Valhalla-Rising.Pdf

Nicolas Winding Refn Presents A Nimbus Film production produced by One Eye Production In association with Blind Eye Productions La Belle Allee Productions and Scanbox Film Supported by The Danish Film Institute / Molly Malene Stensgaard Scottish Screen Nordic Film and TV Fund Glasgow Film Office Dumfries and Galloway In association with Wild Bunch Wild Side Films Scanbox Film The Wales Creative IP Fund DR TV Drama BBC Films Vertigo Films Distribution An official Danish-UK co-production in accordance with the 1992 European Convention on Cinematographic co-production SYNOPSIS 1000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held pri- soner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his cap- tor and together they escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye disco- vers his true self. C OMMENTS FROM T H E DIRECTOR Inspirations “As I child I was in love with three things: Science fiction, Spaghetti westerns and Samurai sword plays. Genres where the lead character is a hero of mythical proportions. A silent warrior who stands alone. One Eye is such a character.” “When I was five years old, my mother read me an old pulp comic book about a father and son who embark on a trip to the moon. In a cave, they discover a man-made coffin… and this is as far as my memory goes. And as I remember nothing about the reason for the coffin being there or what happened next, I believe this to be the genesis of my obsession with the unknown – something which has been a driving force in much of my work.” Violence “I see art as an act of violence. The only difference between the two is that in real life violence destroys, whereas art inspires.” Into the unknown “I strongly believe that film is an art form and that art needs to be explored. Therefore I insist on shooting my films chronologically, enabling me to explore with the characters, fulfilling my passion to jump deep into the unknown.” Nicolas Winding Refn B IOGRAPH Y Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copen- FEAR X, Refn’s third feature and his first hagen,Denmark, in 1970. At the age of 10, in the English language, was both eagerly he moved with his parents to New York, awaited and well-received. returning to Copenhagen at 17. After graduat- ing from high school, Refn attended the In 2004, the director finally agreed to pen a American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New follow-up to Pusher, with one proviso: there York, but found the environment unbearable would be not one sequel, but two. In just and was quickly expelled. Back in Denmark one year, Refn wrote, directed and produced he was accepted by the Danish Film School WITH BLOD ON MY HANDS: PUSHER II and but dropped out one month prior to the I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH: PUSHER III, start of term. Having caught a short film thereby completing the now internationally- by Refn on an obscure cable TV, a Danish renowned Pusher trilogy. producer offered him 3.2 million kroner to turn the short into a feature. Thus at the age of 24, Refn found himself writing and F ILMOGRAPHY directing his remarkable, hyper violent and uncompromising feature film debut (writer and director) PUSHER. Valhalla Rising (2009) PUSHER became a cult phenomenon and won Bronson (2009) (director) Refn instant international critical acclaim. Pusher III – I’m the Angel of Death (2005) This spurred him to push the boundaries Pusher II – With Blood on Your Hands (2004) of his filmmaking further: the result was Fear X (2003) the close-to-the-edge, highly stylized and De Udvalgte (2001) (writer) intricately gritty BLEEDER, which premiered Bleeder (1999) in selection at the 1999 Venice Film Festival. Pusher (1996) C AST One Eye Mads Mikkelsen C REW Director Nicolas Winding Refn Are, The Boy Maarten Stevenson Screenplay Nicolas Winding Refn Hagen Gordon Brown Roy Jacobsen Gudmond Andrew Flanagan Producers Johnny Andersen Bo Ehrhardt Kare Gary Lewis Henrik Danstrup Hauk Gary McCormack Co-Producer Karen Smyth Barde Alexander Morton Financing Producer Lene Børglum Gorm Jamie Sieves Executive Producers Mads Peter Ole Olsen Eirik Ewan Stewart¨ Th o ri r S i g u r j o n s s o n Malkolm Matthew Zajac Yves Chevalier Carole Sheridan Christine Alderson Linda James Casting Des Hamilton Director of Photography Morten Søborg Editing Anne Østerud Tanya Fallenius Matthew Newman Music Peter Peter Schneidermann Peter Kyed Production Design Laurel Wear Costume Design Gill Horn Make Up Design Niamh Morrison Sound Cameron Mercer Douglas MacDougall Stills Dean Rogers INTERNATIONAL SALES VINCENT MARAVAL GAEL NOUAILLE CAROLE BARATON LAURENT BAUDENS SILVIA SIMONUTTI cell +33 6 11 91 23 93 cell +33 6 21 23 04 72 cell +33 6 20 36 77 72 cell +33 6 70 79 05 17 cell +33 6 20 74 95 08 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.wildbunch.biz.

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