great twist on a british espionage flick. recommended viewing!
Page Eight 720p HDTV x264-BiA
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Posted at 04/09/2011, 05:27
johnny worricker (bill nighy) is a long-serving mi5 officer whose closest friend is also his boss, the
director general of mi5, benedict baron (michael gambon). baron dies of a heart attack at his country
home where he lives with his wife (johnny's ex-wife) and step daughter (johnny's daughter). baron's
death comes shortly after distributing a highly explosive report to two mi5 officers (worricker and jill
tankard judy davis) and then sharing it with the home secretary. at the meeting with the home
secretary (saskia reeves, worricker verbally highlights a note at the foot of page eight alleging that the
prime minister is aware that the us administration has been torturing prisoners in secret overseas
prisons.
worricker feels compelled to carry out the unspoken but obvious wishes of baron to make the content of
the report public. tankard does not support his actions because she is secretly working for the prime
minister's office. the prime minister (ralph fiennes) orders the report to be buried and announces plans
to replace mi5 with a us style homeland security organisation. the home secretary's silence is bought
by promoting her to deputy prime minister.
at the same time, johnny has had a chance encounter with his political activist neighbour nancy pierpan
(rachel weisz), which seems a bit too coincidental to be true. his artist daughter, julianne (felicity
jones), appears acquainted with a young man he has also seen with nancy and who appears to be
spying on johnny himself. julianne reveals she is pregnant, and her relationship with her father
becomes closer following her stepfather's death. nancy asks worricker to help him discover the truth
about the death of her brother at the hands of the israeli authorities.
in the end, worricker is forced to walk out of his job to uncover the truth. before leaving, he gives
nancy a painting (by christopher wood) from his valuable art collection. after his disappearance, she
hears information about her brother's death on the radio, realises it has been leaked to the media by
worricker, and sees the painting as a clue to his destination.
director general of mi5, benedict baron (michael gambon). baron dies of a heart attack at his country
home where he lives with his wife (johnny's ex-wife) and step daughter (johnny's daughter). baron's
death comes shortly after distributing a highly explosive report to two mi5 officers (worricker and jill
tankard judy davis) and then sharing it with the home secretary. at the meeting with the home
secretary (saskia reeves, worricker verbally highlights a note at the foot of page eight alleging that the
prime minister is aware that the us administration has been torturing prisoners in secret overseas
prisons.
worricker feels compelled to carry out the unspoken but obvious wishes of baron to make the content of
the report public. tankard does not support his actions because she is secretly working for the prime
minister's office. the prime minister (ralph fiennes) orders the report to be buried and announces plans
to replace mi5 with a us style homeland security organisation. the home secretary's silence is bought
by promoting her to deputy prime minister.
at the same time, johnny has had a chance encounter with his political activist neighbour nancy pierpan
(rachel weisz), which seems a bit too coincidental to be true. his artist daughter, julianne (felicity
jones), appears acquainted with a young man he has also seen with nancy and who appears to be
spying on johnny himself. julianne reveals she is pregnant, and her relationship with her father
becomes closer following her stepfather's death. nancy asks worricker to help him discover the truth
about the death of her brother at the hands of the israeli authorities.
in the end, worricker is forced to walk out of his job to uncover the truth. before leaving, he gives
nancy a painting (by christopher wood) from his valuable art collection. after his disappearance, she
hears information about her brother's death on the radio, realises it has been leaked to the media by
worricker, and sees the painting as a clue to his destination.
Posted at 04/09/2011, 15:56
thanks for the recommend, it was pretty good, like jazz =)
they should make more of these.
they should make more of these.
Posted at 04/09/2011, 21:56
thanks for posting the reviews. a well written drama is always appreciated by many.
Posted at 11/09/2011, 18:32
i gave this a chance, just to see what it would be like and was very surprised ... it did have rachel
weisz in it so thought ... why not, was actually very surprised at the script, acting and unfolding ...
changing my music taste to jaz now too lol
weisz in it so thought ... why not, was actually very surprised at the script, acting and unfolding ...
changing my music taste to jaz now too lol
Posted at 26/03/2014, 15:21
page eight is followed by turks & caicos and salting the battlefield.
the three films are jointly known as the worricker trilogy.
show information pages:
http://eztv.it/shows/1007/page-eight/
http://eztv.it/shows/1006/turks-and-caicos/
http://eztv.it/shows/1008/salting-the-battlefield/
show description, air dates, show resources, and torrent links.
updated: march 26, 2014
