Doors Open (2012)

A self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker swap priceless art with forgeries and make off with the goods.

Director:

Marc Evans

Writers:

James Mavor (screenplay), Mike Walden (screenplay)

Stars:

Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Collard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Douglas Henshall	...	Mike Mackenzie
Stephen Fry	...	Professor Robert Gissing
Kenneth Collard	...	Allan Cruickshank
Lenora Crichlow	...	Laura Stanton
Brian McCardie	...	Charlie Calloway
Elliot Cowan	...	Bruce Cameron
Philip Whitchurch	...	The Geordie
Paul McCole	...	Glenn
Jordan Young	...	Jonno
Rab Affleck	...	Hate
Raymond Mearns	...	Wee Martin
Gilly Gilchrist	...	Inspector Ransome
Robin Laing	...	Tour Guide
Niall Greig Fulton	...	Westie
Kenny Blyth	...	Brighty

Storyline

Mike McKenzie is a bored,self-made millionaire who is cheered to learn that art auctioneer Laura Stanton,the old flame he allowed to escape him,is back in Edinburgh. Mike is disdainful of private art collectors and is interested when art expert Professor Gissing suggests that they,along with banker Allan Cruikshank,devise a plan to swap priceless paintings from the national gallery and owned by a banking conglomerate for clever forgeries. The forgeries will be left behind,giving the impression that the thieves abandoned their haul when they fled. For a single day the gallery is open to the public under the Doors Open scheme and the trio plan to use this to their advantage. Mike brings on board another old friend,small time crook Charlie Calloway,but Charlie is in debt to a gang boss known as the Geordie and wants a painting to buy him off. The gang use a fake fire drill to pull off the theft and,despite getting locked in the gallery,are successful. Laura returns to Mike,who confesses ...

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Plot Keywords:

art gallery | based on novel | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sandi Toksvig: Credited as part of the writing and production team, she is seen briefly as one of the phone operators during the auction.

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Soundtracks

At Last
Sung by Tom Rhys Harries (as Tom Harries)

User Reviews

Stephen Fry is worth the time

The cast is tops. And the top actor is Stephen Fry an art professor then collection curator. Douglas Henshall buys a painting for his partner. Then five years pass, and he and she are not together. She, Lenore Crichlow, is engaged to the man purchasing the Fry collection. The painting Henshaw bought for her she sold, and it is in the collection. He offers to buy it, but is refused. He, Fry, and Kenneth Collard decide to take seven paintings and replace them with forgeries. The criminal doing the theft gives the Hate character a phony painting. In the third five years we find out what happened. I think breaking the timeline into five year segments doesn't work. It worked in the book by Rankin, but here it slows the pace too much. The soundtrack is the most annoying music I have ever heard. Still, it is a good film for the top acting.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Scottish Gaelic

Release Date:

26 December 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Avoimien ovien päivä

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sprout Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color