Mr. Nice
- 20102010
- 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
7.6K
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The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Bernard Rose(screenplay)
- Howard Marks(based on the book by)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Bernard Rose(screenplay)
- Howard Marks(based on the book by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 2 wins
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Storyline
Mr Nice is the true life story of Howard Marks who was born into a coal mining family in South Wales in 1940's and then made it to Oxford University to study nuclear physics during the swinging sixties. With the help of fellow students, Marks built a worldwide marijuana smuggling network which became responsible for the majority of the drug smoked in the Western world during the 1970s and 1980s. Marks' adventures led him to have dealings with the CIA, PLO, IRA and the Mafia and he even became an MI6 agent himself for a period. Howard Marks is played by the brilliant Rhys Ivans, who won much acclaim for his portrayal of the folk hero. —anon - copyright free.
- Taglines
- 43 Aliases. 89 Phone Lines. This is the Story of Howard Marks.
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- TriviaRhys Ifans became firm friends with Howard Marks several years before the film was made, and extracted a promise that he would star if a movie of the dealer's life was ever produced.
- GoofsWhen Howard Marks crashes his car in Ireland, it's obvious that the car went further than the film makers expected as the camera jerks untidily to the right to keep it in shot.
- Quotes
Howard Marks: A dealer is really just someone who buys more dope than he can smoke. And I have to say, I'm ashamed, I tried to smoke it all. There was just too fuckin' much of it.
- Crazy creditsThe credits appear over a super slow motion shot of Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) lighting and taking a toke from a joint.
- SoundtracksLazy
by Deep Purple
Top review
Routine Biopic of an Elite British Drug Smuggler
Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) grew up in a Welsh village, went to Oxford a relative innocent, and emerged from university as a fully-fledged drug smuggler. He subsequently went on to become one of Britain's most celebrated (notorious?) drug barons, leading an exuberant lifestyle while successfully evading most attempts at capture. Bernard Rose's biopic encourages us to admire Rose's chutzpah, as he encounters a variety of shady characters, including practicing IRA member Jim McCann (David Thewlis, speaking in an eccentric Irish accent), and American cartel owner Ernie Combs (Crispin Glover). The film's tone remains lighthearted throughout, and there are some convincing scenes where modern-day actors are inserted into authentically Seventies archive scenes (complete with washed-out colors). But in truth MR. NICE does not have that much to say, either about the ethics - if there can be such a thing - of drug-smuggling, nor about the lengths to which people will go to try and evade customs-officers of various countries. It remains a rather slight crime-caper, distinguished mostly by Ifans' jaunty performance as Howard Marks.
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- l_rawjalaurence
- Mar 21, 2014
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- Gross worldwide
- $1,673,840
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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