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Ended up seeing this due to timing rather than it being top of my list (was after Darkest Hour and Three Billboards).
Has attracted a lot of press as Director Ridley Scott re-shot the scenes that originally had Kevin Spacey in them. Christopher Plummer did a great job as Getty. A very interesting character to say the least. He notoriously said would not pay the ransom as would put his other grand kids in danger.
Made his money by being one of the first into Saudi Arabia for oil and was richest man in the world at time his grandson was kidnapped in Italy. There is a scene where mother of his son is in his UK mansion and wants to call Rome to check on progress with the police. The butler points her towards the red phone box (ie. street type) in reception area and has bags of coins. It is true he did install such a telephone box as many of his guests had been calling all over the world on his dime. In another scene he is doing his own laundry in his Rome hotel suite.
Whilst the story is interesting it is probably not one that needs to be seen in the cinema. Michelle Williams plays the mother but interesting to note mother does not even rate a Wiki entry. Mark Wahlberg plays a security type but has a fairly sedate role.
It does start off with an Inspired by true events tag and ends with a fairly good disclaimer about scenes and characters being changed for dramatic effect etc. There were quite a few things that I spotted that were obviously changed for such effect. Won't say what they are but for those who watch the movie you might want to have a quick look online to compare.
Has attracted a lot of press as Director Ridley Scott re-shot the scenes that originally had Kevin Spacey in them. Christopher Plummer did a great job as Getty. A very interesting character to say the least. He notoriously said would not pay the ransom as would put his other grand kids in danger.
Made his money by being one of the first into Saudi Arabia for oil and was richest man in the world at time his grandson was kidnapped in Italy. There is a scene where mother of his son is in his UK mansion and wants to call Rome to check on progress with the police. The butler points her towards the red phone box (ie. street type) in reception area and has bags of coins. It is true he did install such a telephone box as many of his guests had been calling all over the world on his dime. In another scene he is doing his own laundry in his Rome hotel suite.
Whilst the story is interesting it is probably not one that needs to be seen in the cinema. Michelle Williams plays the mother but interesting to note mother does not even rate a Wiki entry. Mark Wahlberg plays a security type but has a fairly sedate role.
It does start off with an Inspired by true events tag and ends with a fairly good disclaimer about scenes and characters being changed for dramatic effect etc. There were quite a few things that I spotted that were obviously changed for such effect. Won't say what they are but for those who watch the movie you might want to have a quick look online to compare.