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New Blood (film)

1999 film directed by Michael Hurst

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ111699887 ↗
Source-derived summary

New Blood is a 1999 Canadian-British action thriller film written and directed by Michael Hurst and starring John Hurt, Nick Moran, Carrie-Anne Moss, Shawn Wayans and Joe Pantoliano.

Cast

John Hurt as Alan White

Nick Moran as Danny White

Carrie-Anne Moss as Leigh

Shawn Wayans as Valentine

Joe Pantoliano as Hellman

Gouchy Boy as Lawrence

Eugene Robert Glazer as Mr. Ryan

Richard Fitzpatrick as Lt.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “New Blood (film)” is 1999 film directed by Michael Hurst. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Blood, film and directed, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999. For this dossier, Blood, film and directed is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “1999 film directed by Michael Hurst” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q111699887. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “New Blood (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.