- All the Queen's Men
Infobox Film
name = All the Queen's Men
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director =Stefan Ruzowitzky
producer = Rainer VirnichPhil Alden Robinson
writer = David Schneider
starring =Matt LeBlanc Eddie Izzard James Cosmo
music = Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Robert Folk
Michael Lloyd
cinematography = Peter Kappel
Wedigo von Schultzendorff
editing = Rudi Heinen
Nick Moore
Britta Nahler
Andrea Schumacher
distributor =Strand Releasing
released = flagicon|USOctober 14 ,2001 (Mill Valley Film Festival )October 25 ,2002 (limited)
flagicon|GermanyDecember 13 ,2001
flagicon|AustriaJune 7 ,2002
runtime = 99 min.
country =Germany /Austria
language = English
budget = $25,000,000
website = http://www.allthequeensmen-film.com/
amg_id = 1:256982
imdb_id = 0252223"All the Queen's Men" is a 2001 comedy war
film . It was directed byStefan Ruzowitzky and starsMatt LeBlanc andEddie Izzard . It currently holds the record for the American film with the lowest return on investment. The budget was $25,000,000 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252223/business All the Queen's Men (2001) - Box office / business ] ] , but the film only earned $22,723 worldwide, giving it a -99.92% return. [ [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php The Numbers - Movie Budgets ] ] [ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allthequeensmen.htm All the Queen's Men (2002) ] ]Cast
*O'Rourke -
Matt LeBlanc
*Tony Parker -Eddie Izzard
*Archie -James Cosmo
*Romy -Nicolette Krebitz
*Johnno -David Birkin
*Aitken - Edward FoxPlot
During
World War II the British army is attempting to retrieve anEnigma machine fromGermany . Having failed in previous attempts they decide to send four men undercover to the factory that makes the devices, deep inBerlin . Unfortunately the factory is populated entirely by women, and they only have men to send.American O'Rourke (LeBlanc) teams with British
transvestite Tony Parker (Izzard), genius Johnno (Birken) and the reluctant Archie (Cosmo). The four are sent to infiltrate the factory dressed as women.Dropped in the wrong area, the team must first try to find their bearings. Aided by Romy, a sympathiser of their cause, they find their way to the factory. They manage to retrieve the Enigma machine, against the expectations of the British army. Arriving home they find that they were tricked – the British government already had the device but wanted to make the Germans think they were still after it.
ee also
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Cross-dressing in film and television References
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