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The list of minor films continues, with only occasional interest, and Berkoff treating the roles as salary earners. His real work now is solely on stage and in print.
More Russian Berkoff in another Russian mafia film, this one with a love story. Berkoff plays Oleg Rozhin. Jeff Celentano directs. 2007.
A Danish comedy, Ved verdens ende, directed by Tomas Villum Jensen. 2009. The first photo shows Berkoff from the film and the second on the set.
Berkoff directed by Coppola, but it is neither Francis nor Sofia but Bruno. A film about the military, terrorism and betrayal with Berkoff playing General West. Filming was in Bucharest. 2008.
How bad can a film be? This is a horror comedy without horror or comedy. The script is about some inept kidnappers, but the film is actually about inept direction (Paul Andrew William- he also did the inept script), inept photography (Christopher Ross), editing (Tom Hemmings) and location (Siam Sutherland)- the film seems to be filmed in someone's large garden. And the acting is abysmal, with the exception of Jennifer Ellison who manages to create a character. Probably the people who did the best work were electrician and generator operator Simon Marsh and catering by Abbey Catering/ Peter Scholes/ Francesa Cooper/ Jake Cieslek. I have seen the film and the outtakes. I still have to enjoy the commentary, the making of the film and the Easter eggs. Life has so much in store for me.
A range of actors including Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt and Stephen Dillane. The script is by the writers of Sexy Beast. Berkoff also appeared with McShane in War and Remembrance. 44 Inch Chest is directed by Malcolm Venville in 2009. The title doesn't refer to the physical size of the characters, but to a cupboard someone is kept in, and this chest is 44 inches wide.
Josef Rusnak directs and Jesse Bradford stars in a confused story with little interest. The films starts with strange editing effects, presumably trying to come up with the unique editing of Easy Rider but failing. After about 20 minutes this editing style is dropped. The film links childhood memories with drug induced bravado. But it fails on all fronts and is pretentious and tedious. The two covers show it is another film the marketing department couldn't decide on- I doubt they watched the film to the end.
Berkoff has a more prominent role that in other films from this period, and is good in his role with a perceptive gentleness. He acts well. In the USA it is called Perfect Victims. 2010. Actresses Emily Hamilton and Eliza Bennett also appeared with Berkoff in Hans Christian Andersen and By the Pricking of my Thumbs respectively, and editor Peter Davies also edited Berkoff in Octopussy. The non-artistic credits include "taxi hire"- does this need to be credited? But the best name from the credits is stunt performer Nicolas de Pruyssenaere.
The first film by director Nic Auerbach, a British gangster story. Leo Gregory stars and Berkoff and Michael Madsen are there to add some star quality. Madsen has a large role, and Berkoff a small role (I guess one day's filming) as an auctioneer selling off trafficked women who will be forced to become prostitutes. In the credits his role is given as "Mc"- shouldn't it be "MC"? The film tries to be a Pulp Fiction, with interwoven strands of story and bursts of extreme violence, but it never rises beyond the tedious. Robert Fucilla plays Floyd, and is also Executive Producer, Producer and Consulting Producer. William and Anthony Fucilla are Production Managers. Not difficult to work out why the film lacks edge. 2010.
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