Doors Open (film)

Doors Open
ITV promotional poster
Based on
Doors Open
by Ian Rankin
Written byJames Mavor
Mike Walden
Sandi Toksvig
Directed byMarc Evans
StarringDouglas Henshall
Stephen Fry
Lenora Crichlow
Brian McCardie
Kenneth Collard
Theme music composerJeremy Holland-Smith
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
CinematographyGeorge Steel
EditorMali Evans
Running time120 minutes
Production companySprout Pictures
Original release
NetworkITV
Release26 December 2012 (2012-12-26)

Doors Open is a 2012 Scottish thriller heist film directed by Marc Evans,[1] starring Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry,[2] Lenora Crichlow[3] and Kenneth Collard. It is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Ian Rankin, about a self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker, who come together to undertake an audacious art heist.[4] The film was commissioned by ITV and produced by Stephen Fry's Sprout Pictures production company. It premiered on ITV on 26 December 2012 in the United Kingdom.

Plot

After an evening of drinking with Professor Gissing (Fry), an art expert, and banker Allan Cruickshank (Collard), self-made millionaire Mike McKenzie (Henshall) and his friends devise a plan to rob one of the country's most high-profile targets – Edinburgh's private art collection owned by a national bank.[5]

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 23 April 2012 in Edinburgh. Additional filming took place along the coast of the Scottish Borders and in Garvald, East Lothian, while saleroom scenes were filmed at the Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "When One Door Closes. Film Director Marc Evans Has Got Everyone's Favourite Polymath, Stephen Fry, Stealing Masterpieces in the Big Boxing Day Drama on ITV1 This Year, Doors Open. the Welsh Visionary Leads Our 10 Pages of Christmas and New Year TV Highlights Compiled by the Ever Festive Nathan 'Santa Baby' Bevan". Archived from the original on 8 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Stephen Fry and Dougie Henshall to star in Ian Rankin adaptation on ITV". RadioTimes. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lenora Crichlow Co-Stars In ITV Heist Drama 'Doors Open'". Indiewire. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Doors Open starring Stephen Fry, Douglas Henshall, ITV1 PREVIEW". Crime Time Preview. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ian Rankin on the TV adaptation of 'Doors Open'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. ↑ (2015) Filmed here - 2012, Doors Open, Marc Evans Archived 20 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Film Edinburgh, Retrieved 20 February 2015
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