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Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
film directed by Daniel Alfredson
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Directed by | Daniel Alfredson |
Screenplay by | William Brookfield |
Based on | Kidnapping Freddy Heineken by Peter R. de Vries |
Produced by | Judy Cairo Howard Meltzer Michael A. Simpson |
Starring | Anthony Hopkins Sam Worthington Jim Sturgess Ryan Kwanten |
Cinematography | Fredrik Bäckar |
Edited by | Håkan Karlsson |
Music by | Clay Duncan Lucas Vidal |
Production | European Film Company |
Distributed by | Alchemy A Plus Films Signature Entertainment |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Netherlands |
Language | English |
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (U.S.
title Kidnapping Mr. Heineken) is a British-Dutch crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson based on the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. The screenplay, based on the book by Peter R. de Vries, was written by William Brookfield. The role of Freddy Heineken is played by Anthony Hopkins, with Sam Worthington as Willem Holleeder, Jim Sturgess as Cor van Hout, Ryan Kwanten as Jan Boellaard, Thomas Cocquerel as Martin Erkamps and Mark van Eeuwen as Frans Meijer.[1]
Plot
In Amsterdam, wannabe gangster friends Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout, Jan Boellard, Martin Erkamps, and Frans Meijer kidnap Heineken owner Freddy Heineken in an attempt to obtain a high ransom for his return.
Heineken's family pays the ransom, he is released and Willem and Cor flee to Paris and go into hiding.
O rapto de freddy heineken kidnappers name All All. Sign In. Jump to Summaries 1 Synopsis 1 Edit. The inside story of the planning, execution, rousing aftermath, and ultimate downfall of the kidnappers of beer tycoon Alfred "Freddy" Heineken in , which resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for an individual. The friends ran a construction company, which was successful, but squandered all the gains on expensive toys.Cor calls his wife Sonja, leading to the kidnappers' capture.
Cast
Production
Filming began in Belgium in October [2] Most of the outside action scenes were filmed on location in Amsterdam.
Reception
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken received generally unfavourable reviews from critics.
The film has a 33/ score at Metacritic[3] and a 19% score at Rotten Tomatoes.[4]
The Los Angeles Times commented, "Despite its true-events pedigree, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is woefully captive to B-movie crime saga tropes."[5]
Variety wrote, "About as appealing as day-old beer littered with cigarette butts, the abysmal caper drama Kidnapping Mr.
Heineken is one of those international co-productions produced for all the right tax-credit reasons and none of the right artistic ones."[6]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "By the time the relatively brief but seemingly interminable proceedings reach their conclusion, viewers may feel like they've been held hostage themselves."[7] Conversely, Rex Reed of The New York Observer gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and commented, "Anthony Hopkins plays the king of the hops, and he is excellent.
So is the rest of the movie, a sober, no-frills account about the highest ransom ever collected up to that time—$10 million and counting."[8]