“The Drop” has been released on Blu-Ray and on demand recently, and with many thanks to Lindsey, Blu-Ray screencaptures from the film have been added to the photo gallery. In “The Drop”, bartender Bob (Tom Hardy) performs an act of kindness and rescues a pitbull from the garbage. By doing so however, the former criminal becomes the target of the dogs dangerous and unhinged previous owner. Things get much worse from here on as he is pulled back into Boston’s underworld, stumbling into a robbery gone terribly wrong. Enjoy the captures.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Michaël R. Roskam’s crime drama The Drop, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, and Matthias Schoenaerts. The release will be available for purchase on January 20, 2015. A phenomenal cast, including Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini, lead this gritty thriller about Bartender Bob Saginowski (Hardy) and his hardened employer Uncle Marv (Gandolfini) who must choose between survival and loyalty when they find themselves caught in a robbery gone bad, and on the hook for a mob debt they can’t repay.
The Telegraph has a fantastic new interview: Noomi Rapace arrives for our interview looking gloriously mad, like the love-child of Lady Gaga and Alien’s Ellen Ripley. She is a vision in a Balmain boiler-suit, open to the waist to reveal a chest of gold jewellery and a pin-stripe bra. On her feet are a pair of six-inch Sergio Rossi boots, and on her peroxide blonde head a pair of sparkling sunglasses that appear to have been mined from the moon. “A lot of people think I’m quite dark and angry and hardcore and really quite kind of super serious,” she tells me, by way of explanation, “and then they meet me and they’re like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so funny and you laugh and you’re smiling so much!’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, why wouldn’t I?’” Because you like to play women who are quite dark and angry and hardcore and super serious, I say, thinking of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (she was the lead in the original, Swedish version), and Elizabeth Shaw, the ripped scientist in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus who gives herself a caesarian after realising she is pregnant with an alien. Because most of the women you play are quite, you know, scarred? “Yes!” the 34-year-old Swede giggles wildly. The complete interview can be read here.
Three clips from the London Film Festival have been added to the archive. First, there’s a compilation of red carpet interviews with Noomi. In her interview, Noomi confirms that “Unlocked” will be her next project with Michael Doughlas and Orlando Bloom co-starring and that it will start shooting in London in about two weeks. Then, the complete Q&A with Noomi and Michael Roskam following the film’s premiere. The third video is a compilation of press interviews for “The Drop”, in which Noomi also dishes on the anticipated “Prometheus” sequel.
Video Archive – The Drop – Interview 04
Video Archive – Public Appearances – London Film Festival – “The Drop” Q&A (2014)
Video Archive – Public Appearances – London Film Festival – “The Drop” Premiere (2014)
This evening, Noomi and director Michael Roskam have attended the London Film Festival’s premiere and screening of “The Drop”. On the red carpet, Noomi revealed that she’s going to start shooting “Unlocked” in three weeks. Pictures from the premiere can be found in the photo gallery.
Lots of new video clips from recent public appearances and “The Drop” promotions have been added. The new clips include interviews from the Toronto Film Festival, the Apple Store SoHo Meet the Filmmaker’s panel, the New York premiere for “The Drop” as well as the San Sebastian Film Festival. A new making of as well as a promotional interview with Noomi and Michael Roskam in Brussels have been added as well. Check the links below for all new video clips.
Video Archive – The Drop – Interview 03
Video Archive – Public Appearances – San Sebastian Film Festival
Video Archive – The Drop – Making Of 02
Video Archive – Public Appearances – “The Drop” Premiere (New York)
Video Archive – Public Appearances – Apple Store SoHo – Meet the Filmmakers
Video Archive – Public Appearances – Toronto Film Festival – The Hollywood Reporter Interview
Yesterday, Noomi, Matthias Schoenaerts and director Michael Roskam have attended the Belgium premiere for “The Drop” in Brussels, hometown to Roskam and Schoenaerts. Pictures from the premiere have been added to the photo gallery alongside additions from the San Sebastian Film Festival. Check below’s previews for all new additions. Many thanks to Lindsey for her contributions.
Appearances – 2014 – “The Drop” Premiere Brussels (September 23, 2014)
Appearances – 2014 – San Sebastian Film Festival – “The Drop” Premiere (September 21, 2014)
Appearances – 2014 – San Sebastian Film Festival – Photocall (September 21, 2014)
Yesterday, Noomi and director Michael Roskam have attended a photocall and press conference for “The Drop” at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Lots of pictures have been added to the photo gallery with many thanks to Lindsey for sending them in. Edit: Pictures from the premiere have been added as well.
Appearances – 2014 – San Sebastian Film Festival – “The Drop” Premiere (September 21, 2014)
Appearances – 2014 – San Sebastian Film Festival – Press Conference (September 21, 2014)
Appearances – 2014 – San Sebastian Film Festival – Photocall (September 21, 2014)
With today’s theatrical release of “The Drop”, two new excerpts from the film, as well as a lenghty b-roll, have been released and added to the video archive. The two film clips give us some brief glimpses at Noomi’s work with Tom Hardy and Matthias Schoenaerts, so don’t miss them.
“The Drop” will be released in the USA today. The critics have been favorable for the film. While some think the story isn’t all too know, all critics seem to be certain that a) James Gandolfini is given a fitting character and delivers a great performance in his last role on film and that b) Tom Hardy is and remains one of the best actors of his generation. There have been some nice words about Noomi’s performance as well, so have a look at the reviews below and more after the cut.
Working from a taut script by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), director Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead) makes every brutal, bracing minute count as Bob takes a stand with the help of a damaged woman (a very fine Noomi Rapace) and a rescued pit bull […] Though The Drop covers familiar ground, it simmers with charged emotion. The image that lingers belongs to Gandolfini. Marv sits in his armchair, remembering his days as top dog. “I was respected,” he tells Bob. “I was feared. That meant something.” It also means something to watch the actor who embodied the contradictions of Tony Soprano bring such gravitas to what would be his last screen hurrah.
Schoenaerts, John Ortiz as a cynical cop, and a never-better Rapace lend a lot of grit and magnetism. But it’s Hardy’s performance, above everything else, that sneaks up on you. Following his sterling work in Locke, this trudging, subdued characterisation is another mettle-testing triumph.
There is nothing especially believable about “The Drop,” but it is credible enough to be moderately entertaining, and vice versa.
The Drop is a taut yarn that bides its time. Slow-burning tension, dark wit and superlative performances will keep audiences captivated. And who can resist an animal rescue?
