Whole Lotta Sole

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Whole Lotta Sole
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Whole Lotta Sole film poster
Directed by Terry George
Written by
  • Terry George
  • Thomas Gallagher
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDes Whelan
Edited by Nick Emerson
Music by Foy Vance
Production
companies
  • Generator Entertainment
  • Media Pro Six
  • Menlo Park Productions [2]
Distributed byLightning Entertainment Group, Inc [3]
Release date
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million [1]

Whole Lotta Sole (known as Stand Off in North America) is a 2012 independent criminal comedy film co-written and directed by Terry George and starring Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann.

Contents

Plot

Hoping to pay back some gambling debt he owes to local mobster Mad Dog Flynn, Jim robs the local fishmongers, only to discover that it's actually a front for the mobster's business. Now on the run and pursued by police detective Weller, Jim is cornered in an antique shop where he takes hostage a collection of colourful characters, including American Joe Maguire, the owner who may be his illegitimate father, and his girlfriend Sophie. Caught between the mobster's gang and the police, the unfortunate young Jim must find a way out of this tricky situation with help from his hostages. [4] [5]

Cast

Production

Cinematographer Des Whelan during location shooting in Downpatrick, April 2011 Whole Lotta Sole, Downpatrick, April 2011 (09).JPG
Cinematographer Des Whelan during location shooting in Downpatrick, April 2011

Whole Lotta Sole was filmed in Downpatrick and Belfast, Northern Ireland. [10] Filming began on 8 April 2011. [11]

Release

The film had its world premiere on Saturday 21 April 2012, in the Spotlight Series at the Tribeca Film Festival 2012, [12] [13] had its European premiere on Sunday 10 June 2012, at the Belfast Film Festival, [14] was shown at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan [15] in August 2012 and was shown at the Mill Valley, [16] Hamptons International Film Festivals [17] and Austin Film Festival [18] in October 2012. The film has also been picked up for distribution in European, South African and Asian territories. [19] The film, as Stand Off, was shown at the Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco [20] (22 January 2013) and was released in US theatres on 28 June 2013. [21]

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