Page Eight

Page Eight

Movie |

Mi5 | Spy

  • Duration: 1h 39min
  • Music: Mark DeSimone,Andie Derrick,Peter Gleaves,Paul Englishby,Martin Jensen
  • Award(s): Primetime Emmy 2012 (Won)
    Golden Globe 2012 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Rip, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Story:
    Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny Worricker, a jazz-loving charmer who works high up at MI5 as an intelligence analyst. It’s a part made for Bill Nighy and he purrs out bon mots with a weary panache that women 20 years younger find irresistible. One such is his neighbour, Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz), in a Battersea mansion block. The question for Johnny is whether her interest in him is genuine or hides something darker. As his boss (Michael Gambon) puts it: “Distrust is a terrible habit.” Questions of trust, honour and friendship rumble through the play. The characters exchange oblique repartee as a plot about a damning dossier unwinds. It’s not to be missed.
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6.8/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny Worricker, a jazz-loving charmer who works high up at MI5 as an intelligence analyst. It’s a part made for Bill Nighy and he purrs out bon mots with a weary panache that women 20 years younger find irresistible. One such is his neighbour, Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz), in a Battersea mansion block. The question for Johnny is whether her interest in him is genuine or hides something darker. As his boss (Michael Gambon) puts it: “Distrust is a terrible habit.” Questions of trust, honour and friendship rumble through the play. The characters exchange oblique repartee as a plot about a damning dossier unwinds. It’s not to be missed.
Ratings

6.8/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | 2012 | Paul

ASC Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion PictureMiniseries Television | 2012 | Martin

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Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 2012 | Bill

BAFTA TV Award

Best Single Drama | 2012 | David

OFTA Television Award

Best Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2012

Best Editing in a NonSeries | 2012 | Jinx

Best Music in a NonSeries | 2012 | Paul

Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2012 | David

Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2012

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2012 | Judy

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2012 | Ralph

Ivor Novello Award

Best Television Soundtrack | 2012 | Paul

Gold Derby TV Award

TV MovieMini Supporting Actress | 2012 | Judy

ACCA TV Award

Best Supporting Actress TV Movie or MiniSeries | 2012 | Judy

Best Actor TV Movie or MiniSeries | 2012 | Bill

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries | 2012 | Rachel

Satellite Award

Outstanding BluRay | 2016

Outstanding BluRay For and | 2016

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 2011

Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 2011 | Bill

Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 2011 | Rachel

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | 2012 | Judy

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Writer and director David Hare told some associates that if this movie works, he might bring back Bill Nighy's character Johnny Worricker as part of a trilogy of television movies. This eventually happened with two 2014 sequels, Turks & Caicos (2014) and Salting the Battlefield (2014).

On its British premiere on television on BBC2 on August 28, 2011, it managed an impressive 3.56 million viewers (15.7 percent audience share) between 9pm and 10:45pm.

Of the film's response and reception, actor Bill Nighy said: ''It's about issues that resonated with people. It reflected on current affairs in an original way and the story was told at a pace that people liked. It didn't assume that you had attention deficit problems''. He added: ''I was very pleased that 'Page Eight' was shown at quite a few international film festivals. It was very satisfying for me to see David [Hare] being celebrated as a director as well as a writer. The fact that the film was chosen to close the Toronto Film Festival and to open the Warsaw Film Festival was brilliant.''

Bill Nighy once said of playing his MI5 spy character, "I'd play Johnny Worricker for the rest of my life! I'd be perfectly happy as long as they keep me in a good suit."

On why he thinks people responded so well to Page Eight, actor Rupert Graves (who appears in sequels Turks & Caicos (2014) and Salting the Battlefield (2014)), said: "British cinema hadn't made an espionage film in the style of a European thriller in a long time. When I say European I mean it's smart, its got a lot of class and it's elegantly told. It drags you so beautifully along into the story and I think people appreciate not being treated as simpletons. It has a regal, classic elegance to it."

Popular Dialogues

"Johnny Worricker: I had a feeling that if I asked a favour you were a sort of person who'd come through. Nancy Pierpan: You trust me. Why on earth would you trust me? Johnny Worricker: Because that's the job. Deciding who to trust. That's what the job is. Johnny Worricker: Also, you told your father that I work for the Home Office. Nancy Pierpan: I lied. Johnny Worricker: Yeah. Nancy Pierpan: You trust me because I lied."

"Nancy Pierpan: When you don't know the truth everything freezes and you can't move on."

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