Boogie Woogie (2009)

A comedy of manners set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene.

Director:

Duncan Ward

Writers:

Danny Moynihan (screenplay), Danny Moynihan (novel)

Stars:

Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gillian Anderson	...	Jean Maclestone
Alan Cumming	...	Dewey Dalamanatousis
Heather Graham	...	Beth Freemantle
Danny Huston	...	Art Spindle
Jack Huston	...	Jo Richards
Christopher Lee	...	Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Joanna Lumley	...	Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Simon McBurney	...	Robert Freign
Meredith Ostrom	...	Joany
Charlotte Rampling	...	Emille
Amanda Seyfried	...	Paige Oppenheimer
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Bob Maclestone
Jaime Winstone	...	Elaine
Alfie Allen	...	Photographer
Gemma Atkinson	...	Charlotte Bailey

Storyline

In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his assistants, Beth, is sleeping with Art's most acquisitive client, Bob Macclestone. Beth wants Bob to set her up in her own gallery, so she helps him go behind Art's back for the Mondrian. Bob's wife, Jean, sets her eye on a young conceptual artist, Jo, who lusts after Art's newest assistant, Paige. Meanwhile, self-absorbed lesbian videographer Elaine is chewing her way through friends and lovers looking to make it: if she'll throw Dewey, her agent, under the bus, Beth may give her a show. And the Mondrian? No honor among thieves.

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Plot Keywords:

voyeur | voyeurism | lesbian | nipple shield | cheating wife | 

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Taglines:

Seduction. Betrayal. Death. There's an Art to Everything.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2017 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Juegos de placer

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,776, 25 April 2010, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,776, 25 April 2010

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Works International, Constance Media, Firefly

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Heather Graham and Sir Christopher Lee lent their voice talents in the video game EverQuest II (2004) as the leaders of the two opposing cities: Queen Antonia Bayle and Overlord Lucan D'Lere, respectively.

User Reviews

See it for the babes....

In what has to be one of the more stranger/esoteric cast-ensembles, this film never really finds itself. Is it a dark dromedy', a spoof on the art world, is the film deliberately pretentious and self aware to mirror the self-importance of the modern art world, or just poking fun at the clueless rich? I can't figure it out, thats the directors fault. Gillian Anderson, one of Hollyweird's hottest lesbians, who only seems to only get prettier as she ages, as the lead, sucks the life out of every scene, poor lassie can't act. She needs to stick to pensive brooding and muted soft-spoken pouting, with the posed slow-motion blinking. Otherwise the cast is very talented, all with discrete character development: none of them very redeeming or likable. Most unusual, is the setting which takes place in London, yet feels like its in lower Manhattan, half of the cast is American; I thought Madonna was the only wealthy American to transplant despite the indigenous draconian tax-rate. Most everyone is a self-assumed art critic or "genius" and nearly all of them are perverted in one way or another. Again, see it for the babes, especially the Amanda Seyfried up-skirt scenes.