Mortdecai (2015)

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.

Director:

David Koepp

Writers:

Eric Aronson (screenplay), Kyril Bonfiglioli (novel)

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp	...	Mortdecai
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Johanna
Paul Bettany	...	Jock
Ewan McGregor	...	Martland
Olivia Munn	...	Georgina
Jonny Pasvolsky	...	Emil
Michael Culkin	...	Sir Graham
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Romanov
Alec Utgoff	...	Dmitri
Rob de Groot	...	Vladimir
Guy Burnet	...	Maurice
Jeff Goldblum	...	Krampf
Paul Whitehouse	...	Spinoza
Norma Atallah	...	Bronwen
Nicholas Farrell	...	Auctioneer

Storyline

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

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Plot Keywords:

art dealer | macguffin | burning a portrait | false portrait | fired from a job | 

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Taglines:

Sophistication has a name

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and sexual material

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jock Strapp (Paul Bettany) calls Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) "Sir" sixty-five times throughout the film.

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Goofs

During the car chase in Los Angeles sequence, Jock vomits while shooting through the window and the windshield of Strago's SUV is splattered with sick. A second later, when the SUV turns right and escapes, the windshield is spotless clean.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mortdecai: As you may well know, I am many things. An arts dealer, an accomplished fencer, fair shot with most weapons. I am loved and respected by all who know me - slightly. But I have always felt as if there's something missing, you see. Some final piece of my personal puzzle. I needed something bold, distinctive.
[his cocktail arrives]
Mortdecai: Ah, thank you. The work of art with which I could declare to the heavens, I am Lord Charlie Mortdecai. And this is a little bit of magic is my mustache...

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Michael Strahan/Olivia Munn/Mark & Jay Duplass (2015)

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Soundtracks

Toccata and Fugue in D-minor
(uncredited)
By Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

Did I watch the same film?!

I was moved to write my first ever IMDb review because of the amount of derision heaped on this film by mainly American reviewers. This mountain of vitriol almost stopped me from going to see the film; how glad I am that I stuck to my decision to see it! Johnny Depp, for me, is always good value, and is an actor who seems to be unafraid of challenging not only himself but we, the audience, too. His portrayal of Charlie Mortdecai was based not so much on Ralph Fiennes' M.Gustave, but more on characters from The Fast Show and various Upper Class Twits from the classic Monty Python sketch. Indeed, as a massive fan of The Fast Show (he appeared in the final episode) I'm fairly sure that Mr Depp had some influence in securing the comic genius of Paul Whitehouse to play Spinoza. After reading the host of bad reviews I entered the cinema with some trepidation, but was rewarded with a well-written, smoothly-directed, fast-paced concoction which ticked plenty of boxes for me; I did start to wonder if I was watching the same film that some other reviewers watched. Perhaps the humour was just "too English" for some of our friends in the "far colonies"! Please don't be put off by the large number of bad reviews; Mortdecai was well worth the price of entry!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mortdecai

Filming Locations:

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,200,586, 25 January 2015

Gross USA:

$7,696,134

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$47,275,717

Company Credits

Production Co:

MWM Studios, Infinitum Nihil, Mad Chance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1