06/05 (2004)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Theo van Gogh

Writers:

Theo van Gogh (dialogue)
Tomas Ross (dialogue & scenario)

Release Date:

23 February 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.

Plot Keywords:

Archive Footage | Beach | Cell Phone | Colleague | Daughter

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Thijs Römer	...	Jim de Booy
Tara Elders	...	Ayse Him
Cahit Ölmez	...	Erdogan Demir
Jack Wouterse	...	Van Dam
Johnny de Mol	...	Redacteur NRC, John
Caro Lenssen	...	Marije de Booy
Marcel Hensema	...	Wester
Gijs Naber	...	Wouter Heemskerk
Marlies Heuer	...	Thera
Georgina Verbaan	...	Birgit Maas
Ariane Schluter	...	Ex Jim
Tooske Breugem	...	Grondstewardess
Peer Mascini	...	Buurman
Marijke Veugelers	...	Buurvrouw
Reinout Bussemaker	...	Volkert van der G

Also Known As:

06/05: The Sixth of May (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:117 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Column Productions

Trivia:

Director Theo van Gogh was murdered during post production of this movie.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Jim is Googling for "reclassering", it shows the Google site with one the Athens summer-Olympics doodles, which was online in August 2004, while the movie is set in the days after 6 May 2002.

Movie Connections:

Remade as 1-900 (2009)

Soundtrack:

Broad Daylight

Do trust the voting!

I can not agree with the last comment. I gave this movie a 1, simply because I think that as a movie it was completely nothing. The acting is lousy, but even worse: the plot is so ridiculous that I could hardly set myself to actually keep watching the movie. And not only was it ridiculous, it was extremely boring as well. The only interesting things in the movie were the music in the beginning and the few pieces of news broadcasts and the 'famous' Marcel van Dam piece from 'Het Lagerhuis'. But if Van Gogh would have cut & paste those pieces right behind each other (about 5 minutes I guess, at max?) it still would have been more interesting then the entire movie altogether. Kind of a bad result I'd say... the fact that keeping only 5 minutes of the movie intact would make it almost a better movie than it is now with over 1,5 hours. I really, really didn't like it at all. That's why I gave it a 1.

This movie doesn't even come close to JFK. That wasn't only an interesting story (like this could have been), it was a good movie as well. And eventually that's what counts: it's brought as a movie, but it sure doesn't act as a good one...