Shades (film)

Shades
Directed by	Erik Van Looy
Starring	Mickey Rourke
Music by	Alex Callier
Release date	1999 (1999)
Country	Belgium

Shades is a 1999 Belgian film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Van Looy, Paul Breuls and Guy Lee Thys.^[1] The story is loosely inspired on the Belgian murderer Freddy Horion and his escape from prison in 1982.^[2][3]

Music for the film was composed by Alex Callier of Belgian band Hooverphonic, who performed the theme of the film.^[4]

Cast

• Jan Decleir as Freddy Lebecq^[5]
• Mickey Rourke as Paul Sullivan
• Gene Bervoets as Max Vogel
• Andrew Howard as Dylan Cole
• Matthew Hobbs as himself
• Koen De Bouw as Bob

References

1. "Shades (1999)". moviemeter.nl. 27 September 2023.
2. "Cinemagazine - Shades (1999)". cinemagazine.nl (in Dutch). 23 September 2023.
3. "Shades - dvd recensie (heruitgave)". moviescene.nl (in Swedish). 12 June 2009.
4. "Interview Alex Callier (Hooverphonic): 'Ik ben hier niet om een toffe te zijn'". dansendeberen.be (in Dutch). 13 December 2022.
5. "DVD: Shades". kulturdelen.com (in Swedish). 23 September 2023.

External links

• Shades at IMDb