Drama · United Kingdom · 2006 · 1h 30m

Coup!

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Director
Simon Cellan Jones
Cast
Jared Harris as Simon Mann Robert Bathurst as Mark Thatcher Lucy Cohu as Amanda Mann Rupert Vansittart as Roddy Hamilton Caroline Blakiston as Margaret Thatcher Joe Mason as Sandy Mann
Crew
John Fortune — Writer Jo Wright — Producer
Synopsis

Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.

Mood & Themes
coup d'etatequatorial guineaputschsir mark thatcher
Key Collaborators
Simon Cellan Jones Director John Fortune Writer Jo Wright Producer
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