Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice (2010)

43 Aliases. 89 Phone Lines. This is the Story of Howard Marks.

Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.

Date of release
2010-10-07
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (170)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director
Bernard Rose

Casting

Interesting facts

Mr Nice is a 2010 crime drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose, Mr Nice is in part a biopic, a loose film adaptation of Mr Nice, the cult 1997 autobiography by Howard Marks. The film features an ensemble cast starring Rhys Ifans as Howard Marks, along with David Thewlis, Omid Djalili, Jack Huston, Crispin Glover and Chloë Sevigny.

Production

Following the success of Marks's 1997 autobiography Mr Nice, which became a best-seller (ranked #1 book regarding drugs on Amazon), Marks began to make a name for himself in a number of different media, and a film adaptation of the book was petitioned.

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