychological trick, but the most refined to date."[31] Martin later rated it the second best episode of the series, though the finale was not included in the list.[32]
Silence creatures as they appear at the Doctor Who Experience.
Morgan Jeffery of Digital Spy called the episode "a fantastic launch for the sixth series," adding "the Doctor Who team's US location shooting has certainly paid off, lending these early scenes a grand scale that the series could scarcely have expected to achieve in 2005, let alone in 1963."[33] Commenting on the future-Doctor's death, Jeffery said "seven minutes in, a nation's collective jaw dropped as The Doctor — this show's lead — is mercilessly gunned down. This plot twist is simply stunning, and it's difficult to imagine even casual viewers not sitting up to pay attention at this point."[33] Jeffery also believed that the series regulars were on "top form," adding "the more abrasive aspects of Amy Pond's personality seem to have been toned down this year, and Karen Gillan responds with her best, most sympathetic performance to date. Arthur Darvill also lives up to his recent promotion to full-time companion. His comic timing is simply superb, but he excels too in the episode's darker moments."[33] Jeffery rated the episode five stars out of five.[33]
Gavin Fuller of The Daily Telegraph believed it was "a cracking start to the first part of the 2011 series, with the shocking ending of Amy seemingly shooting a girl making one keen wait for the conclusion next week to see how it all resolves itself," as well as enjoying the concept of the Silence.[34] Rick Marshall of MTV believed that "Steven Moffat and the Doctor Who crew offer up yet another great episode," but also said the "big cliffhanger will likely cause more than a few fans' heads to explode."[35] In addition, Marshall believed the alien antagonists "give the Weeping Angels a run for their money in scare factor."[35] Simon Brew of Den of Geek thought the episode was "a triumphant return for Doctor Who, bubbling with confidence and throwing down story strands that hint at an engrossing series."[36] Brew liked Sheppard's performance as Delaware and Darvill's increasing presence as Rory. Brew also complimented Haynes' work in the United States, saying it was an improvement from "Daleks in Manhattan", which featured British actors attempting to play with American accents.[36] Tom Phillips of Metro said the 1969 US setting were "beautifully used," and enjoyed the "spookiness" of the Silence. However Phillips felt the episode would be "a bit hard to get into" for new viewers.[37] Kevin O'Sullivan The Sunday Mirror was more negative towards the episode, stating it was "impossible to understand," and for "strictly sci-fi nerds only," adding that Smith "remains a derivative Doctor who brings nothing new to the party."[38]
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Layer Cake
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Matthew Vaughn
Produced by
Adam Bohling
David Reid
Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by
J. J. Connolly
Based on
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
Starring
Daniel Craig
Colm Meaney
Kenneth Cranham
George Harris
Jamie Foreman
Sienna Miller
Michael Gambon
Music by
Lisa Gerrard
Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography
Ben Davis
Edited by
Jon Harris
Production
company
Marv Films
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date
1 October 2004 (2004-10-01)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$6.5 million[2]
Box office
$11.9 million[3]
Layer Cake (also occasionally stylised as L4YER CAKƐ) is a 2004 British crime thriller film directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by J. J. Connolly from his novel of the same name. The film's plot revolves around a London-based criminal known as XXXX, played by Daniel Craig, working in the trade of cocaine who wishes to leave the drug business. The film also features Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney, and Sienna Miller.
The film was produced by Adam Bohling, David Reid and Matthew Vaughn, with Stephen Marks as executive producer. The title refers to the social strata, especially in the British criminal underworld.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
5.3 Home media
6 Continuation
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
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A 30-something man (XXXX), is a London underworld criminal who has established himself as one of the biggest cocaine suppliers in the city, with effective legitimate cover. Considering himself a businessman and patience as a prime virtue, XXXX leaves the darker aspects of the business to his henchman Morty, a man having recently ended a 10-year prison sentence for murder. Once he has earned enough to ensure his long-term financial security, XXXX plans to retire.
On the evening XXXX intends to set these plans into motion, his sponsor and powerful supplier Jimmy Price puts two crucial missions in his hands. The first is to track down Charlie, the teenage daughter of Jimmy's associate Eddie Temple, who has fled a rehabilitation centre along with her drug-addicted boyfriend Pinky. XXXX decides to enlist two con men, Cody and Tiptoes, to perform this task. They investigate, and find the boyfriend dead and Charlie apparently kidnapped, although no ransom has been demanded.
The second mission Jimmy assigns to XXXX is to organise the purchase and distribution of one million ecstasy tablets from a low-level gangster who styles himself "The Duke". Unbeknownst to XXXX, the pills had been stolen from a gang of Serbian war criminals based in the Netherlands, a massive drug production outfit with an honour-avenging bent.
XXXX encounters the Duke's out-of-touch nephew Sidney at a bar and becomes attracted to his disillusioned girlfriend Tammy. XXXX tries to broker the sale of the ecstasy pills to Liverpool gangsters Trevor and Shanks, but they refuse, informing him of the drugs' purloined nature, and that in response the Serbs have sent an assassin, known as Dragan, to find the pills and kill those responsible for their theft. Duke had mentioned XXXX's name to the Serbs beforehand, so he too is in danger. Members of the Duke's gang soon start turning up dead and the Duke himself goes missing.
XXXX arranges a tryst with Tammy, but before it can be consummated, he is kidnapped by henchmen of Eddie Temple, father of Charlie, the missing girl. Eddie informs him that Jimmy Price has recently lost £13 million in a failed investment in Africa and planned for XXXX to find Charlie so Jimmy could take her hostage until Eddie could get him his money back. Jimmy was also hoping to sell the pills to recoup his losses; Eddie then plays XXXX a recording indicating that Jimmy has been a long-term informant for Scotland Yard and intends to betray XXXX to the police as soon as the deal is done, planning to gain clemency from the deal and also take away XXXX's wealth. Eddie demands that XXXX sells the pills to himself instead.
A furious XXXX shoots and kills Jimmy at his home, but does so with a gun that Gene, Jimmy's henchman and his main liaison with XXXX, had used to commit a prior murder, putting Gene under police attention. XXXX then discovers that his accountant, who operated his legitimate front and was referred to him by Jimmy Price, has stolen all of his money and disappeared. Gene and Morty initially suspect XXXX of foulplay; after being shown the evidence of Jimmy's snitching, the pair acknowledge XXXX as the group's new acting boss and show him the corpse of the Duke. Gene killed him along with girlfriend and crime-partner, Slasher, when the latter threatened to alert the police about the pills.
To recoup something from the fiasco, XXXX tips the police off to the Duke's hideout, who then conduct a raid. XXXX is intentionally present during the raid to feign purchasing the pills from the Duke's crew, and Dragan, who has been following XXXX, witnesses the raid from afar as the police confiscate the drugs while XXXX and Duke's surviving crew escape. Meanwhile, XXXX has arranged for Cody and Tiptoes to infiltrate the raiding police and con the unit out of the pills. XXXX delivers the severed head of the Duke to Dragan as a peace offering, who reports back to his Serbian boss that the police have seized the drugs. Cody and Tiptoes return the drugs to XXXX in exchange for a fee, and XXXX in turn looks to sell them to Eddie Temple as planned. However, during the handover at the latter's bonded warehouse, Eddie's henchmen rob his crew of the drugs at gunpoint. To end XXXX's faux assignment given by Jimmy, Eddie reveals that his daughter Charlie's boyfriend died at his men's hands; she was recovered before Jimmy Price ever tasked XXXX with finding her, and Eddie had her put back into rehab all this time.
To mollify XXXX, Eddie gives him a "Welcome to the Layer Cake": a membership to the Stoke Park Country Club of which he is (and Jimmy was) a member. Expecting betrayal, XXXX successfully arranges for Trevor, Shanks, and young Dizzy to steal the drugs back from Eddie's men. The gang assembles for lunch at the Stoke Park Club, honoring XXXX their new boss. However, he declines, stating his intention to stick to his planned retirement all along. When leaving the club with Tammy, mentally running through the names of his fellow murdered businessmen he hopes to avoid joining, XXXX is shot by a heart-broken Sidney. XXXX collapses bleeding, and he lies twitching on the front steps while contemplating his possible death.
Cast[edit]
Daniel Craig as XXXX
Colm Meaney as Gene
Kenneth Cranham as Jimmy Price
George Harris as Morty
Jamie Foreman as the Duke
Michael Gambon as Eddie Temple
Marcel Iureş as Slavo
Tom Hardy as Clarkie
Tamer Hassan as Terry
Ben Whishaw as Sidney
Burn Gorman as Gazza
Sally Hawkins as Slasher
Sienna Miller as Tammy
Dexter Fletcher as Cody
Steve John Shepherd as Tiptoes
Daniel Moorehead as Dizzy
Louis Emerick as Trevor
Stephen Walters as Shanks
Francis Magee as Paul the boatman
Dragan Mićanović as Dragan
Nathalie Lunghi as Charlie
Jason Flemyng as Crazy Larry
Production[edit]
Filming began in June 2003. Queen's Gate Mews, SW7, was used as the filming location for the home of Daniel Craig's character XXXX.[4]
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack from Layer Cake is composed of 14 tracks.
"Hayling" – FC Kahuna
"Opening" – Ilan Eshkeri and Steve McLaughlin
"She Sells Sanctuary" – The Cult
"Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" (Original Radio Edit) – Kylie Minogue
"You Got the Love" (Original bootleg radio mix) – The Source feat. Candi Staton
"Drive to the Boatyard" – Ilan Eshkeri
"Junky Fight" – Lisa Gerrard
"Making Plans for Nigel" – XTC
"Ordinary World" – Duran Duran
"Ruthless Gravity" – Craig Armstrong
"Four to the Floor" (Soulsavers Mix) – Starsailor
"Drive to the Warehouse" – Ilan Eshkeri and Lisa Gerrard
"Aria" (Layer Cake Speech) – Lisa Gerrard with Michael Gambon
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – Joe Cocker
The Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter" also features in the film but does not appear on the soundtrack album.
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
Film
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
Reference
Worldwide
United States
United States
International
Worldwide
All time United States
All time worldwide
Layer Cake May 2005 May 2005 $2,339,957 $9,510,257 $11,850,214 #5,288 Unknown $6.5 million[2] [3]
Critical response[edit]
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
Entertainment Weekly
Layer Cake 81% (133 reviews)[5] 73/100 (30 reviews)[6] A[7]
Layer Cake received positive reviews, with an 81% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 7.1/10 based on 134 reviews. The critical consensus states that it is "A stylized, electric British crime thriller".[5] The film has an average score of 73 based on 30 reviews on Metacritic.[7]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times remarked, "The movie was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who produced Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, and this one works better than those films because it doesn't try so hard to be clever and tries harder to be menacing". Of Craig's performance, he said, "Craig is fascinating here as a criminal who is very smart, and finds that is not an advantage because while you might be able to figure out what another smart person is about to do, dumbos like the men he works for are likely to do anything". He gave the film 3.5/4 stars.
Craig's starring role in the film has been cited as the performance that led to his high-profile casting as James Bond.[8]
Home media[edit]
Layer Cake was released on DVD and VHS on 23 August 2005 and on Blu-ray in 2007. It was also re-released in 2014.
Continuation[edit]
Jason Statham's production company is said to have the rights to produce a sequel, entitled Viva La Madness with Statham taking the XXXX role from Craig. On 17 September 2015, it was reported that Viva La Madness will be a TV show for Gaumont International Television.[9]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "LAYER CAKE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Layer Cake (2005)". the-numbers. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Layer Cake (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
Jump up ^ Mews News. Lurot Brand. Published Spring 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "Layer Cake". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
Jump up ^ "Layer Cake". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Layer Cake". Metacritic. CBS. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
Jump up ^ Vineyard, Jennifer (30 June 2008). "Daniel Craig's Role As James Bond Allowed Him To Become A 'Fool' – Movie News Story | MTV Movie News". MTV.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
Jump up ^ Prudom, Laura. "Jason Statham to Star in TV Drama 'Viva La Madness' from Gaumont". Variety.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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Frist Center for the Visual Arts
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Frist Art Museum
Nashville's Art-Deco style Frist Art Museum was originally the city's main post office building
Established
2001
Location
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203 (United States)
Type
Art Center, Art museum [1]
Visitors
200,000[2]
Director
Susan H. Edwards[3]
Website
Frist Art Museum
US Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location
901 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates
36°9′28″N 86°47′2″W / 36.15778°N 86.78389°W / 36.15778; -86.78389Coordinates: 36°9′28″N 86°47′2″W / 36.15778°N 86.78389°W / 36.15778; -86.78389
Area
2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built
1932
Architect
Marr & Holman
Architectural style
Moderne, Art Deco
MPS
Marr and Holman Buildings in Downtown Nashville TR (AD)
NRHP reference #
84000580[4]
Added to NRHP
November 15, 1984
The Frist Art Museum (formerly known as The Frist Center for the Visual Arts) is an art museum in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the city's historic U.S. Post Office building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Contents
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1 History
2 Exhibition and Program Information
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
The museum is housed in a white marble building that was built in the 1930s to serve as Nashville's main post office. Designed by Marr & Holman Architects, it was built in 1933-34. Its location near Union Station was convenient for mail distribution, since most mail at that time was moved by train.[5]
By the 1980s, downtown was no longer a good location for postal distribution. When a new main post office was built near the airport in 1986, the historic old facility became a downtown branch using only a small portion of one floor.[5]
In the early 1990s Thomas F. Frist, Jr., and his family, through the charitable Frist Foundation, identified the post office building, an example of Art Deco and Stripped Classicism style,[6] as a good location for a proposed downtown art museum. The Foundation implemented a public-private venture between the foundation, the U.S. Postal Service, and the city of Nashville. In 1999 the City of Nashville acquired the building from the U.S. Postal Service for the purpose of creating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, paying $4.4 million. The city contributed $15 million toward renovation of the building, and the Frist Foundation and Frist family contributed $25 million for the renovation and to start an endowment for the art museum. The city owns the building, but granted the Frist a 99-year lease for $1 per year. A renovated post office branch was opened in the basement in 1999.[5]
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
The museum opened in April 2001. The art center consists of approximately 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2) of gallery space, used to present visual art from local, state and regional artists, as well as major U.S. and international exhibitions.[1]
On April 2, 2018, the museum announced that it changed its name from The Frist Center of the Visual Arts to The Frist Art Museum. The change became legally effective April 1, 2018.[7]
Exhibition and Program Information[edit]
As a non-collecting museum, the Frist does not have a permanent collection; rather, the museum focuses on creating exhibitions as well as securing traveling exhibitions from around the country and the world.
Information regarding past, current and future exhibitions is found on the Frist's website: http://fristartmuseum.org/ Each exhibition page contains detailed information about exhibition-related programs and an array of resources, including gallery guides, audio guides, videos and additional information from varying sources.
Fristkids.org is a family-friendly Frist Art Museum site that contains a wealth of information for families and young artists. Included on this site is a series of videos produced in conjunction with Nashville Public Television. Art is All Around You is an Emmy Award-winning series that invites young artists to learn about art as they move through and look at their own worlds. Each video introduces and explores an art idea -- movement, shape, shadow, public art, pattern, color, visiting a museum. Details for a related art activity are included with every video, so young artists and their families can learn more about art as they share an art-making experience.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Frist Center for the Visual Arts: About". ARTINFO. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28. [permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ Giving Matters, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Jump up ^ Frist Center: From the Director
Jump up ^ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
^ Jump up to: a b c Christine Kreyling; Sudip Bose; Eric Wills; Jonathan Marx; Dwight Young. "Nashville: Sites and Sounds". Preservation. National Trust for Historic Preservation (July/August 2009).
Jump up ^ Moyer, John C. (September 2016). "HAPPY PLACE: With Nashville, Tennessee, once is never enough". AAA World. p. 31. The museum curates all its own shows and has no permanent exhibits, so there's always something new to see.
Jump up ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/frist-center-announces-new-name-and-visual-brand-identity-300622313.html
External links[edit]
Official Frist Art Museum website
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