The Wisdom of Crocodiles (also released as Immortality) is a 1998 British romantic thriller film directed by Po-Chih Leong and starring Jude Law. It is based on the book of the same name by Paul Hoffman.

The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Film poster
Directed by	Po-Chih Leong
Written by	Paul Hoffman[1]
Produced by	Carolyn Choa David Lascelles[1]
Starring	Jude Law Elina Löwensohn Timothy Spall Kerry Fox Jack Davenport Colin Salmon
Cinematography	Oliver Curtis[1]
Edited by	Robin Sales[1]
Music by	Orlando Gough John Lunn[1]
Production companies	Goldwyn Films International Film Foundry Partners Entertainment Film Distributors Zenith Productions Arts Council of England
Distributed by	Entertainment Film Distributors
Release date	1998[2]
Running time	99 minutes[2]
Country	United Kingdom[3]
Language	English[2]

Plot

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Cast

• Jude Law as Steven Grlscz

Grlscz's Women

• Elina Löwensohn as Anne Levels
• Kerry Fox as Maria Vaughan

Police

• Timothy Spall as Inspector Healey
• Jack Davenport as Sergeant Roche

Gang

• Ashley Artus as Gang Leader
• Tom Wu as Gang Member
• Hon Ping Tang as Gang Member
• Antony Cotton as Gang Member
• Richard Mylan as Gang Member
• Carlton Headley as Gang Member
• Neran Persaud as Gang Member

Supporting Cast

• Julia Davies as Girl In Operating Theatre
• Carlton Jarvis as Physician (uncredited)
• Colin Salmon as Martin
• Hitler Wong as "Noodles" Chan
• Stuart Bowman as Car Crash Mechanic
• C.J. December as Car Crash Mechanic
• Anastasia Hille as Karen
• Nicholas Lamont (as Nick Lamont) as Toll Bridge Attendant
• Joseph O'Conor as Mr. Nancarrow
• Rupert Farley as Priest
• Diane Howse as Mrs. Healey
• Cliff Parisi as Labourer
• Vincent Keane as Injured Workman

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a total score of 47%[4] and Metacritic gave it 58/100.[5]

Richard Corliss of Time liked the film, claiming "... this cool, handsome thriller proceeds with an elliptical elegance."[6] Others, however, were not as kind; Elvis Mitchell of Rolling Stone dismissed it as "bloodless", with dialogue that "sounds like the kind of florid pick-up lines better used on second-year literature students or the kind of lonely women seen only in movies,"[7] while Paul Tatara of CNN called it "stylish but anemic".[8]

The film won the 1999 Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.

See also

• Vampire film

References

External links

• The Wisdom of Crocodiles at IMDb
• The Wisdom of Crocodiles at AllMovie
• The Wisdom of Crocodiles at Box Office Mojo
• The Wisdom of Crocodiles at AllMovie

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На других языках

[de] Die Weisheit der Krokodile

[ru] Мудрость крокодилов