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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) -- Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) -- Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.

Overview

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Director:
Guy Ritchie
Writer:
Guy Ritchie (written by)
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Release Date:
5 March 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere. more
Plot:
Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 6 nominations more
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(97 articles)
Ritchie To Direct Musical?
 (From WENN. 1 May 2009, 5:06 AM, PDT)

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As T.C. said, this movie rocks! more

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime:
107 min | 120 min (director's cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
Cameo: [Tim Maurice-Jones]the film's cinematographer appears as the man being drowned by Barry the Baptist. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Dog closes his eye a fraction of a second before the Bren gun is fired while in the cage. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Double or Nothing (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Man Machine more

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45 out of 60 people found the following comment useful:-
As T.C. said, this movie rocks!, 14 January 2000
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Author: Sean Gallagher (naes@cgocable.net) from Oakville, Ont. Canada

You all may know the story at how Tom Cruise saw this movie at a screening in London, and afterwards said, "This movie rocks." Whatever you may think of Mr. Cruise, I happen to agree after watching this film. Although I had trouble following the story at times, it was a lot of fun, and Ritchie managed to juggle all the characters around and keep me interested and compelled to watch. I also didn't have any trouble understanding what the characters were saying, and I think those who blind themselves to films like this by saying, "Oh, I can't understand them" lack patience. I also liked all the actors, particularly, of course Lenny McLean and Vinnie Jones(one of my few complaints is I would have liked to see more of them in the film). And for a film which feels violent, there's surprisingly little actual violence, which is refreshing. Overall, not a particularly deep film, but a lot of fun.

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