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Whole Lotta Sole
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Wikipedia article
'Whole Lotta Sole' (known as 'Stand Off' in North America) is a 2012 independent criminal comedy film co-written and directed by Terry George and starring Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann.
Plot
Hoping to pay back some gambling debt he owes to local mobster Mad Dog Flynn (David O'Hara), Jim (Martin McCann) robs the local fishmongers, only to discover that it's actually a front for the mobster's business. Now on the run and pursued by police detective Weller (Colm Meaney), Jim is cornered in an antique shop where he takes hostage a collection of colourful characters, including American Joe Maguire (Brendan Fraser), the owner who may be his illegitimate father, and his girlfriend Sophie (Yaya DaCosta). Caught between the mobster's gang and the police, the unfortunate young Jim must find a way out of this tricky situation with help from his hostages.
Cast
*Brendan Fraser as Joe Maguire
*David O'Hara as Mad Dog Flynn
*Colm Meaney as Weller
*Yaya DaCosta as Sophie
*Martin McCann as Jim
*Conor MacNeill as Sox
*Emma Hamilton as Tracey Maguire
*Michael Legge as Randy
*Jonathan Harden as Pavis
*Marie Jones as Ma Flynn
*Rupert Wickham as Farnsworth
*Amanda Girvan as Police Woman
*Darran Watt as Police Man
*Mary McCrossan as Annie
*Amanda Hurwitz as Mary Ellen
*Hugh McLaughlin as Clipper
Production
'Whole Lotta Sole' was filmed in Downpatrick and Belfast, Northern Ireland. Filming began on 8 April 2011.
Release
The film had its world premiere on Saturday 21 April 2012, in the Spotlight Series at the Tribeca Film Festival 2012, had its European premiere on Sunday 10 June 2012, at the Belfast Film Festival, was shown at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan in August 2012 and was shown at the Mill Valley, Hamptons International Film Festivals and Austin Film Festival in October 2012. The film has also been picked up for distribution in European, South African and Asian territories. The film, as 'Stand Off', was shown at the Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco (22 January 2013) and was released in US theatres on 22 February 2013.
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