Dirty Pretty Things (Original title)
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 01 June 2003 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Okwe is an illegal immigrant from Nigeria, trying hard to make ends meet by working in a seedy West London hotel used by prostitutes. He shares a flat with Senay, a pretty young asylum seeker who also works illegally at the hotel. One night, Okwe makes a grim discovery in one of the hotel rooms, and finds himself stumbling into the criminal underworld...
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 2002not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 01 June 2003 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Okwe is an illegal immigrant from Nigeria, trying hard to make ends meet by working in a seedy West London hotel used by prostitutes. He shares a flat with Senay, a pretty young asylum seeker who also works illegally at the hotel. One night, Okwe makes a grim discovery in one of the hotel rooms, and finds himself stumbling into the criminal underworld...
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 2002not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins
Credits
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©: Miramax Film Corp., Presented by: Miramax Films, BBC Films, Production Company: Celador Productions, Developed with: Jonescompany, Executive Producer: Paul Smith, Executive Producer: David M. Thompson, Executive Producer: Tracey Scoffield, Executive Producer: Allon Reich, Executive Producer: Teresa Moneo, Executive Producer: Julie Goldstein, [Executive Producer]: Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Producer: Tracey Seaward, Producer: Robert Jones, Production Executive (For BBC Films): Michael Wood, Production Executive (For Miramax Films): Jake Myers, Jennifer Lane, Unit Manager: Joseph Jayawardena, Unit Manager (Additional Photography): Michael Harm, Production Manager: Linda Gregory, Production Manager (Additional Photoghy): Brian Donovan, Production Co-ordinator: Hermione Ninnim, Location Manager: Sue Quinn, Post-production Supervisor: Tania Windsor Blunden, 2nd Unit Director (Additional Photoghy): Mick Audsley, Assistant Director (1st): Stewart Renfrew, William Booker, Assistant Director (2nd): Alex Streeter, Assistant Director (Add Photography 1st): Mark Layton, Assistant Director (Add Photography 1st): Richard Styles, Martin O'Malley, Assistant Director (Add Photography 2nd): Sasha Mann, Assistant Director (Add Photography 2nd): Simon Downes, Finn McGrath, Assistant Director (Add Photography 3rd): Becky Simmons, Assistant Director (Add Photography 3rd): Holly Watson, Assistant Director (Add Photography 3rd): Ben Dixon, Jez Oakley, Script Supervisor: Penny Eyles, Script Supervisor (Add Photography): Diana Dill, Casting (Director): Leo Davis, Casting (ADR Voice): Lyps Inc, Script Editor: Jan Fleischer, Written by: Steven Knight, Director of Photography: Chris Menges, Director of Photography (Add Photogrphy): Ivan Strasburg, Camera Operator: Chris Menges, Camera Operator (Addit Photography): Rodrigo Gutierrez, Steadicam (Additional Photography): Alf Tramontin, Steadicam (Additional Photography): Peter Robertson, Alastair Rae, Screen and Display Adviser: Ron Osman, Digital Visual Effects: Framestore CFC, Special Effects Supervisor: Graham Longhurst, Film Editor: Mick Audsley, Production Designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski, Art Director: Rebecca Holmes, Set Decorator: Linda Wilson, Scenic Artist: Stuart Clarke, Storyboard Artist: Jane Clark, Costume Designer: Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Wardrobe Master: Colin May, Make-up Designer: Jenny Shircore, Make-up/Hair Designer (Add Photography): Sarah Grundy, Prosthetics: Animated Extras, Prosthetics: Matthew Smith, Pauline Fowler, Title Design: Fig Productions, Opticals: Cine Image, Music: Nathan Larson, [announced for Music]: Anne Dudley, Additional Music: Christian L. Henson, Violinist: Åsa HÅkansson, Additional Violin: Gavin Wright, Music Supervisor: Karen Elliott, Music Supervisor: Hot House Music Ltd, Score Produced by: Nathan Larson, Music Editor: Michael Higham, [Music] Engineered and Mixed by: Andy Richards, Music Consultant: Charlie Gillett, Sound Recordist: Peter Lindsay, Sound Recordist (Add Photography): Christian Joyce, Re-recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith, Adrian Rhodes, Re-recording Mixer (Additional): Matthew Gough, Sven Taits, Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Auguste, Supervising Sound Editor: Peter Joly, Sound Effects Editor: Mark Rose, Foley Artist: Paula Boram, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Editor: Jan Cholawo, Foley Editor: Ian Wilson, Stunt Co-ordinator: Nick Gillard, Stunt Co-ordinator (Add Photography): Julian Spencer, Pharmacy Technical Adviser: Ron Stenner, Turkish Adviser: Ussal Smithers, Medical Adviser: Jeff Webster, Bella Hughan, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Chiwetel Ejiofor (Okwe), Audrey Tautou (Senay), Sergi Lopez (Sneaky), Sophie Okonedo (Juliette), Benedict Wong (Guo Yi), Zlatko Buric (Ivan), Kriss Dosanjh (Asian businessman), Israel Aduramo, Yemi Ajibade, Nizwar Karanj, DeObie Oparei (mini cab driver), Jeffery Kissoon (cab controller), Kenan Hudaverdi (café owner), Damon Younger (punter), Paul Bhattacharjee (Mohammed), Darrell D'Silva (immigration officer), Sotigui Kouyaté (Shinti), Abi Gouhad (Shinti's son), Jeillo Edwards (hospital cleaning lady), Rita Hamill (pharmacy nurse), Ron Stenner (pharmacist), Jemanesh Solomon (Shinti's daughter-in-law), Naomi Simpson (Shinti's granddaughter), Barber Ali (sweatshop foreman), Jean-Philippe Écoffey (Jean-Luc), Yusuf Altin (sweatshop boy), Fisun Burgess (factory worker), Sabina Michael (German woman), Michael Mellinger (German man), Noma Dumezweni (Celia), Adrian Scarborough (the doctor)