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Mortdecai is a american film of genre Comedy directed by David Koepp released in USA on 23 january 2015 with Johnny Depp
Mortdecai (2015)
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Add to a movie listMortdecai is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson. The film is adapted from the book anthology Mortdecai (specifically its first installment Don't Point that Thing at Me) written by Kyril Bonfiglioli. It stars Johnny Depp in the title role and also features Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany, and Jeff Goldblum. The film was released by Lionsgate on January 23, 2015. Mortdecai was a box office bomb, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews.
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Lord Charlie Mortdecai, an unscrupulous art dealer and swindler, is accosted in Hong Kong by one of his victims, a gangster named Fang. Jock, Mortdecai's faithful manservant, extricates his master before they can be killed by Fang's gunmen. They return to London, where Mortdecai and his wife, Johanna, consider ways to pay off their crushing debt. A painting by Francisco Goya becomes the target of an elaborate theft which results in the murders of an art restorer and one of the thieves. Inspector Alistair Martland is put on the case. Martland, who has been in love with Johanna since college, asks Mortdecai to assist him. Martland believes the prime suspect to be Emil Strago. Mortdecai agrees to help in exchange for 10% of the insurance money.Actors
Johnny Depp
(Charlie Mortdecai)
Olivia Munn
(Georgina Krampf)
Gwyneth Paltrow
(Johanna Mortdecai)
Ewan McGregor
(Inspector Alistair Martland)
Ulrich Thomsen
(Romanov)
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