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Coup!

IMDb7.00
20061h 30m

Overview

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'.

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Writer
John Fortune
Producer
Jo Wright
Production
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Who directed Coup!?

Coup! was directed by Simon Cellan Jones.

When was Coup! released?

Coup! was released in 2006.