Dirty Pretty Things
A film location with a grizzly secret, well ask Okwe!
Location: 4 Whitehall Court, Horseguards Avenue, SW1A 2EP
Description: 'Dirty Pretty Things' was released in 2002, a film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight.
A drama about two illegal immigrants in London, it was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won a British Independent Film Award for 'Best Independent British Film' in 2003.
'Chiwetel Ejiofor's' Nigerian exile Okwe drives a minicab by day, at night he's a porter in a hotel that's home to some shady goings-on.
When Okwe stumbles upon the hotel's dirty secret, he is placed in an impossible dilemma. A decent man, how can he do the right thing - given his precarious status - and still protect the people he cares about?
This film location was the 'Baltic Hotel' in this superb drama, where Okwe has to retrieve a surplus organ from a toilet! A human heart!
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A film location with a grizzly secret, well ask Okwe! |
Ranking This Month: 827/3019
Pages Hit This Month: 8
Credits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/11/01/dirty_pretty_things_2002_review.shtml
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