Mortdecai Movie
Mortdecai is a 2015 American action comedy film directed
by David Koepp and written for the screen by Eric Aronson. The film is adapted
from the novel series 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. Released by Lionsgate on January 23, 2015,
Mortdecai was a box office bomb, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews.
Directed by David
Koepp
Produced by Andrew Lazar,Johnny Depp,Christi Dembrowski,Patrick
McCormick
Screenplay by Eric Aronson
Based on Don't
Point that Thing at Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli
Starring Johnny
Depp,Gwyneth Paltrow,Ewan McGregor,Olivia Munn,Paul Bettany,Jeff Goldblum
Narrated by Johnny Depp
Music by Geoff
Zanelli,Mark Ronson
Cinematography Florian Hoffmeister
Edited by Jill
Savitt,Derek Ambrosi
Production company Infinitum Nihil,Mad Chance Productions,Odd Lot
Entertainment
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release dates January 23,
2015
Running time 106 minutes
Country United
States
Language English
Budget $60
million
Box office $47 million
Box office $47 million
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Story of
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.
Mortdecai interviews people affiliated with the art
world, including Spinoza, an art smuggler and another of Mortdecai's victims.
While they argue, Strago arrives and shoots at them, killing Spinoza; Mortdecai
and Jock escape unharmed. Johanna meets with a man known as The Duke, who knows
the thief and says that the painting conceals the location of a hoard of Nazi
gold. Mortdecai is kidnapped by thugs working for a Russian named Romanov.
Romanov and Strago think that Mortdecai has the painting. Romanov threatens
torture unless Mortdecai surrenders it, but Mortdecai escapes through a window
and Jock spirits him away.
Martland, wanting to be alone with Johanna, sends
Mortdecai to America to meet with Milton Krampf, a potential buyer for the
Goya. Mortdecai plans to sell his beloved Rolls-Royce to the American, and uses
the opportunity to see if Krampf is involved with the theft. Arriving in Los
Angeles, he discovers that the Goya has been hidden in the Rolls. Spinoza, in
the employ of Krampf, stashed it there after stealing it from Strago, the
original thief; Krampf planned to dupe Mortdecai into smuggling the Goya into
the United States in his own car. He invites Mortdecai to a party that night,
where Krampf intends to display the ill-gotten painting. Jock secretly proposes
that he and Mortdecai steal the painting for themselves during the party.
Krampf's daughter, Georgina, is secretly Strago's partner. She attempts to
seduce Mortdecai while Strago steals the painting. Johanna arrives with
Martland and catches her husband in a compromising position. Mortdecai flees the
scene to help Jock steal the painting, but they find Krampf has been murdered
by Strago and the painting is gone. Martland and Johanna capture Strago, but
Georgina gets the drop on them, liberating her lover and the painting. Pursued
by Mortdecai, Jock, Martland and Johanna, they hide in a motel where Strago
intentionally sets fire to the Goya and the fire causes the explosion of the
building. Johanna reveals that the painting was a fake; The Duke has the real
one hidden.
The Mortdecais retrieve the painting and put it up for
auction. The sale attracts Fang, still seeking revenge, and Romanov, who wants
the painting regardless of cost. While Mortdecai and Jock waylay both men's
thugs, Strago attempts to kidnap Johanna. Mortdecai bids up the Goya but Romanov
wins it; Martland apprehends Strago during the commotion. The Mortdecais use
the proceeds to pay off some of their debt, but the painting is revealed to be
another fake. Romanov plots his revenge.
Cast by
Johnny Depp as
Charlie Mortdecai
Ewan McGregor as Inspector Alistair Martland
Gwyneth Paltrow as Johanna Mortdecai
Paul Bettany as Jock Strapp
Jonny Pasvolsky as Emil Strago
Olivia Munn as Georgina Krampf
Jeff Goldblum as Milton Krampf
Ulrich Thomsen as Romanov
Alec Utgoff as Dmitri
Paul Whitehouse as Spinoza
Michael Byrne as the Duke
Austin Lyon as Hotel Clerk
Nicholas Farrell as Auctioneer
