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Jesse Armstrong is a Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 13 december 1970 at Oswestry (United-kingdom)
Jesse Armstrong, né à Oswestry, est un scénariste, producteur et journaliste britannique.
Il a également coécrit le scénario du film In the Loop, adapté de la série The Thick of It par Armando Iannucci en 2009, aux côtés de Iannucci, Simon Blackwell et Tony Roche. Ils ont été nommés à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté en 2010, et ont remporté l'Evening Standard British Film Award du meilleur scénario.
Armstrong est également journaliste et a écrit dans The Guardian un édito quotidien qui couvrait les élections législatives britanniques de 2010. Intitulé Malcolm Tucker's election briefing, il y a réutilisé le caractère agressif et injurieux du personnage de The Thick of It et de In the Loop pour émettre une satire du processus législatif britannique.
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Il est le cocréateur de la série Peep Show, avec Sam Bain, diffusée sur Channel 4, et le coscénariste de la série The Thick of It. Les deux séries ont été nommés aux BAFTA Television Awards : Peep Show a remporté celui de la meilleure sitcom en 2008, et The Thick of It en 2010.Il a également coécrit le scénario du film In the Loop, adapté de la série The Thick of It par Armando Iannucci en 2009, aux côtés de Iannucci, Simon Blackwell et Tony Roche. Ils ont été nommés à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté en 2010, et ont remporté l'Evening Standard British Film Award du meilleur scénario.
Armstrong est également journaliste et a écrit dans The Guardian un édito quotidien qui couvrait les élections législatives britanniques de 2010. Intitulé Malcolm Tucker's election briefing, il y a réutilisé le caractère agressif et injurieux du personnage de The Thick of It et de In the Loop pour émettre une satire du processus législatif britannique.
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Four Lions (2010)
, 1h37Directed by Chris Morris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about suicide, Films about terrorism, Films about Islam
Actors Riz Ahmed, Alex Macqueen, Kayvan Novak, Kevin Eldon, Darren boyd, Adeel Akhtar
Roles Writer
Rating72%
A group of radicalised young British Muslim men aspire to be suicide bombers. They are Omar (Riz Ahmed), who is deeply critical of Western society and imperialism; his dim-witted friend, Waj (Kayvan Novak); Barry (Nigel Lindsay), a bad-tempered and extremely rash white convert to Islam; and the naive Faisal (Adeel Akhtar), who tries to train crows to be used as bombers. While Omar and Waj go to a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, Barry recruits a reluctant fifth member, Hassan (Arsher Ali). The visit to the training camp ends in disaster, with Omar misfiring a rocket backwards that kills fellow jihadists; however, he uses the experience to assert authority on his return to Britain.
In the Loop (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Armando Iannucci
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Politic, Black comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Chris Addison, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee
Rating73%
Both the UK and the US are hinting at a military intervention in the Middle East. During a radio interview on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, Minister for International Development Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) accidentally states that a war in the Middle East is "unforeseeable". The Prime Minister's Director of Communications, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) scolds him and tells him to toe the line of intervention. Joining the department on his first day, Simon's new aide Toby Wright (Chris Addison) manages to get him into the Foreign Office meeting that day through his girlfriend Suzy (Olivia Poulet), who works there. Leading the meeting is the US Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomacy Karen Clarke (Mimi Kennedy), who is against military intervention and flags a report by her assistant Liza Weld (Anna Chlumsky) titled "Post-War Planning, Parameters, Implications and Possibilities" (PWPPIP). The report heavily opposes intervention, noting the lack of intelligence except that which is coming from the source "Iceman". Also during the committee it is hinted at that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Linton Barwick (David Rasche), may have set up a secret war committee. After the meeting Simon is ambushed by reporters and contradicts his previous statements by saying the government has to be prepared to "climb the mountain of conflict." Malcolm again scolds him for making too many waves.
Magicians (2007)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Jessica Hynes, Paul-Mark Elliott, Sarah Hadland, Peter Capaldi
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Harry Kane and Karl Allen are best friends who work together in a successful and popular magic double act, with Harry's wife Carol working as their assistant. After one show, however, Harry discovers Karl and Carol backstage in a magic box having sex (during an agreement between Harry and the theatre owner about letting the act go on for 4 more weeks and letting them do an act on a cruise ship). During the next show, Carol is locked into a guillotine as part of a climatic trick, only for the blade to decapitate her; it is not immediately clear whether Harry, despite his protestations of innocence, has murdered her or whether she was the victim of a freak accident. Four years later, the act has broken up and the two friends – now bitter rivals – have gone their separate ways; Harry, having given up professional magic, is working in a Wilkinson hardware store, only to be fired after a customer complains when he creates an illusion of him cutting his arm severely with a knife blade during a sales pitch, whilst Karl is attempting to reinvent himself as a Derren Brown-esque magician called the Mindmonger, with limited success. During an unsuccessful impromptu-pitch at a television corporation, the only person he manages to impress is Dani, the tea girl, who Karl immediately gets a crush on much to the jealousy of his incompetent agent Otto, who nurses an unsubtle homosexual crush on him.
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Magicians (2007)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Jessica Hynes, Paul-Mark Elliott, Sarah Hadland, Peter Capaldi
Roles Producer
Rating59%
Harry Kane and Karl Allen are best friends who work together in a successful and popular magic double act, with Harry's wife Carol working as their assistant. After one show, however, Harry discovers Karl and Carol backstage in a magic box having sex (during an agreement between Harry and the theatre owner about letting the act go on for 4 more weeks and letting them do an act on a cruise ship). During the next show, Carol is locked into a guillotine as part of a climatic trick, only for the blade to decapitate her; it is not immediately clear whether Harry, despite his protestations of innocence, has murdered her or whether she was the victim of a freak accident. Four years later, the act has broken up and the two friends – now bitter rivals – have gone their separate ways; Harry, having given up professional magic, is working in a Wilkinson hardware store, only to be fired after a customer complains when he creates an illusion of him cutting his arm severely with a knife blade during a sales pitch, whilst Karl is attempting to reinvent himself as a Derren Brown-esque magician called the Mindmonger, with limited success. During an unsuccessful impromptu-pitch at a television corporation, the only person he manages to impress is Dani, the tea girl, who Karl immediately gets a crush on much to the jealousy of his incompetent agent Otto, who nurses an unsubtle homosexual crush on him.