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Shades is a film of genre Drama directed by Erik Van Looy with Mickey Rourke
Shades (1999)
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Add to a movie listShades is a 1999 Belgian film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Looy, Paul Breuls and Guy Lee Thys. The story is loosely inspired on the Belgian murderer Freddy Horion and his escape from prison in 1982.
Music for the film was composed by Alex Callier of Belgian band Hooverphonic, who performed the theme of the film.
Actors
Mickey Rourke
(Paul S. Sullivan)
Jan Decleir
(Freddy Lebecq)
Gene Bervoets
(Max Vogel)
Andrew Howard
(Dylan Cole)
Hilde Van Mieghem
(Cathy)
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