Dead Fish
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dead Fish
| image = Dead Fish dvd cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Charley Stadler
| producer = David Bergstein
Dan Maag
Matthias Deyle
Philip Schulz-Deyle
| writer = Adam Kreutner
David Mitchell
| screenplay =
| story = Thomas Geiger
Charley Stadler
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = Robert Carlyle
Gary Oldman
Andrew Lee Potts
| music = Andy Cato
| cinematography = Fraser Taggart
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Image Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2004|df=y|ref1={{cite web|url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Image_Entertainment/Disc_Announcements/UK_Cult_Fave_Dead_Fish_Bound_for_Blu-ray_HD_DVD_UPDATED/1178|title=UK Cult Fave 'Dead Fish' Bound for Blu-ray, HD DVD (UPDATED) - High-Def Digest|work=www.highdefdigest.com|accessdate=2 July 2020}}}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Dead Fish is a 2004 English-language German action comedy film starring Robert Carlyle, Gary Oldman, Andrew-Lee Potts and Elena Anaya.{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/f.aspx?t=film&l=en&did=46784|title=DEAD FISH by Charley Stadler|publisher=cineuropa.org|accessdate=2015-02-20}}{{cite web|url=http://frenchfilmsite.com/review/2004-D/Dead_Fish.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150220101521/http://frenchfilmsite.com/review/2004-D/Dead_Fish.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-02-20 |title=DEAD FISH by Charley Stadler |publisher=frenchfilmsite.com |accessdate=2015-02-20 }}
Plot
Lynch (Gary Oldman), an emotionless food connoisseur, stops a thief who stole a phone from Mimi (Elena Anaya) in a railway station. Falling in for her instantly, he doesn't notice that she accidentally switched phones with him. She later gives Lynch's phone to her boyfriend, Abe Klein (Andrew-Lee Potts) who works as a locksmith. When Lynch's employers try to assign him another assassination over the phone, Abe and his pot-smoking slacker artist friend go to warn the victim, Mr. Fish (Terence Stamp), hoping for a reward.
Concerned by Abe's behaviour over the phone, the employer has another operative, Virgil (Billy Zane), who hasn't met Lynch in person, to check up on him. Virgil has a Czech killer, Dragan (Karel Roden), brought in to deal with "Lynch".
All the while, Danny Devine (Robert Carlyle), a foul-tempered, foul-mouthed loan shark, is driving around trying to collect from various deadbeat clients including Abe.{{cite web|url=http://fame.uk.com/docs/press/Gary_Oldman_to_star_in_Dead_Fish.pdf|title=Gary Oldman to star in Dead Fish|publisher=fame.uk.com|accessdate=2015-02-20|archive-date=2015-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220132142/http://fame.uk.com/docs/press/Gary_Oldman_to_star_in_Dead_Fish.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Cast
- Robert Carlyle as Danny Devine
- Cassandra Bell as "Sugar" Waters
- Gary Oldman as Lynch
- John Pearson as Deck Day
- Kevin McNally as Frank Rosenheim
- Elena Anaya as Mimi
- Andrew Lee Potts as Abe Klein
- Billy Zane as Virgil
- Karel Roden as Dragan
- Terence Stamp as Mr. Fish
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0379240}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|1191011-dead_fish}}
- [http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Dead_Fish/421244 Dead Fish] at Hollywood.com
Category:2004 action comedy films
Category:2004 crime comedy films
Category:English-language German films
Category:British action comedy films
Category:British crime comedy films
Category:Films about kidnapping
Category:Films about contract killing
Category:Films about mobile phones
Category:2000s English-language films