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Most Memorable Emmys Moments. You could maybe capture the mind of the reader a little better. We are both gamblers in our souls and we do not show our emotions or say a lot. Exchange Man Frank Bruno The Horse 3 episodes,
Learn more More Like This. The Driver I A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
The Great Train Robbery Edit Cast Series cast summary: Vince McKee 3 episodes, Claudie Blakley Rosalind McKee 3 episodes, Ian Hart Katie McKee 3 episodes, Harish Patel Amjad 3 episodes, Lewis Rainer Tim McKee 3 episodes, Lee Ross Kev Mitchell 3 episodes, Colm Meaney The Horse 3 episodes, Darren Morfitt Mickey 3 episodes, Chris Coghill Woodsy 3 episodes, Andrew Tiernan Darren 3 episodes, Shaun Dingwall Detective Ryder 2 episodes, Nathan McMullen Joseph Paslowski 2 episodes, Andrew Knott Edit Storyline Taxi driver Vince McKee finds his life taking an unexpected turn after he accepts an offer to drive for a criminal gang.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Highfield Pictures Red Production Company. Retrieved 19 January Retrieved 26 February Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 11 September , at They began co-financing movies shot in Hollywood in association with major US studios that were aimed at the international market, such as Convoy , The Deer Hunter and The Driver.
They were interested in financing The Driver provided a suitable star could be found for the lead. According to Hill, the script was unable to bring in talents for "about a year and a half.
And I never thought he'd do it. Most young directors today think they are David Lean ; they spend over a year on a film and we get robots that talk.
Several actors were considered for the female lead, including Julie Christie and Charlotte Rampling. This was Adjani's first Hollywood role; she had previously turned down the chance to star in The Other Side of Midnight , but agreed to make The Driver because she was an admirer of Hard Times. Of Hill, Adjani commented:. I think he is wonderful, very much in the tradition of Howard Hawks , lean and spare.
The story is contemporary but also very stylized, and the roles that Ryan and I play are like Bogart and Bacall. We are both gamblers in our souls and we do not show our emotions or say a lot. For us, talk is cheap.
I am really quite a mysterious girl in this film, with no name and no background. And I must say that it is restful not to have a life behind me; this way, I don't have to dig deep to play the part. All I know is that life for me is gambling and I am a loser. I have what people call a poker face.
The studio recommended Robert Mitchum for the role of the Detective. Hill liked the idea and met with Mitchum to discuss the part but the actor turned it down.
Hill ended up casting Bruce Dern. I wanted Bruce to very much offset the distance of The Driver. The film featured several car chase sequences. Hill says he felt the first chase was "kind of a failure" because it "was meant to lead up to a much more spectacular finish" but he was unable to film it properly: However, he felt the chase with the Mercedes Benz in the garage and the final chase were "as fully realised as I could get them to be. Hill said the night shooting was draining: And I'm a person that stays up late and wakes up early.
But staying up night after night after night really threw me out. You make decisions you cannot explain. Hill says the major visual influence on the film was the works of artist Edward Hopper. What fascinated Hill on Bullitt was the abundance of shots captured from inside the cars, which compelled him to film the same amount on The Driver.