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07-20-2002, 03:47 AM
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5" color="#000099"><!- FILM TITLE START ->Red Light Runners<! - FILM TITLE END -></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000099"><!- SUBTITLE START ->Bend it like Beckham – not<!- SUBTITLE END -></font>
<!-BEGIN IMAGE URL -><img src=" http://i.imdb.com/Photos/CMSIcons/N/000/05/14/Headshot.gif" align="right"><!-END IMAGE URL -><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><!- ENTER STORY TEXT HERE -> The name David Beckham is no more likely to be recognized in the US than that of Vinnie Jones. But the though-guy characters played by Jones in “Lock, Stock, and Four Smoking Barrels,” and “Snatch” – is. What the two men have in common is that they are both soccer stars. And now, Beckham is set to follow Jones into the world of filmmaking.
Red Light Runners is pitched as a “Reservoir Dogs set in London,” and will be Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen’s directorial debut. The rather interesting cast list includes Dennis Hopper, Mickey Rourke, as well as Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp, and Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox.
Madsen recently said to be in need of an additional £8m for the film’s financing, which has led to unkind rumors that it may not the soccer star’s acting skills that have brought him to the project, but his money. Beckham’s wife is reportedly involved with the film’s theme music.
Source: <a href= http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Exclusive/0,4029,758164,00.html >Guardian Film Unlimited</a>
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Report by: <font color="#000099"><!- BEGIN REPORTER NAME ->Cogito<!- END REPORTER NAME -></font></font>
<!-BEGIN IMAGE URL -><img src=" http://i.imdb.com/Photos/CMSIcons/N/000/05/14/Headshot.gif" align="right"><!-END IMAGE URL -><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><!- ENTER STORY TEXT HERE -> The name David Beckham is no more likely to be recognized in the US than that of Vinnie Jones. But the though-guy characters played by Jones in “Lock, Stock, and Four Smoking Barrels,” and “Snatch” – is. What the two men have in common is that they are both soccer stars. And now, Beckham is set to follow Jones into the world of filmmaking.
Red Light Runners is pitched as a “Reservoir Dogs set in London,” and will be Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen’s directorial debut. The rather interesting cast list includes Dennis Hopper, Mickey Rourke, as well as Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp, and Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox.
Madsen recently said to be in need of an additional £8m for the film’s financing, which has led to unkind rumors that it may not the soccer star’s acting skills that have brought him to the project, but his money. Beckham’s wife is reportedly involved with the film’s theme music.
Source: <a href= http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Exclusive/0,4029,758164,00.html >Guardian Film Unlimited</a>
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