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1. Rhys Ifans And Howard Marks' Weed-Fuelled Night Out
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howard-marks16 June 2009 - Welsh actor Rhys Ifans insisted Howard Marks took him on a drug-fuelled night out so he could study his behaviour for the new movie ‘Mr. Nice’, in which he plays the part of the infamous Welsh cannabis smuggler.

Rhys Ifans went on a “really heavy” drug binge to prepare for his new movie.

Subject of the 'research', the former hash and marijuana smuggler Marks, revealed: “Rhys is great – he’s one of those method actors and really lives the part. So he wanted to go on some real big benders with me to see how I am when I’m really off my head.

dinsdag, 16 juni 2009 | 1483 Hit(s) | (2 votes) | Read more...

2. In The Making: Pot-Smuggler Movie 'Mr. Nice'
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howard-marks24 Jan 2009 - Wales, UK - "Mr. Nice," a movie about the famed British drug smuggler Howard Marks, will begin filming this year in Wales. The movie stars actor Rhys Ifans as Marks and Chloe Sevigny as his wife, Judy Marks.

"Mr. Nice" is based on Marks' autobiography of the same title. Marks had a 20-year career smuggling cannabis after studying and graduating from Bailiol College in Oxford, the University of London and the University of Sussex. Marks cultivated ties with the Irish Republic Army and eventually became a spy for Britain.

According to his book, Marks became a drug smuggler in part to impress his wife.

woensdag, 28 januari 2009 | 2048 Hit(s) | (1 vote) | Read more...

3. Howard Marks, aka "Mr. Nice"
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Howard MarksDuring the mid-1980s he had 43 aliases and 25 companies, all laundering money from dealing cannabis. His autobiography, "Mr Nice" is the extraordinary story of Howard Marks, from major pot- and hashish-smuggler, ranging from dealings with the CIA, the Italian Mafia and MI6, to a twenty-five year sentence and release after seven years.
The truth is much stronger than any fictional account.

 
October 2004 - Howard Marks: Mr Nice Live

Howard's legendary cutting edge show returns to Brighton. More dangerous and more revealing than ever before, Howard recounts stories never previously heard, A new show format includes multimedia footage spanning over three decades, projecting both the fascinating story and the many faces of ‘the maverick phenomenon’ (Sunday Times) - Howard Marks aka Mr Nice.

 

zaterdag, 09 oktober 2004 | 1311 Hit(s) | (1 vote) | Read more...