Brighton Rock

Director: Rowan Joffe
Writer: Rowan Joffe
Cast: Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Sean Harris
Theatrical Release Date: Fri Aug 26 06:25:13 EDT 2011
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Synopsis: The film is based on the Graham Greene novel that centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Riseborough) who knows about the murder.

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IFC Films Acquires Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock"

IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to director Rowan Joffe's debut feature "Brighton Rock," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Joffe, whose previous writing credits include "28 Weeks Later" and "The American," adapted the script from Graham Greene's 1939 ico...
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Leonard Maltin Reviews

Brighton Rock—movie review

Sometimes one can admire a film without truly liking it; that’s how I feel about the ambitious British remake of Brighton Rock. Graham Greene’s 1938 novel, first filmed in the late 1940s, has been cleverly reworked to take place in 1964, at the time of the “mods and rockers...
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