Icarus Descending (1998)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Directors:

Steve Edwards
Todd Mei

Writers:

Steve Edwards (writer)
Todd Mei (writer)

Plot:

Hayden K. Lorry (Philip Ayckbourn) is a British military operative who gets embroiled in a caper to track down an ancient Grecian Urn...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Plato | Reference To Kant | Rye | Reference To Hamlet | Independent Film

Cast

Philip Ayckbourn	...	Hayden Lorry
Julie Rivier	...	Lizbeth Hiver
David Brainard	...	Manny Varjak
Todd Mei	...	Johnny Sing
Sam Parks	...	Professor Arthur Ayers
Robin Mukherjee	...	Godwin Keyes
Andrew Balmforth	...	Tolly Martin
Marissa Afton	...	Ginny Novak
Binky Greene	...	Dick Delieuze
Nick Harris	...	Riordan
David Crockford	...	Rock Thompson
Valentin Gerlier	...	Joseph Bannion, Lounge Piano Player
Robin Wilkowski	...	Hitwoman
Elvira Tanassescu	...	Lilith Alisdaire
Steve Edwards	...	Rico Boyer

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Yegg Central

Trivia:

There were books in the jail scene because the jail cell was in the library at Brockwood Park School.

Quotes:

Ginny Novak: You have a nice Aberdeen steak. How do you want it cooked?
Hayden Lorry: Chicken-fried's the only way.

Movie Connections:

References The Killers (1946)

Hopefully this terrific first movie by Edwards and Mei will be the first of many more... rated a 10 in creative aspects; an 8 in technical aspects due to the sound.

Amazing accomplishment by Edwards and Mei. Being a connoisseur of the old black and whites, I relished in the suspense and fast-gun witty quips. Edwards and Mei have shown tremendous imagination and creativity and are to be commended for this piece of work,(writing, directing, producing) especially on such a limited budget. If this genre is your cup of tea, then "Icarus Descending" will be your shot of rye......and this ain't pie in the sky, sister!