Directed by Neil Jordan, the Irish actor plays the legendary detective born from the pen of Raymond Chandler in the 100th film of his long career. Marlowe opens in US cinemas on February 15th.
The first, unofficial because with a different name was George Sandersin 1942, in The Falcon Takes Overfilm inspired by the novel “Goodbye, my beloved”the same one that later gave rise to The shadow of the pastcon Dick Powell hero. But the Philip Marlowe most unforgettable of all is surely theHumphrey Bogart of that great masterpiece that it is The big sleep Of Howard Hawks. Then there were others, many, including the Marlowe very remarkable of Elliott Gould in the Long goodbye Of Altman (another masterpiece) and also the Robert Mitchum a little bit of Marlowe, the private policeman e Marlowe’s plane.
The fact is that, in addition to having entered the history of literature, through the novels of its inventor, Raymond Chandlerthe rough and wrinkled private detective was a true cinema icon.
Now to confront this myth, with the myth of Philip Marloweis Irish Liam Neesonwho plays him in a new film, simply titled Marlowedirected by Neil Jordanwhich will be in American cinemas from February 15th, of which we show you the first official trailer.
Gripping noir set in late 1930s Los Angeles, Marlowe centers around the figure of a down-on-his-luck street detective, Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance exposes a web of lies and soon Marlowe finds himself involved in a dangerous and deadly investigation in which all the protagonists have something to hide.
The Marlowe with Liam Neeson was scripted by William Monahanfrom a book not written by Chandler but from Benjamin Black (pseudonym of John Banville), titled “The Black-Eyed Blonde” and published in Italy by Guanda.
They are in the cast Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Ian Hart, Colm MeaneyDaniela Melchior e Francois Arnaud.
