Product Description

After a shooting in London goes hideously wrong, two hitmen, Ray and Ken, are sent to hide out in the strange, Gothic, medieval town of Bruges, Belgium, by their volatile and dangerous boss, Harry Waters. While awaiting instructions from him as to what to do next, the pair attempt to deal both with their feelings over the botched killing and their differing attitudes towards this curious, otherworldly place they've been dumped in ('Bruges is a shithole.' 'Bruges is not a shithole'), until the call from Harry finally comes through, and all three men are enmeshed in a spiral of bloody violence that few will get out of alive.This jet-black comedy marks the feature-film debut of writer/director Martin McDonagh, award-winning author of such plays as "The Beauty Queen of Leenane", "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" and "The Pillowman", and the film "Six Shooter", which won the Academy Award for the Best Live-Action Short Film. The film stars Colin Farrell as Ray, Brendan Gleeson as Ken, and Ralph Fiennes as Harry. In Bruges was the opening night film at the Sundance Film Festival.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55781 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Martin McDonagh is the award-winning author of such plays as THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE and THE PILLOWMAN, and the Oscar-winning short film SIX SHOOTER.

Customer Reviews

cracking script-fascinating insight into the writer's mind
The film is hilarious, brutal, poetic and profane in equal measure- and this script is a masterclass in using violence and profanity to powerful artistic effect. It's like Tarantino in its use of cultural stereotypes and black-as-night comedy-but it's not a simple parody or clone. Worth reading, even if you're not used to reading screenplays, just to see where the true depth and power of the film comes from. It's the writing, stupid!

misleading
saw the film on telly and thought the book might be a good read , my main beef is that i thought this was going to be a novel 300-400 pages , where as it is just the printed word for word script of the film and rolls in at weighty 96 pages , in fairness it does say this in the description , but i missed that due to the small print ,dont waste 8 quid on this , see the film instead its mint