Product Details

• Actors: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Gråbøl
• Directors: Anders Thomas Jensen
• Writers: Anders Thomas Jensen
• Producers: Kim Magnusson, Marianne Moritzen, Michael Bille Frandsen, Tivi Magnusson
• Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Danish
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vanguard Cinema
• VHS Release Date: March 25, 2003
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000087F0K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,719 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great black comedy, March 9, 2003

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"info16142" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter) (DVD)

One of my favorite movies of the past year. Looking forward to its release on DVD. Amazing black comedy that is directed by Oscar Winner Anders Thomas Jensen (who also wrote Mifune and Open Hearts). Stars the biggest names in Danish cinema in a film that won't soon be forgotten. The Danish version of the Coen Brothers but maybe with a tad more violence and a tad more heart.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Arne, April 21, 2006

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beavis butthead - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter) (DVD)

After first encountering Mads Mikkelsen as the breath-taking Tristian in "King Arthur" not more than a mere two months ago, I have prowled the internet in search of any film having the privilege of being graced by his presence. Having added "The Green Butchers", "Pusher", "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself", and "Shake It All About", to my formerly non-existent DVD collection

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrific cast, plot line falls short., January 19, 2009

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D. Kanigan (CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter) (DVD)

Danish film based on 4 small time gang members who fail to deliver on a job for a mobster named Eskimo and then are asked to heist a safe with $500,000. The gang members, childhood friends, each face a personal crisis of one sort or another and decide to run away with the money to start a new life rather than turn over the loot.

* Terrific cast. Mads Mikkelsen ("Arne") and Ulrich Thomsen ("Peter") are particularly good.

* Witty lines in a dark / bleak comedy.

* Violent in a number of scenes (involving humans and animals)

* The film loops in reflections and flashbacks of the gang's childhood and upbringing but does so in a superficial and unconvincing manner.

Want to see some great Danish films, I would suggest you start with any of these four: The Inheritance. Brothers. After the Wedding. The Celebration.