Shades(Movie, 1999)

Name: Shades
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999
Duration: T01:36:00

1h 36min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Shades is a 1999 Belgian film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Van 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. ()

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About Shades

In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, a merciless producer, an insubordinate star, and a conviced serial killer all try to survive the deadliest place on Earth: a movie set.

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Trailer for Shades + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Clip(Clip, 2:05)

Additional Information

Production country: Belgium

Made by: Multicom Entertainment Group

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Dutch (NL)

Translated into 5 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Dutch (NL), Romanian (RO)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/19/1999

Cast: Mickey Rourke, Andrew Howard, Gene Bervoets, Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Axel Daeseleire, Tine Reymer, Bert Struys, Hilde Van Mieghem, Vic de Wachter, Eddy Vereycken, Marilou Mermans, Tania Kloek, Gert Portael

Director: Erik Van Looy

Screenwriter: Erik Van Looy

Composer: Alex Callier

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sombras"

Keywords: drama, comedy

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Shades(Movie, 1999)

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