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Once Upon A Time In London
''Once Upon a Time in London'' is a 2019 British crime drama film directed by Simon Rumley, written by Will Gilbey, Rumley and Terry Stone, and starring Leo Gregory, Terry Stone, Holly Earl, Dominic Keating, Geoff Bell and Jamie Foreman. The film is about the notorious London gangsters Billy Hill and Jack Comer. The film was released on 19 April 2019. Plot In 1936, Jack Comer is imprisoned for violent anti-fascist actions in London. Out six months later, he takes work as muscle for illegal club owner and racetrack racketeer Darky Mulley, and is now regarded as a threat to London’s dominant gang, co-ruled by Alfred White and Charles Sabini. When WWII breaks out, Sabini and his Italian crew are rounded up as state enemies. Jack is conscripted, but is declared mentally unfit after attacking his drill instructor. When Alfred White dies of a heart attack, his incompetent son Harry declares war on Jack. In the then biggest raid in British history, Jack steals ration coupon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Rumley
Simon Rumley (born 22 May 1968) is a British screenwriter, director and author. Mostly associated with the horror genre, he was described by ''Screen International'' as "one of the great British cinematic outsiders, a gifted director with the know-how to puncture the conventions". He has won several awards and worked with, among others, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Greta Scacchi, Noah Taylor and Peter Facinelli. Career After starting out as a runner, Rumley began writing short and feature scripts, including Club Le Monde, after which he was invited onto the Carlton Television Writing Course. After writing and directing four short films including 'Laughter' which was nominated for a 'Dick Award' at London's ICA, Rumley wrote, produced and directed ''Strong Language'', which was picked up by the company Stranger Than Fiction. Seen as a promising young film maker, he was invited to Austria by the European Film Academy and in 1999 wrote, produced and directed ''The Truth Game.'' Both this an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Manookian
Roland Manookian (born 21 February 1980) is a British actor from London. He is known for his roles in the films '' The Football Factory'' (2004) and ''Rise of the Footsoldier'' (2007). On television, he appeared in ''The Bill'' (1999), ''The Vice'' (2000), and ''Dunkirk'' (2004). His other films include '' The Business'' (2005), ''RocknRolla'' (2007), '' Dead Cert'' (2010), '' Piggy'' (2012), and ''Once Upon a Time in London'' (2018). He is currently playing the regular character of Teddy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life Manookian was born in London and grew up in Bermondsey in the south of the city. He is a Romanichal of Lom Armenian descent. He is a supporter of Millwall FC. Career Manookian's acting career took off with his role as Zeberdee in the 2004 film '' The Football Factory''. In 2007, he starred as Craig Rolfe in ''Rise of the Footsoldier'', alongside Craig Fairbrass and Terry Stone. He has also appeared in Guy Ritchie's ''Rocknrolla'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the actors, director, cinematographer(s) or sound engineer(s) and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising and documentation. Several reports are prepared each day to track the progress of a film production, including the daily production report, the daily progress report, and the sound report. Process Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Devaney
Theo Devaney (born 25 August 1984) is an English actor best known for his portrayal of Gavin MacLeod in ''Supernatural'' (2014-2017) and Simon in ''A Christmas Prince'' (2017), '' A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding'' (2018), and '' A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby'' (2019). In 2011 for '' The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings'' he is the voice of Aryan La Valette. Education Born in London, Devaney graduated from a three-year Professional Acting training at the Oxford School of Drama The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford. The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bo ... in 2005. Filmography Film Television References English actors Living people 1984 births Male actors from London {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Best
Alfred William Best (born 1970), is a British businessman who is the chairman and founder of Wyldecrest Parks, a mobile home park company. Best's businesses in the UK include 95 residential mobile home parks, seven holiday mobile home parks and a golf course in Herefordshire, along with a 50% share in 15 sites in the US, totalling £700 million, as well as a motor home rental company called Vaaroom and East Thurrock United Football Club and its ground. In August 2021, Best appeared in the first episode of ITV's Undercover Big Boss. Early life Best was born in a Caravan (towed trailer), caravan in Lutterworth, Leicestershire to a poor Romanichal Gypsy family. He left school at the age of 12 and started his first business at 14 years old, buying and selling cars and vans. Career In 1990, aged 20, his car business almost collapsed so he got a job at a phone shop earning £70 a week. Three weeks later he started his own mobile phone shop then 18 months later with the help of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Cook
Ali Cook (also credited as Alistair Cook) is an English actor and comedian from Yorkshire. Cook played Sgt. Paul McMellon in the feature film ''Kajaki (film), Kajaki'', which won the ''Producer of The Year Award'' at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award in 2015. He recently wrote and acted in the short film ''The Cunning Man'', winner of the Arri Alexa short film competition which was long listed for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA and has currently won over 30 awards. Early life and career Cook's career started on the Channel 5 (UK), Channel 5 sketch series, The ''Jerry@Trick'' show with the alternative comedians Phil Nichol and Boothby Graffoe (comedian), Boothby Graffoe. Andrew Newman (TV producer), Andrew Newman, then the head of comedy at Five, spotted Cook during tapings which lead to him writing and starring in seven of his own comedy and Magic series for Channel 4, Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ Hamblett
Union J were an English boy band, consisting of members JJ Hamblett, Jaymi Hensley, George Shelley and Josh Cuthbert. Shelley left the group in 2016 and was replaced by Casey Johnson, who left several months later, Cuthbert left the group in 2018 leaving the band as duo until they disbanded in 2019. The band formed in 2011, originally as a trio known as Triple J, consisting of Cuthbert, Hamblett and Hensley. They auditioned for the ninth series of the British television music competition ''The X Factor'' where they met Shelley who joined the band at the judges' request. They were the tenth contestant eliminated and were subsequently signed to Sony Music subsidiary RCA Records. Their debut single " Carry You" was released in June 2013. Their self-titled debut studio album followed in October 2013 and peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Union J left RCA Records in April 2014 and signed with Epic Records. In the lead-up to the release of their second album '' You Got I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Forde
Nadia Forde (born 3 May 1989) is an Irish model, singer and TV personality of Italian descent. She participated in the fourteenth series of the hit British ITV show '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', starting on 16 November 2014 and ending on 2 December, finishing in ninth place. and has appeared in her own show ''Nadia Goes to Hollywood''. Early life Forde was born in Dublin 3 May 1989; her mother was Berenice Paolozzi and she has one, younger, brother. Her parents separated when she was 7, with one re-marrying and the other unable to bring up the two children. She lived for a year with aunts in Clontarf and Leopardstown in Dublin, and was subsequently brought up in Clontarf by her grandmother, Bernadette Paulozzi. She attended Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf. Her mother died from lymphoma in June 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie O'Hara (footballer)
Jamie Darryl O'Hara (born 25 September 1986) is an English former footballer and player-manager. He currently works as a radio co-host for Talksport's ''The Sports Bar'' show. O'Hara played as a midfielder and came through the Arsenal Academy, before signing for and going on to feature in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur. He later played top flight football with both Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was part of the Pompey team that reached the 2010 FA Cup Final. He also played in the Football League for Chesterfield, Millwall, Blackpool, Fulham and Gillingham. He retired following a spell as player/manager of non-league side Billericay Town. O'Hara was capped seven times at England U21 level. O'Hara has also appeared on UK television as a contestant on '' Celebrity Big Brother''. Early life and education O'Hara was born in Dartford, Kent. He was educated at Horton Kirby (Church of England) Primary School, He then went on to Hextable Comprehensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Collins
Stephen Collins (born 21 July 1964) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as the Celtic Warrior, Collins is the most successful male Irish boxer in recent professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles simultaneously and never losing a fight as champion. Collins's first nineteen professional fights all took place in the United States. In 1988 he won the Irish middleweight title, and the regional American USBA middleweight title the following year, defending the latter successfully in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. In his first two world championship challenges, both for the WBA middleweight title, Collins lost a close decision to Mike McCallum in 1990 and a majority decision to Reggie Johnson in 1992. He also challenged unsuccessfully for the European middleweight title later in 1992, losing a controversial decision to Sumbu Kalambay in Italy. It was not until Collins reached his early 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Buglioni
Frank Buglioni (born 18 April 1989)Frank Buglioni ", ''Box Nation''. Retrieved 28 March 2016 is a British former who competed from 2011 to 2018. He challenged once for the WBA title in 2015. At regional level, he held the |
