GRAND THEFT ORTHOPAEDIC – BANKS, BOWLS & BINGO! Virginia McKenna returns to Big Screen in GOLDEN YEARS to play an 86 Year old Bank Robber
GRAND THEFT ORTHOPAEDIC BANKS, BOWLS & BINGO!
On the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Premiere of Born Free, Virginia McKenna returns to the Big Screen in GOLDEN YEARS to play an 86 Year old Bank Robber
MoliFilms Entertainment is proud to announce that its new comedy heist movie Golden Years, written and directed by John Miller and written and exec-produced by BBC personality Nick Knowles will be released nationwide in UK cinemas 29th April and will have its UK Premiere at the Odeon Tottenham Court Road on Thursday 14th April in aid of Virginia McKenna’s charity The Born Free Foundation. Set to be the British hit movie of the Spring, profits from the Golden Years Charity Premiere will go to Born Free in order to save lives, stop suffering and protect species in the wild.
Born Free was recently described by President Obama as the most influential film of his youth, with Virginia McKenna OBE, well known actress of the ‘50s and ‘60s, appeared in films with Peter Sellers, Peter Finch, Gary Cooper, Bill Travers, Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden, Paul Scofield and in the Palladium production of “The King and I“ with Yul Brynner.
After 50 years, Knowles convinced Virginia McKenna to return to the silver screen to lead a top British cast including Bernard Hill (Lord of The Rings, Unforgotten), Virginia McKenna (Born Free, Carve Her Name With Pride), Alun Armstrong (New Tricks, Bleak House), Brad Moore (Montana, NorthvSouth), Sue Johnston (Downton Abbey, The Royle Family), Una Stubbs (Sherlock), Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Amadeus), Phil Davis (Whitechapel, Poldark), Ellen Thomas (Eastenders, Rev), Mark Williams (The Harry Potter series) and her granddaughter Lily Travers.
Screenwriter Nick Knowles said “I did not set up the Hatton Garden Robbery to fund this film. I am not the mystery money man Basil. I think everyone will see their favourite mischievous uncle, granny or grandad in this movie. It's a great cast and a great film; I know, I wrote it!”
Virginia McKenna OBE said "It is quite a surprise for me to find myself in a film when I rather thought my acting days were over! However, I am thrilled to be in ‘Golden Years’, a jewel of a story, with some of our best loved and finest actors. And it is an unexpected way to mark the 50th anniversary of the Royal Premier of the film ‘Born Free’ in which I appeared with my husband Bill, and I am so delighted that the producers of ‘Golden Years’ have decided that their Premier will be in aid of The Born Free Foundation."
A MoliFilms Entertainment production, GOLDEN YEARS is written by Nick Knowles (Historyonics, DIY SOS, Perfection), John Miller (Living in Hope, Gatecrashers) and Jeremy Sheldon (Writer’s Retreat, Allies, Montana), Directed by John Miller, produced by Mark Foligno (The King’s Speech, Moon, The Rise) and associate-produced by Lucy Selwood, Tanya Beadle and Jolien Buijs.
Fate, the financial crisis and a stubborn refusal to accept the injustices of old age have forced law-abiding, retired couple Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime (played by Bernard Hill and Virginia McKenna). Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and simply fade away into their declining years, our characters decide to fight back and take back what’s rightfully theirs. Their plan is simple: hit a series of banks and steal back their pensions along with those of their similarly stricken friends. After all, no one would expect an elderly couple towing a caravan behind their sensible Rover of being a modern-day Bonnie-and Clyde? Pretty soon, their friends are recruited to form a motley band of unusual suspects and they prepare to take down the biggest bank of all.
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Golden Years is in cinemas nationwide from 29th April with its UK Premiere in aid of Born Free on 14th April
About MoliFilms
MoliFilms Entertainment Ltd. is a British Film Production Company structured for qualifying investors to take advantage of the tax benefits provided by an HMRC approved EIS Scheme.
The company is built on the MoliFilms brand founded in late 2010 by Brad Moore and Mark Foligno with the intention of producing a slate of feature films. Gareth Maxwell Roberts subsequently joined the team and three feature films have been successfully produced and distributed internationally. Both Best Laid Plans and The Rise have enjoyed considerable festival success, with The Rise receiving its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival and its European premiere at the 2012 London Film Festival. It went on to screen at the prestigious 2012 Dinard Festival and the high profile 2013 Rotterdam Film Festival. Montana was released in 2014. Each film has been distributed by a major UK distributor.
MoliFilms has selected top directing talent such as treble BAFTA-winner David Blair, BFI and BIFA nominated Rowan Athale and the commercially prolific Mo Ali. Montana was directed by Mo Ali whose debut film Shank, produced for £270,000, accrued in excess of £1.6m in revenues. Mark Foligno was an executive producer on Shank, and oversaw post-production.
The MoliFilms team possesses a depth of experience in all aspects of film making from post-production, script development, film directing, film finance, marketing, sales and distribution. The Company’s focus is selecting, developing and producing commercial mainstream feature films with the potential for outstanding returns.
The Company has been established to produce and distribute mainstream films that the MoliFilms Entertainment team believe offer the potential of commercial success in the UK and international film markets. These films will be conceived primarily for the UK market but will offer a strong international appeal.
MoliFilms Entertainment wish to build upon this successful model and produce bigger films with robust budgets and marquee casts that appeal to and perform well in both the international and domestic markets. This method of film making is reverse-engineered; we take great time to ensure that the production budgets match the film’s potential market value. MoliFilms Entertainment will be a commercially-motivated standalone business.
About The Born Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation is a dynamic international wildlife charity, founded in 1984 by the actors Bill Travers MBE and Virginia McKenna OBE, stars of the iconic film Born Free, and their son, Will Travers OBE, the charity’s President. Born Free takes action worldwide to save lives, stop suffering and protect species in the wild. Born Free never forgets the individual. Our emergency teams rescue vulnerable animals from appalling lives of misery in tiny cages, often barren of any enrichment, and gives them lifetime care in spacious bush sanctuaries.
From small beginnings, the Born Free Foundation has grown into a global force for wildlife. But a personal passion for wild animals and desire for positive change remains at its heart. Described by The Times as ‘Big enough to make a difference, but small enough to care,’ Born Free is not a big anonymous organisation, but a family of like-minded people who share the same goals. Our work to prevent individual animal suffering, protect threatened species and keep wildlife in the wild sets us apart from the rest. Learn more about Born Free history here.
This is why Born Free is supported by celebrities including Joanna Lumley, Martin Clunes, Bryan Adams, Rachel Hunter, Helen Worth, Jenny Seagrove and Martin Shaw. Together we reach out to the public, the media and our business friends, who actively support and fund our projects and campaigns, helping hundreds of thousands of animals worldwide and helping to prevent the suffering of individual wild animals in captivity.
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