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Dire Straits

  • Music Artist
  • Actor
  • Composer
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David Knopfler, Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Dire Straits, and Pick Withers
Dire Straits is known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Spy Game (2001).
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, and Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
    Kingsman: The Secret Service
    7.7
    • Soundtrack
    • 2014
    Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Hot Fuzz
    7.8
    • Soundtrack
    • 2007
    Brad Pitt and Robert Redford in Spy Game (2001)
    Spy Game
    7.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2001
    Nicole Kidman in Destroyer (2018)
    Destroyer
    6.2
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Quatre-vingts à l'heure (2002)
      Quatre-vingts à l'heure
      TV Series
      • Themseives
      • 2002
    • Dire Straits: Your Latest Trick - Live (1993)
      Dire Straits: Your Latest Trick - Live
      8.0
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1993
    • Dire Straits: The Bug (1992)
      Dire Straits: The Bug
      6.9
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1992
    • Randy Quaid in Dire Straits: Heavy Fuel (1991)
      Dire Straits: Heavy Fuel
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1991
    • Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits in Dire Straits: Calling Elvis (1991)
      Dire Straits: Calling Elvis
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1991
    • Dire Straits: Money for Nothing - Live (1990)
      Dire Straits: Money for Nothing - Live
      7.1
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1990
    • Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (1985)
      Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Walk of Life (1985)
      Dire Straits: Walk of Life
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (1985)
      Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Walk of Life (UK Version) (1985)
      Dire Straits: Walk of Life (UK Version)
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: So Far Away (1985)
      Dire Straits: So Far Away
      6.4
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Expresso Love (1984)
      Dire Straits: Expresso Love
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1984
    • Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - Alchemy Live (1983)
      Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - Alchemy Live
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1983
    • Dire Straits: Twisting by the Pool (1983)
      Dire Straits: Twisting by the Pool
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1983
    • Dire Straits: Love Over Gold (1982)
      Dire Straits: Love Over Gold
      4.5
      Music Video
      • Dire Straits
      • 1982

    Composer

    • Dire Straits: Your Latest Trick - Live (1993)
      Dire Straits: Your Latest Trick - Live
      8.0
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1993
    • Dire Straits: The Bug (1992)
      Dire Straits: The Bug
      6.9
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1992
    • Randy Quaid in Dire Straits: Heavy Fuel (1991)
      Dire Straits: Heavy Fuel
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1991
    • Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits in Dire Straits: Calling Elvis (1991)
      Dire Straits: Calling Elvis
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1991
    • Dire Straits: Money for Nothing - Live (1990)
      Dire Straits: Money for Nothing - Live
      7.1
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1990
    • Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (1985)
      Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Walk of Life (1985)
      Dire Straits: Walk of Life
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Walk of Life (UK Version) (1985)
      Dire Straits: Walk of Life (UK Version)
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: So Far Away (1985)
      Dire Straits: So Far Away
      6.4
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1985
    • Dire Straits: Expresso Love (1984)
      Dire Straits: Expresso Love
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1984
    • Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - Alchemy Live (1983)
      Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - Alchemy Live
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1983
    • Dire Straits: Twisting by the Pool (1983)
      Dire Straits: Twisting by the Pool
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1983
    • Dire Straits: Love Over Gold (1982)
      Dire Straits: Love Over Gold
      4.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1982
    • Dire Straits: Two Young Lovers (1982)
      Dire Straits: Two Young Lovers
      4.7
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1982
    • Dire Straits: Private Investigations (1982)
      Dire Straits: Private Investigations
      6.6
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1982

    Personal details

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      Album: "Dire Straits" (Vertigo Records)
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      • 1 Interview
      • 3 Articles

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      When MTV branched out to Europe on 1 August 1987, the band's "Money for Nothing" was the very first video to be aired for the launch. The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" had been used for the premiere of MTV in the US on 1 August 1981.
    • Quotes
      Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start/ and I bet/ and you exploded in my heart/ and I forget, I forget/ the movie song/ when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?

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