6 Days

"In the face of terror, a nation will show its strength"

2017 1h 35m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 792

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Synopsis

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London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.

“In the face of terror, a nation will show its strength”

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Cast

Jamie Bell
LCpl. Rusty Firmin
Mark Strong
Max Vernon
Abbie Cornish
Kate Adie
Martin Shaw
John Dellow
Tim Pigott-Smith
William Whitelaw
Ben Turner
Salim
Emun Elliott
Roy
Aymen Hamdouchi
Faisal

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toa Fraser
Writers: Glenn Standring
Languages: English
Countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toa Fraser, shot by Aaron Morton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lachlan Anderson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dan Kircher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jamie Bell and Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In the face of terror, a nation will show its strength".

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The take

Toa Fraser directs. Aaron Morton behind the camera. Lachlan Anderson scores. Dan Kircher cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in New Zealand, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 9 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Toa Fraser, shot by Aaron Morton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lachlan Anderson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Dan Kircher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jamie Bell and Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In the face of terror, a nation will show its strength".
9IMDB entry: tt4703048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "london, england", "england", "based on true story", "iran".

The technical file

Cinematography: Aaron Morton
Original score: Lachlan Anderson
Editing: Dan Kircher
Production design: Philip Ivey
Makeup / hair: Gabrielle Jones
VFX supervisor: George Zwier
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: 6 Days (2017)

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Gimly2017-08-28
★ 5/10
More Zero Dark Thirty than 13 Hours, but not able to climb to the heights that Kathryn Bigelow did on that. Not surprising, when you don't have a Kathryn Bigelow of your own, but still, 6 Days is not going to rock the genre. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Reno2018-02-04
★ 6/10
A week of middle-east circus in London! The 1980 London terror attack. Those days are just the beginning of this new terrorism culture of middle-east. By the way, why should the world care about if one terror seeking just from another. That's the platform of this film. All about middle-east shit, dragged into the west. Based on the real. The film was slow, though a decent film. Obviously predictable, but worth a watch. When the iranese embassy was taken hostage by a terror group with demands placed the England government to fulfil, how they have tackled the situation was told from multiple people's angle who were involved in it. One thing it's missing was the some aspect of the tale from the hostages. I don't know why they did emotionalised this tale. Especially from the negative side. The actors were nice, the production too. Other than that it was not a most expected film of the year. Maybe not many have heard of it. Except it's more like a television film, I think once watchable. 6/10