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Vendetta is currently being submitted to national and international film festivals.
Synopsis
Released from prison after a 30-year stretch for a brutal murder, Dennis isn't your typical middle-aged ex-con. He may be a free man, but he's being watched by someone even more dangerous than himself.
London is a different city from the place Dennis left behind. The people, the places - everything has changed. Even his home is not his own any more. But some things remain the same: the girls working the streets at the seedy heart of the capital. Starved of female company for three decades, can Dennis be trusted - or will the violent killer who lurks within him reappear during his next encounter?
What Dennis doesn't know is that a menacing stranger with a score to settle is following him. Exhausted and twisted with grief, Davey is convinced there is only one way to finally find the peace he so desperately craves: by tracking down the man responsible for the violent death of his sweetheart.
While Davey plots his revenge, Dennis plans a meeting with Vicki: a young prostitute struggling to survive in London's cold and sleazy sex industry. Will Vicki become Dennis's latest victim? Or will Dennis become Davey's first?
Character Profiles
65 years old, a devious character with dark past. Recently released from prison, having served 30 years for murder.
Middle-aged, overweight and haggard. Has waited three decades to avenge the death of his younger brother.
25 years old, streetwise, attractive and independent. This hopeful, young prostitute is a rare find in London's sleazy underworld.
Actors Profile
Far from a cosseted drama school education, Frank Harper cut his teeth in the altogether grittier world of Smithfield market. He first hit the big screen in 1988 as Mickey in For Queen and Country. He is renowned for playing 'Hard Men' roles, most notably as Billy Bright in The Football Factory, Diamond Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and delivering an impressive ad lib performance as the leader of the BNP in Shane Meadows' award winning This Is England.
Other film credits include In The Name Of The Father, Kevin & Perry Go Large, Bend It Like Beckham and The Calcium Kid. No stranger to the small screen, Harper has appeared in many popular British television programmes including The Bill, Waking The Dead and Lovejoy.
A seasoned veteran of stage and screen, Stephen Moore is well known for his role as Chief Constable Mike Bishop in the British TV drama series Mersey Beat. In 1983 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a revival of The Doll's House and in the same year, he was nominated for a Best Actor Tony Award for his role in the Broadway production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well.
Moore played the role of Major Steele in Richard Attenborough's BAFTA Award winning A Bridge Too Far alongside a stellar cast including Dirke Bogarde and Michael Caine. He is also known for roles in Clockwise with John Cleese and Mackenzie in the BAFTA nominated Brassed Off.
Moore was a founder member of Douglas Adams' radio series Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. He has made numerous appearances for The National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company, with notable roles in The Hothouse, The History Boys and Peer Gynt. Television credits include Brideshead Revisited, Harry Enfield, Solo, Sharpe's Sword and Rock Follies.
In September 2006, Alice Henley worked in Rome for 8 weeks for BBC/HBO in their production of Rome as the infamous Livia. She then worked with David Cronenberg playing a Ukrainian girl in his new film Eastern Promises. She has appeared in The Bill, Eastenders and more recently as Ocean Faith in Shed Production's Rock Rivals. Due to appear in the feature horror S.N.U.B directed by Jonathan Glendening at the end of the year and currently the voice of Hugo Boss, she will shortly start filming as the lead in a new feature film The Last Man.
Graduating in 2005 with a BA Hons in theatre studies, Alice toured Italy for four months with C'est Tous Theatre company as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She then performed at the Jermyn Street Theatre for three weeks with her own theatre company SWEETFA as Mary Boleyn in Divorced, Beheaded Died.
Film Maker Profiles
Vendetta is Leo's third short film after directing Two Burglars and a Ballerina in 2006 and co-directing The Gym in 2005. After graduating with honours in Film & Drama from Reading University, he began moving up and around the production and camera departments. Settling into editing, Leo most recently worked with Eyes Wide Shut editor Nigel Galt on 7 Lives. He currently runs London based post-production company Black Bull Films, producing, directing and editing shorts and promos.
A freelance commercials producer for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Jo's film credits include E=, Stay With Me, Stain and Solo, funded by the National Lottery, the Arts Council and B3 Media. During her time studying Film and TV at Edinburgh College of Art and the London College of Printing, Jo's films Bridge to the Moon and The Endwere nominated for best short at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival and Scottish Students on Screen and shown at Cannes Film Festival (2002).
Jo has also worked with Leopard Films, Liberty Films and produced several music videos for independent record labels.
In 2000 Alex Ryle made his feature debut as Director of Photography on Web of Deceit, and was nominated for his work for the Broadcast Young Talent Award the following year. Subsequently, he studied cinematography under Brian Tufano, Stuart Harris and Sean Bobbitt at the National Film and Television School, and in 2007 photographed Harold Gasnier's second feature, The Demon Within, currently in post-production.
Outside the field of features, Alex's work has been wide-ranging, from television drama (including 2nd Unit on Secret Diary of a Callgirl starring Billie Piper), through promos with acts including The Charlatans, Client, and Helicopter Girl, to commercials for the likes of Pilsner Urquell and John West's Rowboat campaign, currently playing in the UK.
He was nominated twice more for the Broadcast Young Talent Award - in 2003 for Darkhunters, in 2005 for classical music promo Prokoviev's 3rd Melody, and his work has played at festivals around the world. Alex is also a regular visiting tutor at the NFTS Beaconsfield, teaching in the cinematography and television departments.
Further information can be found at www.alexryle.co.uk
A dinguished career in the sound and editorial department, winning a BAFTA in 1992 for his work on Inspector Morse, Nigel Galt begun work on British TV in the early 70s, assisting on hits such as The Rocky Horror Show, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Octopussy.
Moving into the sound department saw him work on Moonraker and A View to A Kill before his first BFATA nomination for Full Metal Jacket, the first of his collaborations with Stanley Kubrick.
His second came in 1993, when Nigel edited Eyes Wide Shut. His editing work has since has included, Nous resterons sur Terre, 7 Lives, The Ferryman, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Fogbound and The Discovery Of Heaven.