- Willem Holleeder, played by Sam Worthington, went on to become the most notorious criminal in the Netherlands, known as the "Godfather of the Netherlands"., who planned the kidnapping together in the film .
- At the time of the film's release in 2015, Willem Holleeder faced multiple charges and could face a life sentence.
- The film is based on a real kidnapping that happened in 1983, and is about the same incident as the Dutch film "The Heineken Kidnapping" released in 2011.
- Screenwriter William Brookfield wrote the screenplay based on the bestselling book by Peter R. de Vries. The book has been at the top of the Dutch bestseller list for two decades.
- The author of the original book, Peter R. de Vries, is a writer and criminal investigator who has personally investigated the suspects involved in the case.
- Green Heineken bottles appear in the film, which is inconsistent with historical facts. In the Netherlands in the 1980s, Heineken was only packaged in brown bottles.
- The original author, Peter R. de Vries, refused to participate in the film's premiere because he thought the film was too much of a make-up and far from what was described in the book and how the kidnapping happened in reality.
- The film was shot mainly in Belgium, Amsterdam and New Orleans in the United States.
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Cora 2022-04-01 08:01:02
A small batch of films that are out of date will be stronger than all domestic film series in the same period... The film is generally ok, but it is relatively bland. From the perspective of a non-professional diaosi kidnapping a small gang, it is just a straightforward account of a kidnapping case that fell short. Hopkins has his own aura of personality, but he has few roles, so I feel that the character of Heineken has not been developed, and the whole case looks a little thin. "Some people are rich in money, some people are rich in friends, they can't have both"
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Rosendo 2022-04-01 08:01:02
Hopkins appeared as if he had kidnapped the five. . . .
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken quotes
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Freddy Heineken: There are two ways a man can be rich in this world, he can have a lot of money, or he can have a lot of friends. But he cannot have both.