Vincent Friell
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Vincent Friell (January 7, 1960 – April 14, 2024) was a Scottish actor best known for his leading role in the 1985 film Restless Natives. Other credits included Silent Scream, Trainspotting, The Angels' Share and Still Game.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 07, 1960
Age: 65 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 14, 2024
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Restless Natives
Overview: Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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Knockback: 2
Overview: Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-03
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End of the Line
Overview: Life in a Scottish New Town
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-11
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Trainspotting
Overview: Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-23
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Fast Romance
Overview: The interweaving stories of seven very different people in the cosmopolitan city of Glasgow who decide that, in their pursuit of love, it is time to try something new. Little do they know that after one night of speed dating their lives will take dramatic new twists - and we'll be there to witness each and every one of them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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Tough Love
Overview: DC Lenny Milton (Winstone) is not as ambitious as his best friend and popular boss DCI Michael Love (Dunbar), but the pair are drinking partners and their wives and children are close. However, this goes very wrong over the space of 7 days, when Milton is approached by the police complaints division asking him to go undercover and investigate allegations of corruption against his friend. Milton finds this difficult at first and tries to dismiss the evidence building up. But as his suspicions begin to take shape his position appears to be in danger.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-01
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Silent Scream
Overview: A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Priest and the Pirate
Overview: A priest is transferred to Edinburgh where he becomes involved with a pirate television station supporting Scottish independence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-08
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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Overview: A drama documentary on the life and work of Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Produced for Channel 4 in 1987, it was directed by the Scottish filmmaker Mike Alexander and starred John Sessions in scenes from Gramsci's life. Brian Cox provided the narration.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Blood Red Roses
Overview: A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-04
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