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Strictly Sinatra

Starring: Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald
Director: Peter Capaldi
Original UK Premiere: 2001
Dvd Release: 21st July, 2003
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Background Information: Strictly Sinatra

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Strictly Sinatra is a 2001 film directed by Peter Capaldi. It stars Ian Hart & Kelly Macdonald. Posters Of Strictly Sinatra

Editorial DVD Review

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Peter Capaldi, the writer & director of the vaguely amusing & almost engaging Strictly Sinatra, seems to have had two recent strains of British film-making on his mind: the Guy Ritchie school of modern mob capers & the post-modern urban Scottish noir of Shallow Grave & Trainspotting. Indeed Kelly MacDonald, who starred in the latter, appears in Strictly Sinatra as a similar rough-around-the-edges love interest.

The film revolves around what happens when hapless Glasgow lounge-singer Tony Cocozza crosses paths with the local Mafiosi. Their initial mutual attraction is derived from the ability of the parties to support each other’s delusions: Cocozza wishes he was Sinatra, they wish they were Sinatra’s dubious cronies. But Cocozza swiftly realises that he has, as the song goes, bitten off more than he can chew, & proceeds, predictably enough, from doubt to epiphany to redemption to happy ending.,

Biography: Ian Hart

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Ian Hart is an British actor. He portrayed John Lennon in Backbeat & Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone. Posters Of Strictly Sinatra

Editors Choice: Born Romantic, Eroica, Strictly Sinatra, Liam, The Closer You Get, Michael Collins, Nothing Personal, Clockwork Mice, View DVDology

Biography: Kelly Macdonald

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Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress, born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her career began when she saw a leaflet advertising an open casting session for what would become the movie Trainspotting, in which she played the part of Diane, the underage seductress to Ewan McGregor s Renton. She starred in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as a reporter. Posters Of Strictly Sinatra

Editors Choice: Lassie, Strictly Sinatra, House, The Girl In The Cafe, View DVDology

Biography: Peter Capaldi

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Peter Capaldi in Glasgow is a Scottish actor & director. He is currently best known for playing Malcolm Tucker in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, written by fellow Scottish-Italian, Armando Iannucci. This character is reportedly based on the New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell. As an actor he has appeared in over 40 films & TV series since his breakthrough role as Oldsen in Local Hero. In 1993 he won an Oscar for Best Short Film for Frank Kafkas Its A Wonderful Life. Posters Of Strictly Sinatra

Editors Choice: Mrs Caldicots Cabbage War, Strictly Sinatra, Prime Suspect 3, View DVDology

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