CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : ELLIS IN GLAMOURLAND .. UNIVERSAL .. NETHERLANDS ... 2004 ...

 

UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Presents
AN INDEPENDENT FEATURES BENELUX PRODUCTION

ELLIS IN GLAMOURLAND

Starring

LINDA DE MOL as Ellis

JOAN COLLINS as Susan

CHRIS TATES as Gigs

KEES HULST as Meindert Jan

TJEBBO GERRITSMA as Jack

HORACE COHEN as Jos

JOAN NEDERLOF as Kitty Mendoza

JACQUELINE BLOM as Anita

TJITSKE REIDINJA as Roosje

NELLY FRIJDA as Moeder Ellis

HYLKE DE HAAN as Thijsje

RUBEN VAN DER MEER as Vriend Jack

     

Screenplay by Mischa Alexander
  Edited by Eija De Lange
    Cinematography / Piotr Kukla
       Music by Martijn Schimmer
       Produced by Alain De Levita / John Nijenhuis
                Directed by Pieter Kramer

 2004 100mins  Dutch/English

Ellis feel's her life is going nowhere, a single mother with a mundane job as a cleaner in a top class hotel and no man in her life.. But her life is about to change when she comes to the attention of the Ultra Glamorous Romance Guru, Susan, who is at the hotel to launch her new book .. 'How To Marry A Millionaire'.. Susan chooses Ellis to take part in her 'find a rich man course' and the scene is set for a transformation of the highest order.. Where one day as a scrubber can turn into many days of excitment as we follow Ellis In Glamourland!

This enjoyable comedy drama features popular European TV star Linda De Mol as the hotel cleaner who finds her life changing at a rapid rate.. Joan makes an appearance as the glamorous international relationship guru, in town to launch her new book and teach a selected few the art of bagging a millionaire.. Joan spent a few days in the Netherlands filming her scenes and the entire cast and crew were in awe of her.. The dialogue in the film is dutch, but Joan's scenes are in English.. The film was a box office hit in the Netherlands and even won The Golden Film Award, which recognises domestic  box office achievement in the Netherlands.

Screenwriter Mischa Alexander won The Golden Calf Award at the 2004 Netherlands Film Festival, for best screenplay..

Premiere Invite..

Joan at premiere with Linda De Mol

'Ellis in Glamourland' is a charming comedy, with Joan as the glamorous Susan and looking the true star who is a sort of fairy godmother, transforming the Cinderella type Ellis into a budding Princess!

The film did not get a wide release, but it did come out on dvd in 2004 fro Universal but is no longer available..