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Original title: The Bank Job

20082008
K-15K-15
1h 51min

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 along with a treasure trove of di... Read allMartine 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 along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.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 along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.

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Awards
- 3 nominations

Saffron Burrows and Jason Statham in The Bank Job (2008)

Jason Statham, Alki David, James Faulkner, Daniel Mays, and Stephen Campbell Moore in The Bank Job (2008)

Don Gallagher, Ray Nicholas, and David Suchet in The Bank Job (2008)

Jason Statham and Daniel Mays in The Bank Job (2008)

Peter De Jersey and Alan Swoffer in The Bank Job (2008)

Saffron Burrows, Jason Statham, Daniel Mays, and Stephen Campbell Moore in The Bank Job (2008)

Roger Donaldson and Jason Statham in The Bank Job (2008)

Camryn Manheim at an event for The Bank Job (2008)

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Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Taglines
- The true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.
Genres
Certificate
- K-15
Parents guide

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.

Goofs
Although the film is set in 1971, signs on various shop doors seen in the film advertise that credit cards "Visa" and "Mastercard" are accepted. The name "Visa" was not used for the charge card before 1977 (replacing Barclaycard in the UK); "Mastercard" was "Master Charge" until 1979.

Quotes
Sonia Bern: [to police officer] The whole point of having a safe deposit box is so that people like you don't know what's in it!

Crazy credits
Disclaimer: "The names of many people identified in this film have been changed to protect the guilty."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Semi-Pro/Penelope/The Bank Job/The Other Boleyn Girl/The Chicago 10 (2008)

Soundtracks
Get It On
Written by Marc Bolan
Performed by T. Rex
Westminster Music Ltd
Administered by Essex Music of Australia Pty Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions

Top review

8/10

A very good British Film

I also saw this film at an advance screening. I don't normally watch any of the trailers before going, so tend to go in with an open mind. I was very pleasantly surprised, and while it perhaps won't win any Oscars, I thought it was well acted in the main with some faces you'll recognise. It might not have massive appeal outside the UK, however it is a good (based on fact) story. I'm not a massive fan of 70's music, but it wouldn't have done any harm to have a bit more in the background just to give it more of a seventies feel about it. The general mood of the film was good and for me seemed to set the scene well, without going overboard with sex or violence. On the whole, it's well worth a visit, even if you have never lived in that era.

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