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Sandow

An impressionable Launceston Elliot comes under the spell of the iconic Sandow The Magnificent. He seeks out his idol and becomes his protégée. Until the end of his life, Sandow never gives up on his dreams and leaves a legacy that remains to this day through the presentation of the Sandow statuette, the Mr Olympia trophy.

  • Alexander Cooper
    Writer
  • Alexander Cooper
    Producer
  • Timo Kervinen
    Key Cast
  • Alexander Cooper
    Key Cast
    Parallel
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 45 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 6, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Focus International Film Festival 2016 - Trailer Best Editing Nominee Winter 2015
  • Focus International Film Festival 2016 - Trailer Best Score Nominee Winter 2015
  • Beer Town Film Festival 2018
  • OUT OF THE CAN FILM FESTIVAL 2018 -Category Best Music Video
  • Miami Epic Trailer Festival 2017
  • Visionaria 2017 - Submission 'VisionArt' – Video Art short films
  • TIF Video Challenge, Photography Contest and Story Challenge 2016
  • UK Screen One International Film Festival 2017 - Category Best Trailer/Best International trailer
  • Interurban Film Festival 2016- Category Trailer
  • TORINO UNDERGROUND CINEFEST 2016 - Category Trailers
  • Novella Showcase--TV Program/Web-series 2016
  • Washington PA Film Festival 2016 - Category Trailer
  • TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival 2015 - Trailers
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2015 - Category Best Trailer
  • Newark International Film Festival 2018
    Newark, New Jersey
    United States
  • “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2018 – 36th MILANO INTERNATIONAL FICTS FEST”, Final of 16 Festivals (around the 5 Continents) of the “World FICTS Challenge” Worldwide Championship of Television, Cinema, Sport, Culture and Communication scheduled in Milano (Italy), from November 14th to 19th (www.sportmoviestv.com).
    Milan
    Italy
    Mention D'Honneur / Medal Awarded
  • London International Motion Picture Awards (LIMPA)
    London
    United Kingdom
  • Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Semi Finalist
  • Sydney Indie Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    Semi-Finalist
  • Kenya International Sports Film Festival 2018

    Kenya
    November 22, 2018
    Semi-Finalist
  • Moscow Indie Film Festival 2018
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    Vertov Nominees Best Trailer
  • DADASAHEB PHALKE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, DPIFF 2019
    Mumbai
    India
  • NYCA New York Cinematography Awards
    New York
    United States
    Semi Finalist
Distribution Information
  • Vimeo
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Video on Demand
Director Biography

Alexander is a London based actor and producer with numerous projects in various stages of development. He has taken various supporting artist and actor roles in TV and film projects such as The Greatest Living Englishman, Downton Abbey, The Imitation Game, Woman In Gold, The Man Who Knew Infinity and Bastille Day. "Parallel" will be his first Producer credit. "Sandow" is an ambitious feature film project inspired by first British Olympic gold medallist Launceston Elliot and his trainer, legendary circus strongman and founder of bodybuilding Eugen Sandow; which is reminiscent of classic films such as "Chariots of Fire", "Rocky" and "Gatsby".

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