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Overview
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The true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.Plot:
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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'Knight' spends third week at Oz No.1 (From digitalspy. 6 August 2008, 2:38 AM, PDT)
21 Is No. 1 (From Studio Briefing. 31 July 2008, 10:38 AM, PDT)
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The Best Heist Movie In Years moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jason Statham | ... | Terry Leather |
 | Saffron Burrows | ... | Martine Love |
 | Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | Kevin Swain |
 | Daniel Mays | ... | Dave Shilling |
 | James Faulkner | ... | Guy Arthur Singer |
 | Alki David | ... | Bambas |
 | Michael Jibson | ... | Eddie Burton |
| Georgia Taylor | ... | Ingrid Burton |
 | Richard Lintern | ... | Tim Everett |
| Peter Bowles | ... | Miles Urquhart |
 | Alistair Petrie | ... | Philip Lisle |
| Hattie Morahan | ... | Gale Benson |
| Julian Lewis Jones | ... | Snow |
| Andrew Brooke | ... | Quinn |
| Rupert Frazer | ... | Lord Drysdale |
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Also Known As:
Baker Street (UK) (working title)D-Notice (UK) (working title)
The Bank Job (USA) (working title)
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
111 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Brazil:16 | Singapore:R21 | Norway:15 | Ireland:15A | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15 | USA:R (certificate #43693) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva)MOVIEmeter: 
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Roger Donaldson said one of the most difficult days of filming was when he filmed the brothel scene. The scene called for the women to be walking around wearing only garters. However, Donaldson said that when he went to film the scene he discovered that most of the women shaved their genitals, which would have been anachronistic for 1971. So the actresses had to wear pubic wigs called "merkins." This caused a problem because the merkins were hard to secure in place and kept slipping, causing Donaldson much aggravation. moreGoofs:
When they look for the name of the police officer in the newspaper it has "Sargeant" which is not the correct spelling of "Sergeant" moreQuotes:
[first lines]Eddie Burton: [while drilling a mileage meter back] Another Terry Leather low mileage here.
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I expected this movie to be somewhat entertaining, and maybe a bit cheesy. After all, it's not difficult to muck up a heist movie. However, this film gets it all right. The acting is top notch, the story is not only engaging and clever but TRUE (!), and the experience of seeing it is thoroughly enjoyable.
The only complaints I have of the film are that the characters do get a little cheeky from time to time (but hey, they're British, so it's kind of expected), and there's a couple flashbacks/lapses in time that are initially confusing - although everything is clearly laid out about halfway through. Want to see a good movie? Check this one out!