Shades (film)
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Shades is a 1999 Belgian film directed by Erik Van Looy
and written by Looy, Paul Breuls and Guy Lee Thys
. The story is loosely inspired on the Belgian murderer Freddy Horion and his escape from prison in 1982.
Music for the film was composed by Alex Callier
of Belgian band Hooverphonic
, who performed the theme of the film.
Erik Van Looy
Erik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy is a Belgian film director.In Flanders he is also known as a television presenter .His most famous movies are:*Ad Fundum *Shades...
and written by Looy, Paul Breuls and Guy Lee Thys
Guy Lee Thys
Guy Lee Thys : is a Belgian film producer, director, and screenwriter.In 1981 Guy Lee Thys, whose nickname in the Belgian media is "enfant terrible of Flemish Cinema", established Skyline Films, renamed Fact & Fiction in 1992. The small production company produces moderate budget feature-length...
. The story is loosely inspired on the Belgian murderer Freddy Horion and his escape from prison in 1982.
Music for the film was composed by Alex Callier
Alex Callier
Alex Callier is a member of Belgian band Hooverphonic. He studied sound engineering in the Rits school in Brussels and attended several music classes in both his hometown, Sint Niklaas, and Antwerp. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked as a sound engineer for the Belgian VRT TV channel...
of Belgian band Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others...
, who performed the theme of the film.
Cast
- Jan DecleirJan DecleirJan Decleir is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp .He had his first big role in Fons Rademakers "Mira" and has since then appeared in countless Flemish and Dutch films and tv productions...
- Freddy Lebecq - Mickey RourkeMickey RourkePhilip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films....
- Paul Sullivan - Gene Bervoets - Max Vogel
- Andrew HowardAndrew Howard-Stage acting:On stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Peer Gyntin Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal National Theatre and TheDonmar Warehouse .-Film acting:...
- Dylan Cole - Matthew Hobbs - Himself