Mr. Nice

UPC: 030306187297

Studio: MPI Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: The true story of a man who stumbled into a lucrative career as one of Europe's biggest drug dealers comes to the screen in this comedy-drama. Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) was a young Welshman studying at Oxford when he discovered there was something unusual about his dorm room -- it had a secret passageway that led to a storage space used by one of the school's top marijuana dealers. Marks and the dealer struck up a friendship as he became an enthusiastic customer, and a few years later, when plans to bring a large cache of hashish into England via Germany went haywire, Marks stepped in to help and was introduced to a circle of big league marijuana traffickers. Marks quit his job as a teacher to become a full time drug wholesaler, and while his new career cost him his first marriage, it introduced him to Judy (Chloe Sevigny), a lovely woman who became the love of his life. As Marks' business grew, he gained some interesting new associates, including an Irish Republican Army operative (David Thewlis) who knew how to get past customs agents, an intelligence agent (Christian McKay) working on both sides of the law and a wildly eccentric American marijuana kingpin (Crispin Glover). Mr. Nice was adapted from the autobiography by the real-life Howard Marks; Marks is good friends with Rhys Ifans, who was cast to play him in the film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Crime

Awards: Film Presented – SXSW

Features: Making Of
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Mr. Nice

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 10/11/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 121 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: Universal Compatability

Cast and Crew: Philip Glass  Composer (Music Score) 
Linda James  Executive Producer 
Luc Roeg  Producer 
Bernard Rose  Director 
Bernard Rose  Screenwriter 
Michael Robinson  Executive Producer 
Tim Smith  Executive Producer 
Paul Brett  Executive Producer 
Andrew Orr  Executive Producer 
Dan Shepherd  Executive Producer 
Norman Merry  Executive Producer 
David Toso  Executive Producer 
James Perkins  Executive Producer 
Rhys Ifans  Actor 
Chloë Sevigny  Actor 
David Thewlis  Actor 
Crispin Glover  Actor 
Luis Tosar  Actor 
Omid Djalili  Actor 
Jamie Harris  Actor 
Christian McKay  Actor 
Elsa Pataky  Actor 
Jack Huston  Actor 
Sara Sugarman  Actor 
William Thomas  Actor 
Andrew Tiernan  Actor 
Kinsey Packard  Actor 
Ania Sowinski  Actor 

Country: UK