The Bank (2001)

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

Director:

Robert Connolly

Writers:

Brian Price (based on an original idea by), Mike Betar (based on an original idea by),

Stars:

David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd

9 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Wenham	...	Jim Doyle
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Simon O'Reily
Sibylla Budd	...	Michelle Roberts
Steve Rodgers	...	Wayne Davis
Mitchell Butel	...	Stephen
Mandy McElhinney	...	Diane Davis
Greg Stone	...	Vincent
Kazuhiro Muroyama	...	Toshio
Andrew Bayly	...	Mr. Johnson
Thomas Blackburne	...	Young Jim
Sharon Oppy	...	Teacher
Giles Rittman	...	School child
Dylan Foss	...	School child
Jessica Voglis	...	School child
Nicole Croker	...	School child

Storyline

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

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Plot Keywords:

bank | bank manager | woman judge | blond man | children | 

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Taglines:

Public enemy number one: The Bank

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Genres:

Thriller | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Arenafilm Pty Ltd [au] Official website [us]

Country:

Australia Italy

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

6 September 2001 (Australia)

Also Known As:

A bank

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arenafilm, Showtime Australia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some scenes were actually shot on the uppers floors of a major bank's corporate headquarters in Melbourne.

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Goofs

When Wayne is holding Simon at gunpoint and you can see the computer screen showing the progress of the stock market in the background, the line chart changes from being half way across the screen to beginning to cross the screen to being half way across the screen again by the time the scene ends.

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Quotes

Jim Doyle: I just hate banks.

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Connections

References Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

User Reviews

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.