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Overview

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6.7/10   1,677 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mike Betar (original idea)
Robert Connolly (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 September 2001 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Public enemy number one: The Bank
Plot:
The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy. | full synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 21 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Backhanded Salute
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 20 January 2009, 6:17 PM, PST)

User Comments:
A former bank teller says... more (34 total)

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
Robert van Mackelenberg ... Chairman
Dylan Foss ... School child
Jeff Keogh ... Christopher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The bank - Il nemico pubblico n. 1 (Italy)
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Runtime:
104 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Some scenes were actually shot on the uppers floors of a major bank's corporate headquarters in Melbourne. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Near 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. more
Quotes:
Simon O'Reilly: The Bomb ended the War. more
Movie Connections:
References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A former bank teller says..., 8 October 2003
8/10
Author: reelcrazed from Sunny CA

Go and rent The Bank!

This movie was a great surprise for me. The contrast between LaPaglia and Wenham is very believable. LaPaglia's Simon in his expensive suits and $100 haircut in stark contrast to Wenham's Jim in a leather jacket and unkempt hair. I found myself talking to the characters, from calling Simon (LaPaglia) a dirty bastard, to rolling my eyes at Jim (Wenham) and calling him a sell-out. The Bank really held my "interest" and gave a nice "payoff" in the end with a great twist.

A great movie if you like the David and Goliath-type of movie.

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