The hd dvd edition of eastern promises boasted one of the finest transfers on the highdef market and, im pleased to report, universal has blessed bluray fans with the same magnificent 1080pvc1 transfer. David cronenbergs eastern promises opens with a throatslashing and a young woman collapsing in blood in a drugstore, and connects these events with a descent into an underground of russians who have immigrated to london and brought their crime family with them. This is eastern promises sauna fight by ed chen on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Eastern promises is a 2007 crime drama by david cronenberg the story revolves around anna naomi watts, a midwife at a london hospital, who discovers a diary belonging to a teenage girl who died during childbirth. Eastern promises is a 2007 gangster film directed by david cronenberg, from a screenplay. Charged with making it somewhat easier on all concerned for the tattoo sequence and shots in eastern promises carol spier created a tattoo tool based on her staffs research at the oxford tattoo.
Eastern promises is a 2007 gangster film directed by david cronenberg, from a screenplay written by steven knight. A tribute to nikolai viggo mortensen and anna naomi watts in the awesome movie eastern promises. Cronenberg struggles to recreate their unique culture and some of it works, such as the tattoo tradition, whereby their lives are displayed for anyone to see if they are naked. With eastern promises, though, cronenberg decides to focus on the russian mafia operating from a restaurant in the drab, hackney borough of london. Viggo mortensen studied russian gangsters and their tattoos. Eastern promises 2008, crime musical thriller released in english language in theatre near you in.
Vitals viggo mortensen as nikolai luzhin, russian mafiya undertaker and chauffeur with a few secrets of his own london, christmas 2006 film. Eastern promises asian delight is all you will find here. Whats the story the mysterious and ruthless nikolai is tied to one of londons most notorious organized crime families. Eastern promises soundtrack american music preservation. Her efforts to translate the diary and thus find a family for the girls baby end up embroiling her with a powerful figure in the russian mafia and the human trafficking and. She also discovers a card from the transsiberian, a restaurant owned by semyon, a thiefinlaw of the russian mafia. Eastern promises original motion picture soundtrack by. Though eastern promises is very different from his earlier movies, if you liked it you should watch a history of violence. Principal photography began november 2006, in locations in and around london. Eastern promises is a 2007 gangster film directed by david cronenberg, from a. Check out eastern promises original motion picture soundtrack by howard shore on amazon music.
Released in 2007, the original earned an oscar nomination for star viggo mortensen and remains a highwater mark for screenwriter steven knight, who has since gone into the tom hardy business as the. Yes, a history of violence was a complete turnaround style picture for david cronenberg whose previous films include the most twistedly eccentric visions of horrendously graphic violence and overtly over sexualized human beings and monsters, but i had not expected that he would continue down the path of the. This is not the kind of music shore wrote for the lord of the rings, but an interesting blend that grows out of his superb score for the departed. The film tells of a british midwifes interactions with the russian mafia in london and stars viggo mortensen, naomi watts and vincent cassel. Set in london within the ritualized underworld of the russian mafiathe dread vory v zakonedavid cronenbergs eastern promises couldnt be further, in terms of ambience, from the americana of a history of violence. Gallery of 21 movie poster and cover images for eastern promises 2007. Ending spoiler for eastern promises 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Below you can see an array of popular films which we have found to be similar to eastern promises. Eastern promises has a firstrate cast, and the script by the talented british screenwriter steve knight who explored similar ideas about a london migrant underworld in his previous script. Theres a moment near the end of eastern promises where a newborn infant is in danger of being tossed into the thames. He strokes the tattoo on nikolais chest as if this were confirmation of who this. Although it mines the same well as some of the aforementioned films, it feels like a fresh take on the mob movie, primarily because its an ethnic group of mobsters that dont often get attention.
When trying to find a similar movie to eastern promises you could be trying to find another movie featuring naomi watts or viggo mortensen, or even another thriller and crime movie. According to consequence of sound, a casting notice has recently materialized for body cross, the longintheworks sequel to david cronenbergs londonset russian mobster movie eastern promises. Asian sluts are here for you, let them pleasure you anyhow you see fit. Eastern promises 89 movie clip tattoo ceremony 2007. Eastern promises will likely grab your attention and will reveal more to you on repeated hearings. Eastern promises is a fascinating case of a film made under the intense gaze of a supreme auteur and written by the separate but equally potent hand of a writer. Eastern promises 2007 ending spoiler movie mistakes.
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Eastern promises, viggo mortensen, naomi watts, 2007. Nicola benedetti\s solo violin immediately presents howard shore\s main theme to eastern promises, the latest film he has scored for longtime collaborator, director david cronenberg. Eastern promises 89 movie clip tattoo ceremony 2007 hd duration. Suddenly one of the brothers is upon him and has him in a head lock. Eastern promises is a 2007 britishamericancanadian 2 thrillercrime film directed by david cronenberg, from a screenplay by steven knight. Promises tenyear mark by showcasing five things, from mob tattoos to. Director david cronenberg and the actor viggo mortensen are becoming quite a team. Later that year, eastern promises appeared on scores of yearend. Russian collusion and the art of mafia tattoos in eastern promises. Eastern promises script at the internet movie script database. David cronenberg and viggo mortensen on the story behind the notorious tattoos of the russian mafia. Russian vory v zakone ceremonyhigh quality duration.
If you like eastern promises you are looking for tense, serious and suspenseful movies about with gangsters, russian, murder, mob boss, investigation, kgb and organized crime themes of action, crime and drama genre shot in uk or canada. The film has been noted for its plot twist and for its. True to the setting of the film\s story, the theme has an eastern european quality, due in part both to the instrumentation and the structure of the melody itself, but also to the fact it is backed by dulcimer. The tattoo is applied with a sharpened guitar string threaded through a windup shaver, while a grafted pen cap serves as the ink well. Eastern promises is a menacing,violent film set in the underworld of the russian.
Eastern promises lj the meaning of the tattoos eastern. Anna khitrova works as a hospital midwife, discovering a russian diary on the body of a teen girl, tatiana, who died in childbirth. When i first saw the trailer for eastern promises, i was a little confused. As semyon looks at the card in the candle light, he also sees the tattoo of an eagle on. The eastern promises sequel is getting ready to film in march. Charged with making it somewhat easier on all concerned for the tattoo sequence and shots in eastern promises carol spier created a tattoo tool based on her staffs research at the oxford tattoo museum.
Like the corleone family, but with a less wise and more fearsome patriarch, the vory v zakone family of the russian. Its a casual scene with little buildup or fanfare, and yet it carries more. Eastern promises is a great film, but there is a noteworthy twist that is hard to ignore when. Everything you need to know about eastern promises movie.
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