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Preview: Coens-scripted con farce 'Gambit' gets UK trailer
It's been over a year since British Oscar winner Colin Firth last graced our screens, starring as the duplicitous Bill Haydon in Tomas Alfredson's wonderful adaptation of spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). However, it looks like Firth was merely biding his time for the release of Gambit (2012), a new Coen brothers-scripted comedy from Michael Hoffman - the man behind George Clooney rom-com One Fine Day (1996) and 2009's Last Station. A first UK trailer for Hoffman's latest emerged today, giving us an initial glimpse of Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci in action.
A remake of the 1966 film of the same name starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine, Gambit sees Ethan and Joel once again treading familiarly light ground, with a suggested tone not too dissimilar to either Intolerable Cruelty (2003) or (the far superior) Burn After Reading (2008). Firth plays Harry Deane, a stiff upper-lipped English art curator seeking revenge against his slave-driving boss Lionel Shahbandar (Rickman). Emerging with a plan to con Shahbandar into purchasing a fake version of Monet's Haystacks, currently in the possession of American rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Diaz), Dean jets off to the States to claim his prize. However, when Puznowski flies over to London to seal the deal, the wheels quickly begin to fall off the cart.
Firth is no stranger to light comedies produced here in the UK (with both the Bridget Jones and St. Trinian's cycles reaping financial, if not critical rewards), and there seems to be great deal of comic material still to be squeezed out of the 'special' Anglo-American relationship. However, whether proceedings will be too broad for British audiences fond of the 60s original remains to be seen. Diaz has struggled of late with thankless roles in dull films, but with the wit and spark of a Coen brothers screenplay behind her, there may yet be a chance for the US actress to claw her way back into the public psyche.
There seems little danger of Firth repeating his Best Actor-winning success at next year's Oscar ceremony, but that doesn't mean that Gambit won't deserve your time and attention come its November release. Firth and the always reliable Rickman could well prove to be classic comedy duo in the making, whilst Hoffman will be looking to ride the Coens' coat-tails back from the depths of relative obscurity.
Michael Hoffman's Gambit is due for release in UK cinemas on 21 November, 2012.
Daniel Green
Gambit: Exclusive trailer
Check out this great MSN video - Gambit: Exclusive trailer
www.cine-vue.com/2012/09/preview-coen-scripted-...
It's been over a year since British Oscar winner Colin Firth last graced our screens, starring as the duplicitous Bill Haydon in Tomas Alfredson's wonderful adaptation of spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). However, it looks like Firth was merely biding his time for the release of Gambit (2012), a new Coen brothers-scripted comedy from Michael Hoffman - the man behind George Clooney rom-com One Fine Day (1996) and 2009's Last Station. A first UK trailer for Hoffman's latest emerged today, giving us an initial glimpse of Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci in action.
A remake of the 1966 film of the same name starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine, Gambit sees Ethan and Joel once again treading familiarly light ground, with a suggested tone not too dissimilar to either Intolerable Cruelty (2003) or (the far superior) Burn After Reading (2008). Firth plays Harry Deane, a stiff upper-lipped English art curator seeking revenge against his slave-driving boss Lionel Shahbandar (Rickman). Emerging with a plan to con Shahbandar into purchasing a fake version of Monet's Haystacks, currently in the possession of American rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Diaz), Dean jets off to the States to claim his prize. However, when Puznowski flies over to London to seal the deal, the wheels quickly begin to fall off the cart.
Firth is no stranger to light comedies produced here in the UK (with both the Bridget Jones and St. Trinian's cycles reaping financial, if not critical rewards), and there seems to be great deal of comic material still to be squeezed out of the 'special' Anglo-American relationship. However, whether proceedings will be too broad for British audiences fond of the 60s original remains to be seen. Diaz has struggled of late with thankless roles in dull films, but with the wit and spark of a Coen brothers screenplay behind her, there may yet be a chance for the US actress to claw her way back into the public psyche.
There seems little danger of Firth repeating his Best Actor-winning success at next year's Oscar ceremony, but that doesn't mean that Gambit won't deserve your time and attention come its November release. Firth and the always reliable Rickman could well prove to be classic comedy duo in the making, whilst Hoffman will be looking to ride the Coens' coat-tails back from the depths of relative obscurity.
Michael Hoffman's Gambit is due for release in UK cinemas on 21 November, 2012.
Daniel Green
Gambit: Exclusive trailer
Check out this great MSN video - Gambit: Exclusive trailer
www.cine-vue.com/2012/09/preview-coen-scripted-...