The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 21 nominations
Robert van Mackelenberg
- Chairman
- (as Robert Van Mackelenberg)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSome scenes were actually shot on the uppers floors of a major bank's corporate headquarters in Melbourne.
- GoofsNear the beginning when Toshio is sending a fax he places the pages in the machine face up, yet as the page moves through the machine we can see the logo which clearly shows this machine expects pages to be placed face down. The fax is later shown being read by Simon and has been correctly received.
- Quotes
Simon O'Reilly: I'm like God, with a better suit.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Political Arena (2005)
Featured review
Revenge of the Nerds.
This is an Australian suspense thriller about a mathematician, Jim Doyle, who develops a new theory based on chaos analysis that will enable a user to predict just about anything. A senior banking executive, Simon O'Reilly, gets a hold of the news and hires Jim to work for them, to develop a system that will predict financial markets.
Jim is altruistic - he wants to predict market collapses so that regular people can react in time. Simon sees a way to get rich. Simon is also one of those Gordan Gecko types who sees himself as part of the new feudal lords of capitalism, a member of the elite whose duty he sees as crushing the opposition.
This is a pretty clever film and I want to be careful not to give away the ending. You can sort of see it coming, but the actor playing Jim, David Wenham, is so under control that he doesn't give away a thing. You might recognize Wenham from his role as Faramir, Boromir's brother in the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His acting makes this film succeed.
Anthony LaPaglia plays the ruthless banker, Simon, and he manages to make himself hateful for the audience. Sibylla Budd also plays the love interest of Jim very well (she has a deliciously sly smile).
Short on elaborate production values, but the story and the acting make this film exciting and one I'd recommend.
Jim is altruistic - he wants to predict market collapses so that regular people can react in time. Simon sees a way to get rich. Simon is also one of those Gordan Gecko types who sees himself as part of the new feudal lords of capitalism, a member of the elite whose duty he sees as crushing the opposition.
This is a pretty clever film and I want to be careful not to give away the ending. You can sort of see it coming, but the actor playing Jim, David Wenham, is so under control that he doesn't give away a thing. You might recognize Wenham from his role as Faramir, Boromir's brother in the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His acting makes this film succeed.
Anthony LaPaglia plays the ruthless banker, Simon, and he manages to make himself hateful for the audience. Sibylla Budd also plays the love interest of Jim very well (she has a deliciously sly smile).
Short on elaborate production values, but the story and the acting make this film exciting and one I'd recommend.
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- Oct 30, 2003
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- Also known as
- Banka - Kelebek etkisi
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $88,414
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,380
- Sep 2, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $1,360,012
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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