Product Description
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A discredited journalist and a mysterious computer hacker
discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in
their closets while working to solve the mystery of a 40-year-old
murder. Inspired by late author Stieg Larsson's successful
trilogy of books, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo gets under way
as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Slander are briefed in the
disappearance of Harriet Vanger, whose uncle suspects she may
have been killed by a member of their own family. The deeper
Mikael and Lisbeth dig for the truth, however, the greater the
risk of being buried alive by members of the family who will go
to great lengths to keep their secrets tightly sealed.
Review
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This haunting and hypnotic movie gets under your skin, in a
word, wow! --Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A character driven mystery of considerable emotional power,
harrowing, and always compelling. --Sheri Linden, The Hollywood
Reporter
A gripping thriller...devasting, suspenseful & dazzling! --Dennis
Dermody, Paper Magazine
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About the Actor
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Michael Nyqvist graduated from the Swedish Academic School of
Drama. After working mainly in theatre he landed smaller parts in
several different film productions. His first big breakthrough
came in 2000 with the film TOGETHER by Lukas Moodysson. The movie
reached great international success and Nyqvist won a Best Actor
Award at the Gijon International Film Festival. He went on to
play leading parts in award-winning movies such as THE GUY IN THE
GRAVE NEXT DOOR (2002) d by Kjell Sundvall for which he won a
Guldbagge Award (Sweden s equivalent of the Os) for Best
Actor for his performance, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (2004), by Kay
Pollak, DAY AND NIGHT (2004), by Simon Staho and SUDDENLY (2006)
by Johan Brisinger. The cast from DAY AND NIGHT won a Silver Hugo
Award for Best Ensemble Acting at the 2004 Chicago International
Film Festival. Michael shared this award with his THE GIRL WITH
THE DRAGON TATTOO co-star, Lena Endre. He also starred in LONDON
VOODOO (2004) with his other DRAGON co-star, Sven-Bertil Taube.
Nyqvist has most recently starred in THE BLACK PIMPERNEL (2007),
ARN: THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR (2007), THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION (2007),
and DOWNLOADING NANCY (2008). His latest project is ANGLAVAKT.
Nyqvist was always in the running for playing the part of Mikael
BLOMKVIST, but it was his charisma that suited the role the most.
Director Neils Arden Oplev found the match he was looking for
someone who had the right looks, the charm and the likeability
factor. Noomi Rapace is fast becoming Europe s most popular young
actress following her commanding and unnerving portrayal of
Lisbeth Salander in the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson s
Millennium trilogy: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO; THE GIRL WHO
PLAYED WITH FIRE and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET S NEST. She
was recently nominated for a Best Actress European Film Award and
won the Best Actress Guldbagge Award (Swedish O) for her role
in THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. A renowned stage, television
and screen performer, Rapace made her acting debut in the 1996
television series Tre kroner. She has since appeared in over
twenty motion pictures and television shows. For her role in the
2007 Danish film DAISY DIAMOND, Rapace was honored with the Bodil
Award (Danish Critics Award) and a Robert Award (Denmark s O)
for Best Actress. She recently completed production on
LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES and SVINALÄGORNA and is slated to star
in the 2010 production of CLEAN OUT. The daughter of Flamenco
singer Rogelio Durán, Rapace is married to actor Ola Rapace.
Sven-Bertil Taube is a successful Swedish actor and singer born
to the great Swedish poet/songwriter Evert Taube. Taube started
out his career in the music industry covers of his
her s songs before establishing himself as an actor. He has
starred in various films and TV shows since the 1970s, including
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (1976) and IN THE HANDS (1994) for which he
won the Guldbagge Award (Sweden s equivalent of the O) for
Best Actor. In 1997, Taube was nominated for another Guldbagge
Award for Supporting Actor for his performance in JERUSALEM. He
has appeared in a couple of films with his THE GIRL WITH THE
DRAGON TATTOO co-star, Michael Nyqvist, including LONDON VOODOO
(2004) which won several international awards and ARN: THE KNIGHT
TEMPLAR (2007). Taube was recently nominated for a Best
Supporting Actor Guldbagge Award (Sweden s O) for his role in
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
About the Director
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Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a journalist. He was the
Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo from 1999, and had
previously worked at a major news agency for many years. He was
one of the world s leading experts on anti-democratic, right-wing
extremist and nazi organizations, and he was often consulted on
that account. He was just as ready to give a lecture in a
secondary school as at Scotland Yard. The Millennium series is a
surprisingly confident debut in the thriller genre. The action in
the books takes place in 2003 and later, mainly in Stockholm but
in other parts of Sweden and in other countries. Stieg Larsson s
primary strength was his unaffected style, free of clichés. He
wrote effectively, his tone spot-on and professional. In
addition, he exhibited a great knowledge of the field he wrote
about which gives credibility to his stories. He had a fantastic
ability to keep many complicated plots going at the same time.
And he didn t leave any part of the mystery unsolved.
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