Movie Days Iceland / Germany / Denmark
1994, 90min.
Producers: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Rommel, Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Script: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Einar Kárason, Director of Photography: Ari Kristinsson, Composer: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Prod.Design: Árni Páll Jóhannsson, Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Editor: Steingrímur Karlsson
Cast: Örvar Jens Arnarson, Rúrik Haraldsson, Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, Orri Helgason, Jón Sigurbjörnsson
Acclaimed as Iceland's answer to Amarcord and Cinema Paradiso, this film is a nostalgic celebration of both the power of cinema and the Iceland of the director's youth. Movie Days chronicles the adventures of Thomas, a city boy who comes of age during an eventful summer on a farm. The cultural ambiance of the 1960's Iceland is explored with wit as Thomas discovers his homeland's ghosts and traditions along with American television and Roy Rogers.
Awards
Best Nordic Feature Film (Amanda Awards, Norway, 1994); Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film (Lübeck Nordic Film Days, 1994)
Production Companies
Icelandic Film
Hverfisgata 46, 101 Reykjavík
Iceland
Tel.: (354 551 2260)
Fax: (354 552 5154)
Email: amk@icecorp.is
Peter Rommel Productions
Zentropa Entertainments
| Fridriksson, Fridrik Thor  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (born 1953, Reykjavik)
Film director/producer Fridriksson started his filmmaking career with experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. He founded The Icelandic Film Corporation in 1990. It has since become Iceland's most important production company. The company produces his films and works with other Icelandic directors and producers. His international reputation led the company to build a network of internationally well-established co-production partner companies, including Lars von Trier's Zentropa and most recently, Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope. He has worked with two of Iceland's most acclaimed novelists and script-writers: Einar Már Guðmundsson (Children of Nature, Angels of the Universe, Movie Days) and Einar Kárason (White Whales, Devils Island, Falcons).
Filmography
Nomina Sunt Odiosa (1975); The Saga of Burnt Njal (1980); The Blacksmith (1981)’ Rock in Rejkjavik (1982); Icelandic Cowboys (1984); The Ring Road (1985); White Whales (1987); Sky Without Limit (1989) (TV); Pretty Angels (1990); Children of Nature (1991); Movie Days (1994); Cold Fever (1995); Devil’s Island (1996); Angels of the Universe (2000); On Top Down under (2000, TV); Falcons (2002); Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (2004); The Sunshine Boy (2009, doc.); Mamma Gógó (2010)
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