The lives of a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families (Viggo Mortensen) and a midwife from a North London hospital (Naomi Watts) cross when a young teenage girl dies while giving birth. Eastern Promises is directed by acclaimed director David Cronenberg and written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Steve Knight.
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Cronenberg on Cronenberg
From 70s Canadian horror to world-class cinema, David Cronenberg has always defied expectations.
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When Viggo Met Sean
An extract from Sean Penn: His Life and Times on Viggo Mortensen's breakthrough in The Indian Runner.
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Business as Usual: The Rise of the Russian Mafia
In These Times editor Joel Bleifuss takes a hard look at the Russian mafia–in film and in the real world.
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In the Zone: The Films of David Cronenberg
Jonathan Romney unlocks the secret behind David Cronenberg's talent for making everything wonderfully strange.
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When the Ink Dries: Tattoos in the Russian Mafia
Scott Macaulay talks with Alix Lambert whose film Mark of Cain on Russian prison tattoos inspired Eastern Promises.
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The Violence Within
Director David Cronenberg talks with Scott Macaulay about what makes violence the stuff of cinema.
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Crime Film Sites
Here are links to everything nasty, mean, and criminal you could ever want.
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Missing Sandy Dennis
Viggo Mortensen mixes poetry and prose as he remembers actress Sandy Dennis.
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David Cronenberg Annotated Filmography
Follow David Cronenberg's 18-film career from the medical horror story Shivers to Eastern Promises.
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Mopping the Floor in Eastern Promises
Stunt coordinator Julian Spencer explains how he choreographed Viggo Mortensen's naked fight scene in Eastern Promises.
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We Are Family: Crime Organizations Around the World
Every country has a mafia, and some export them–like the Russians to London in Eastern Promises.
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Patrick McGrath on David Cronenberg's Spider
Novelist Patrick McGrath recalls the lessons he learned from David Cronenberg on their movie Spider.
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On Viggo Mortensen
Ryan Gilbey measures the theatrical power of Viggo Mortensen's implosive acting style, looking at how he's built a career by giving up so little.
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David Cronenberg On the Web
Scott Macaulay discovers a range of internet sites that look for the real David Cronenberg.
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