MMDb - The Constant Gardener (2005)

5/10

Runtime: 129 min

Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Languages: English | German | Italian | Swahili

Countries: Germany | UK

When a British diplomat's wife -- a socially-conscious lawyer -- turns up dead in Kenya, he sets out to find the truth surrounding her murder. In the process, he finds out that his wife had been compiling data against a multinational drug company that uses helpless Africans as guinea pigs to test a tuberculosis remedy with unfortunately fatal side effects. Therefore, those who may have had the most reason to silence her are closer to home than he ever imagined.

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Directors (1)

Fernando Meirelles

Writers (2)

Jeffrey Caine	(screenplay)
John le Carré	(novel "The Constant Gardener")

(director of photography)

Actors (52)

Ainea Ojiambo	Police Driver
Andre Leenheer	Shaven-Headed Man
Ann Achan	Ana
Anneke Kim Sarnau	Birgit
Archie Panjabi	Ghita Pearson
Ben Gardiner	Harry Woodrow
Ben Parker	Det. Inspector Deasey
Bernard Otieno Oduor	Jomo
Bill Nighy	Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Brigid M. Kakenyi	Hospital Administrator
Chris Lightburn-Jones	Aid Worker
Chris Payne	Mike Mildren
Christopher Okinda	Doctor
Claire Simpson	Maude Donohue
Damaris Itenyo Agweyu	Jomo's Wife
Dang Wuor Diew	Sudanese Man
Daniele Harford	Miriam
Danny Huston	Sandy Woodrow
Denis Schnegg	Doctor (uncredited)
Donald Apiyo	Kioko Kilulu
Donald Sumpter	Tim Donohue
Edgar Nicholas Rhode	Karl (as Edgar Nicolas Rhode)
Eva Plackner	Crossing Guard
Gerard McSorley	Sir Kenneth 'Kenny' Curtiss
Hubert Koundé	Dr. Arnold Bluhm
Jacqueline Maribe	Wanza Kiluhu
Jeffrey Caine	Club Servant
Joe Christopher Rhode	Karl
John Keogh	Immigration Official
John Moller	Athletic Unshaven Man
John Sibi-Okumu	Dr. Joshua Ngaba
Juliet Aubrey	Gloria Woodrow
Katherine Damaris	Nurse
Keith Pearson	Porter Coleridge
Lydia M. Manyasi	Kenyan Newsreader
Mumbi Kaigwa	Grace Makanga
Ng'ang'a Kirumburu	Policeman No. 2 (as Kirumburu Ng'ang'a)
Nick Reding	Crick
Nyajima Jial	Esmerelda
Packson Ngugi	Officer in Morgue
Pete Postlethwaite	Dr. Lorbeer / Dr. Brandt
Peter King Nzioki	Policeman No. 1
Rachel Weisz	Tessa Quayle
Ralph Fiennes	Justin Quayle
Richard McCabe	Arthur "Ham" Hammond
Rupert Simonian	Guido Hammond
Samuel Otage	Mustafa
Sidede Onyulo	Jonah Andika
Steenie Njoroge	1st Journalist
Stuart Wheeler	2nd Journalist
Teresa Harder	Birgit's Secretary
Thomas Chemnitz	Uniformed Policeman

You sold my dead bird to a blind kid?
Harry

Nice set of hooters you got there!
Harry

Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Walter Sobchak

We don't usually pick up hitchhikers... but I'm-a gonna go with my instincts on this one. Saddle up partner!
Lloyd

I didn't blame anyone for the loss of my legs... some Chinaman took them from me in Korea... but I went out and achieved anyway!
The Big Lebowski

How now brown cow.
Ron Burgundy

Hmmm... Sure, that and a pair of testicles.
The Dude

We got no food, no jobs... our PETS' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!
Lloyd

I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science.
Ron Burgundy

No, in the movie, they catch up to him half mile down the road and slit his throat! Hahaha! It was a good one.
Lloyd

OVER THE LINE!
Walter Sobchak

I'm into, uh, well, murders and executions, mostly.
Patrick Bateman

Would you like an atomic pepper, Mr. Mentalino?
Harry

Donny, shut the f- when do we play?
Walter Sobchak

WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!
Lloyd

Your compliment was sufficient, Luis.
Patrick Bateman

Obviously you're not a golfer.
The Dude

What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me... ending up together?
Lloyd

H-hey, this is a private residence, man!
The Dude

It's so damn hot... milk was a bad choice.
Ron Burgundy

And I'm Ron Burgundy. Go fuck yourself, San Diego.
Ron Burgundy

I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION
Ron Burgundy

That rug really tied the room together.
The Dude

It's ok, I'm a limo driver!
Lloyd

Fucking dipshit with a nine toed woman.
Walter Sobchak

You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
Walter Sobchak

Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
Walter Sobchak

I said, "Do you love me?" and she said, "No, but that's a really nice ski mask."
Lloyd

Look at our current situation with that camel fucker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind.
Walter Sobchak

They're gonna kill that poor woman.
The Dude

Well, for one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.
Patrick Bateman

Great Odin's raven.
Ron Burgundy

Flush you bastard.
Harry

Yeah, well. The Dude abides.
The Dude

Oh, I don't know, Lloyd. The French are assholes.
Harry

Phone's ringing, Dude.
Donny

I have to return some videotapes.
Patrick Bateman

The first time I set eyes on Mary Swanson, I just got that old fashioned romantic feeling where I'd do anything to bone her.
Lloyd

That's right, Dude, they peed on your fucking rug.
Walter Sobchak

Oh, uh, it's the pleats... the pleats in the pants. It's an optical illusion. I was just about to take them back... to the pants store. Oh this is embarrassing.
Ron Burgundy

Sweet Lincoln's mullet.
Ron Burgundy

I'm storming your castle on my steed, m'lady.
Ron Burgundy

Hey guys. Woah, Big Gulps, huh? All right! Well, see ya later.
Lloyd

Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!
Harry

I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...
Ron Burgundy

I'm not a baby, I am a man. I am an anchorman.
Ron Burgundy

I! The Royal "we"! You know, the editorial...
The Dude

God damn you Walter! You fuckin' asshole! Everything's a fuckin' travesty with you, man! And what was all that shit about Vietnam? What the FUCK, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the fuck are you talking about?
The Dude

You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow. The town is back *that* way.
Lloyd

I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver's full of shit, man.
Lloyd

Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man.
The Dude

You're entering a world of pain, son. We know that this is your homework. We know that you stole a car.
Walter Sobchak

Hey everyone! Come see how good I look!
Ron Burgundy

Harry, you're alive... and a horrible shot!
Lloyd

Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?
Lloyd

Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!
The Dude

That's a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?
Lloyd

Cannonball!
Ron Burgundy

I hate the fuckin' Eagles man.
The Dude

I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker
Ron Burgundy

If you don't shut your fucking mouth, I will kill you.
Patrick Bateman

Man, you are one pathetic loser. No offense.
Lloyd

Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These fucking amateurs...
Walter Sobchak

Yeah I called her up. She gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something. I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.
Harry

Oh well here, take this extra pair of gloves, my hands are starting to get a little sweaty.
Lloyd

Who the fuck are the Knutsens?
The Dude

Your money is being held by a kid named Larry Sellers. Real fucking brat, but I'm sure your goons can get it off him. I mean, he's fifteen.
The Dude

Kick his ass, Sea Bass!
Sea Bass Friend

Harry... your hands are freezing!
Lloyd

Fuck sympathy! I don't need your fuckin' sympathy, man, I need my fucking johnson!
The Dude

Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!
Lloyd

You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.
Ron Burgundy

Anti-quitsies, you're it, quitsies, no anti-quitsies, no startsies!
Harry

No Luis. It's not me. You're mistaken.
Patrick Bateman

Saw it in a movie once.
Lloyd

Son of a bee-sting.
Ron Burgundy

You mark that frame an 8, and you're entering a world of pain.
Walter Sobchak

This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!
Walter Sobchak

You're a fucking ugly bitch. I want to stab you to death, and then play around with your blood.
Patrick Bateman

My need to engage in homicidal behaviour on a massive scale cannot be corrected but, uh, I have no other way to fulfill my needs.
Patrick Bateman

Thanks. Hey, I guess they're right. Senior citizens, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose. I'll be right back. Don't you go dying on me!
Lloyd

Donny you're out of your element! Dude, the Chinaman is not the issue here!
Walter Sobchak

Does the Pope shit in the woods?
The Dude

Mary... I desperately wanna make love to a school boy.
Lloyd

I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.
Harry

Tic-Tac, sir?
Lloyd

Am I wrong?
Walter Sobchak

The arsonist has oddly shaped feet.
Ron Burgundy

Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
Walter Sobchak

TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!
Patrick Bateman

Where's the fucking money Lebowski?
The Dude

A tad? A tad, Lloyd? You drove almost a sixth of the way across the country in the wrong direction! Now we don't have enough money to get to Aspen, we don't have enough money to get home, we don't have enough money to eat, we don't have enough money to sleep!
Harry

You've got a dirty whorish mouth.
Ron Burgundy

I got worms!
Lloyd

She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend. I'm just helping her conceive, man!
The Dude

I just figured she was a raging alcoholic.
Lloyd

I love poetry, and a glass of scotch, and, of course, my friend Baxter here.
Ron Burgundy

You know I don't speak Spanish.
Ron Burgundy

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.
Walter Sobchak

Gas man. How the hell did they know that I got gas?
Mental

Is this your homework, Larry? Is this your homework, Larry?
Walter Sobchak

Ow! Fucking fascist!
The Dude

I got robbed by a sweet old lady on a motorized cart. I didn't even see it coming.
Lloyd

There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than mine.
Patrick Bateman

According to the map we've only gone about 4 inches.
Harry

Why you going to the airport? Flying somewhere?
Lloyd

Look, Larry. Have you ever heard of Vietnam?
Walter Sobchak

I told that Kraut a fuckin' thousand times, I don't roll on shabbos!
Walter Sobchak

Extra gloves? You've had this pair of extra gloves this whole time?
Harry

Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?
Patrick Bateman

I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?
Patrick Bateman

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