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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing. At the height of his career he was smuggling .. Read more
| Starring | Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Jack Huston |
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| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tonnes of marijuana from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia.
| Starring | Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Jack Huston, Christian McKay, Elsa Pataky, Omid Djalili, Andrew Tiernan, Nathalie Cox, Kinsey Packard |
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| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT ONE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 56 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | January - LOVEFiLM Picks |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 30 Sep 2011 To Rent: DVD: 31 Jan 2011 Blu-ray: 31 Jan 2011 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
Rhys Ifans plays the role of infamous drug dealer Howard Marks in the amazing true story of his life. read more »
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An extraordinary story
The book Mr Nice was the extraordinary true story of Howard Marks and, more or less, explained, through the turning of the pages, how to set up a drugs empire. ... read more »
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Cheap version of "Blow"
It was ok, It kind of reminded me of 'Blow' with Jonny Depp, only this was like the cheap version with really hard to understand accents. If you like ... read more »
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Good Crime Biopic
An interesting biopic about a notorious drug dealer, with good use of CGI to place the actors in genuine footage from the 60s & 70s.
The film ... read more »
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The film is NICE but not exceptional
Interesting story of DH Marks, his rise and fall, his rise to bigger heights and then the biggest fall, all topped off with his release. The book is better. It ... read more »
Welsh actor Rhys Ifans was so thrilled with the final edit of upcoming film Mr Nice, he broke down in tears at the screening. Ifans plays Howard Marks in the movie - a part close to the star's heart because of his longstanding friendship with the notorious drug smuggler. And the Notting Hill actor admits seeing the finished film was an emotional experience for him and his pal. He tells Glamour magazine, "We saw the film for the first time together and held hands all the way through. At the end Read more