Harbor Brothers ( Keisarikunta )

Harbor Brothers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Keisarikunta
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Pekka Mandart

Written By:
Pekka Mandart
Sami Keski-Vähälä

Actors:
Mikko Leppilampi ..... Rempo
Maria Ylipää ..... Aila
Mikko Nousiainen ..... Olli
Petteri Summanen ..... Heiskanen
Andreas Back ..... Swedish sailor
Pirkko Hämäläinen ..... Vanha Riimu
Petra Karjalainen ..... Sikin Sokin
Sesa Lehto ..... Nortti
Sanna-Kaisa Palo ..... Martta
Anja Pohjola ..... Amanda-mummo
Niko Saarela ..... Kauppinen
Emma Salokoski ..... Liisa
Charles Salter ..... Grant
Sampo Sarkola ..... Junnu
Tidjân ..... Mukambo
Markku Toikka ..... Kinkku
Tuomas Uusitalo ..... Eki
Olavi Uusivirta

Synopsis:

Jazz comes to a Finnish seaport town in the 1950s in what may well be the least spontaneous movie on improv music ever to hit the screen. Leaden pacing, poor acting, undercooked characters and an overall lack of energy or originality make further bookings of Pekka Mandart's sophomore feature 'Harbor Brothers' highly dubious.

Rempo (Mikko Leppilampi), a Dennis Quaid look-alike with the trademark smirk but no compensatory charm, must choose between wild jammin' with the fellas and domestic responsibility with g.f. Aila (Maria Ylipaa) and her beauty salon dreams. Meanwhile, Rempo and avant garde jazz pianist Olli (Mikko Nousiainen) buy a restaurant and convert it into a nightclub, giving the band members one summer of swing to separate the goats from the sheep. The goats are those who take music seriously, led by dictatorial Olli. The sheep are those for whom music is pure pleasure and freeform fun, led by hang-loose Rempo.

Two musicians (Mikko Leppilampi, Mikko Nousiainen) buy a restaurant and turn it into a nightclub in 1950s Finland.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 27 June, 2006.

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