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The Bank Job (2008)

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User Rating: 7.6/10 (25,369 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Roger Donaldson
Writers (WGA):
Dick Clement (written by) &
Ian La Frenais (written by)
Release Date:
7 March 2008 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
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 synopsis
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(18 articles)
'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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Baker Street (UK) (working title)
D-Notice (UK) (working title)
The Bank Job (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Australia:MA | Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | UK:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Brazil:16 | Norway:15 | Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:15A | USA:R (certificate #43693) | Portugal:M/16
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Company:
Arclight Films more

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Trivia:
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. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The two tone police sirens as heard on the film have a distinct Gallic note, and are not the familiar two tone siren used by the Metropolitan Police in the '70s and '80s. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Eddie Burton: [while drilling a mileage meter back] Another Terry Leather low mileage here.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-03-01)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Save Me more

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60 out of 86 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent, 26 February 2008
9/10
Author: zorro2a (zorro2a@yahoo.com) from Yorkshire UK

I'm old enough to remember this robbery well, and the film does a great credit to a very true story, Jason Statham is Terry a very small time hood with a car lot (like Arthur Daly) who get lured into this bank Job by one time girl friend Martine (Safron Burrows-who l saw in Enigma) she is very beautiful, along with some mates they do the robbery, masterminded by Peter Bowels, a long way from his smooth Richard De Vere days in To The Manor Born, mind you he's still smoothie in this film, also along for the ride is David Suchet as a London Porn King, and Georgia Taylor one of the Battersby girls from Coronation Street. The film moves at a hell of a pace, and slowly builds to a great climax, l don't want to give away any of the plot all l can say is go and see this film, l admit l went to a pre-release night, but l might even go and see it again it's that good, l give it 9 out of 10

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