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| name = The Wisdom of Crocodiles

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| caption = Film poster

| director = Po-Chih Leong

| producer =

| writer = Paul Hoffman

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| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Oliver Curtis

| editing = Robin Sales

| studio = Goldwyn Films International
Film Foundry Partners
Entertainment Film Distributors
Zenith Productions
Arts Council of England

| distributor = Entertainment Film Distributors

| released = 1998

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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'The Wisdom of Crocodiles' (also released as 'Immortality') is a 1998 British romantic thriller film directed by Po-Chih Leong and starring Jude Law. It is based on the book of the same name by Paul Hoffman.

Plot



Cast



* Jude Law as Steven Grlscz

; Grlscz's Women

* Elina Lwensohn as Anne Levels

* Kerry Fox as Maria Vaughan

; Police

* Timothy Spall as Inspector Healey

* Jack Davenport as Sergeant Roche

; Gang

* Ashley Artus as Gang Leader

* Tom Wu as Gang Member

* Hon Ping Tang as Gang Member

* Antony Cotton as Gang Member

* Richard Mylan as Gang Member

* Carlton Headley as Gang Member

* Neran Persaud as Gang Member

; Supporting Cast

* Julia Davies as Girl In Operating Theatre

* Carlton Jarvis as Physician (uncredited)

* Colin Salmon as Martin

* Hitler Wong as "Noodles" Chan

* Stuart Bowman as Car Crash Mechanic

* C.J. December as Car Crash Mechanic

* Anastasia Hille as Karen

* Nicholas Lamont (as Nick Lamont) as Toll Bridge Attendant

* Joseph O'Conor as Mr. Nancarrow

* Rupert Farley as Priest

* Diane Howse as Mrs. Healey

* Cliff Parisi as Labourer

* Vincent Keane as Injured Workman

Reception



Rotten Tomatoes gave it a total score of 47%[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wisdom_of_crocodiles/ Rotten Tomatoes] and Metacritic gave it 58/100.[http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/wisdomofcrocodiles?q=the%20wisdom%20of%20crocodiles MetaCritic]

Richard Corliss of 'Time' liked the film, claiming "... this cool, handsome thriller proceeds with an elliptical elegance."Richard Corliss, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503044202/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,49463,00.html 'The Wisdom of Crocodiles'], Time magazine, 9 July 2000 Others, however, have not been as kind, as Elvis Mitchell's review in 'The New York Times' reveals.Mitchell, Elvis. [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9402EED71F38F937A25754C0A9669C8B63 "A Blood Sucker Finds it Hard to Live as a Romantic."] The New York Times 14 July 2000.

Paul Tatara of CNN favorably reviewed the film, describing it as "stylish but anemic".

The film won the 1999 Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.

See also



* Vampire film

References




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