A handful of curious Brits become literal fish out of water as they become mixed up in the dream project of an eccentric sheikh in this satirical comedy starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Paul Webster
EAN
5060223767369
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112194233
Product Key Features
Actor
Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor
Film/TV Title
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Director
Lasse Hallstrom
Language
English
Run Time
107 Mins
Release Year
2012
Format
DVD
Features
Making of
Genre
General, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Certificate
12A/12
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Composer
Dario Marianelli
Additional Information
A handful of curious Brits become literal fish out of water as they become mixed up in the dream project of an eccentric sheikh in this satirical comedy. Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a scientist specializing in establishing fisheries who is muddling through a midlife crisis and a marriage that's going sour when he's approached by Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) with an unusual proposition. Maxwell works for the Prime Minister of Yemen, and in tandem with a remarkably wealthy sheikh (Amr Waked), he wants to introduce sport fishing to the Middle East as a way to promote better international relations. Jones isn't interested at first, but between Maxwell's aggressive enthusiasm and the beauty of Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt), a lovely businesswoman hired by the sheikh to make his dream a reality, he changes his mind and sets out to create a fully stocked lake in the midst of a desert. As Jones takes on a project that ranks somewhere between ridiculous and impossible, he also finds he's falling in love with Chetwode-Talbot, though the matter of him being married and her having a boyfriend (Tom Mison) makes things sticky. Based on the best selling novel by Paul Torday.
Reviews
Boxoffice Magazine - [à]smart, winning and comic[à], New York Post - These are characters with whom it's a pleasure to spend a couple of hours., St. Louis Post-Dispatch - [à]it's an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers with a flair for the offbeat., The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - As the title more than hints, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is all about a leap of faith, and faith is exactly what this picture requires of us. Make the leap, and you'll be delighted by a movie that's sugary goodness, a guilty pleasure.
Screenwriter
Simon Beaufoy
Cinematographer
Terry Stacey
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Movie/TV Title
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
Consumer Advice
Contains one use of strong language and moderate sex references
No ratings or reviews yetNo ratings or reviews yet