牛津杀手
基本资料
◎译名牛津杀手/牛津谋杀案
◎片名The Oxford Murders （Oxford Crimes）
◎年代2008
◎国家西班牙/法国
◎类别犯罪/惊悚
◎对白英语
◎片长105 Mins
◎导演álex de la Iglesia
◎编 剧 Guillermo Martinez（novel） / Álex de la Iglesia（screenplay）
◎主演伊利亚·伍德 Elijah Wood .....Martin
约翰·赫特 John Hurt .....Arthur Seldom
蕾欧诺·瓦特林 Leonor Watling .....Lorna
朱丽·考克斯 Julie Cox .....Beth
伯恩·乔曼 Burn Gorman .....Podorov
Anna Massey .....Mrs. Eagleton
吉姆·卡特 Jim Carter .....Inspector Petersen
Alan David .....Mr. Higgins
多米尼克·皮诺 Dominique Pinon
Tim Wallers .....Defence Lawyer
James Weber-Brown .....Doctor
Ian East .....Howard Green
Charlotte Asprey .....Howar Green's Wife
阿力克斯·考克斯 Alex Cox .....Kalman
Tom Frederic .....Ludwig Wittgenstein
简介
牛津大学里面连续发生了多起凶杀案件，在警方毫无头绪的情况下，数学教授亚瑟和他的学生马丁发现凶手的作案顺序依据了某种数学逻辑，于是他们开始分析凶手的身份……
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影片改编自吉列尔莫-马丁内斯的小说，在片中，赫特饰演一名数学教授，他和一名研究生(伊利亚-伍德饰演)偶然发现了一系列与数字符号相关的谋杀事件。《牛津杀手》是最新的一部数学疑团影片，之前这类影片包括《决胜21点》，凯文-史派西在片中饰演一名数学教授；以及讲述数学天才破案的电视剧《数字》，和涉及计算难题的《达芬奇密码》
赫特在接受采访时说：“我认为有些东西内含数学。我觉得可能是因为我们生活在一个纷杂的社会中，缺乏真理，想到我们还有一种也是唯一种真实的数字语言，我觉得数学已经变得相当‘性感’。二加二等于四无需辩驳，套入那些终极而更复杂的区域内，你会解决一些真实的事情。”
赫特的父亲就是一名数学家，同时还是一名工程师，但是，赫特承认，他在数学方面“没有希望”。他开玩笑说：“两位数的数学问题就会让我懊恼不已。我从来不看有关数学的东西，我也讲不出对数是什么。”但是，他强调，这并不影响他的新片拍摄，他还不至于被影片中的各种等式、分数和时刻表吓倒。他说：“我觉得没有特别难理解的东西，但是，他(赫特角色)的数学应用却是个问题。开始，他与伊利亚是师生关系，但是，他对这种关系不再感兴趣了，因为他不想教书了。但是剧情发展让伊利亚变得对他非常有用。”
剧情简介The Oxford Murders is an upcoming thriller film adapted from an award-winning novel of the same name by the Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez, directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Elijah Wood, John Hurt, and Leonor Watling.
Plot
Wood plays an American student at Oxford University who becomes intrigued by a murder. He is taken under the wing of a Sherlock Holmes-style mentor (Hurt), who uses logic and mathematical symbols to try to stop a series of murders.
Production
Filming at the White Horse pub, Oxford, March 22, 2007
Filming at the White Horse pub, Oxford, March 22, 2007
The film is a Spanish-French-British production directed by Spanish Álex de la Iglesia. Before the confirmation of the presence of the actor Elijah Wood in the film, the Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal had been considered for the role of the mathematics student. There were some weeks of speculation on who would the lead. On December 26, 2006 Tornasol Films announced that Wood was cast in the lead role. The director Alex de la Iglesia commented that he convinced Wood to accept the role for the script. De la Iglesia also praised Wood: “I'm delighted to work with Elijah, who undoubtedly has the most powerful eyes in the industry and who is perfect for the part”.
The British actor John Hurt was cast in the role of a professor of the University, who is a fan by the detective work and goes to help the young student in his quest to try to stop a series of murders. The actor Michael Caine had been considered for the this role. De la Iglesia has described daily in his blog the peculiar situations that happen during the production of the film. The film is his first foray outside his typical black comedy genre into more dramatic fare.[1][2][3][4]
Filming began on January 22 2007 and had finished on March 24, with locations in Oxford and London. It has been picked up for UK release by Odeon Sky Filmworks, but there is no release date as of yet. [5] So far, there is no distributor for the US market.
Cast
* Elijah Wood - Martin
* John Hurt - Arthur Seldom
* Leonor Watling - Lorna
* Julie Cox - Beth
* Dominique Pinon -
* Burn Gorman - Podorov
* Jim Carter - Inspector Petersen
* Anna Massey - Mrs Eagleton
* Alex Cox - Kalman
* Tom Frederic - Ludwig Wittgenstein
* Roque Baños - Director
* Alan David - Mr. Higgins
* Tim Wallers - Defence Lawyer
* Ian East - Howard Green
* Charlotte Asprey - Howard Green's Wife
References
1. ^ http://www.hoy.es/prensa/20070119/sociedad/iglesia-inicia-rodaje-crimenes_20070119.html
2. ^ http://www.redaragon.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=293382
3. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952302.html?
4. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie8e2bec15b5c4d74d311de27d333b4f7
5. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965605.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
[edit] External links
* The Oxford Murders at the Internet Movie Database
* Blasfemando en el vórtice del universo Alex de la Iglesia's blog.
* realmovienews.com pictures of Elijah Wood and John Hurt filming the movie in London.
* The Oxford Murders Official Website.