Snatch (2000)

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writer:

Guy Ritchie

Stars:

Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro

Top Rated Movies #100 | 4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Benicio Del Toro	...	Franky Four Fingers
Dennis Farina	...	Cousin Avi
Vinnie Jones	...	Bullet-Tooth Tony
Brad Pitt	...	Mickey O'Neil
Rade Serbedzija	...	Boris the Blade (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Jason Statham	...	Turkish
Alan Ford	...	Brick Top
Mike Reid	...	Doug the Head
Robbie Gee	...	Vinny
Lennie James	...	Sol
Ewen Bremner	...	Mullet
Jason Flemyng	...	Darren
Ade	...	Tyrone
William Beck	...	Neil
Andy Beckwith	...	Errol

Storyline

Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Mickey, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Mickey not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog.

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Plot Keywords:

diamond | boxer | narrated by character | fight | cockney accent | 

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Taglines:

Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Brad Pitt said that he based his accent off a guest character, Fred Rickwood, on the Irish TV show Father Ted (1995) who appeared in the episode Father Ted: A Song for Europe (1996).

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Goofs

Bullet Tooth Tony states that his Desert Eagle is a point 5-0 (.50 caliber). This being a Mark I Desert Eagle (noted by teardrop style safety) was never chambered for .50. Also note that he fires a total of 8 rounds in the pub, which suggests that his Desert Eagle is actually a .44 model rather than .50. The etching of "Desert Eagle .50 AE cal" on the slide is also incorrect.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Turkish: [narrating] My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My parents to be were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met. They named me after the name of the plane. Not many people are named after a plane crash. That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but I know he was really named after a famous 19th century ballet dancer.

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, "Gypsy kids" is misspelled "Gyspy kids."

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Alternate Versions

The deleted scene on the R2 DVD where Tony & Avi go to meet Bricktop in his pub is actually an edited down version. The original version continued on about 'White-powdered angel sitting on Bricktop's henchman's shoulders' and other references to Cocaine abuse. Ritchie thought that this was irrelevant to the whole film and cut this out, although Tony does mention the line once, before it cuts away to a shot of Bricktop's henchman. Ritchie then removed the entire scene as he said it was too slow, looked to peachy and wasn't really telling the audience anything about the story.

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Connections

Referenced in Will & Grace: Sons and Lovers (2001)

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Soundtracks

Diamond
Written by Seba and Josh Harvey
Performed by Klint
Courtesy of Tritone Records Limited

User Reviews

Do You Know What Nemesis Means?

I was never really too keen on "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels". All my friends constantly quoted it, raved and ranted, and then when "Snatch" came out, everyone made an even bigger deal of that. I watched Lock Stock, and though I did like it, it didn't really tickle my fancy. But Snatch, that's a completely different story all together.

When I saw Snatch at the cinemas, I was shocked to see a couple leave only fifteen minutes into the film. As they left, you could hear their intellectually deficient comments; "this movie is so boring". I couldn't believe it! I'd recommend this movie to ANYONE, The Pope even!

There are hundreds of thousands of reasons for anyone to see this movie; each word of the script being a reason.

Snatch is possibly one of THE best written movies I've seen. It's smart, witty, funny and has just the right touches of dark humour. With characters like Turkish, Mickey, Tommy, Brick Top, Bullet Tooth Tony and Cousin Avi; their witty repartee will have your personal quotes list full for months after watching it. The camera work and editing complement each other to keep the film's pace on its toes, much like the boxers at the center of the character's stories.

Jason Statham has some of THE best lines in the movie, constantly slamming anything even slightly intelligent his partner Tommy has to say. Brad Pitt turns out an excellent performance as the Irish-Gypsy-Pykie Mickey; his accent is hilarious.

Even though the story line is only a simple one (following a massive Diamond through England's criminal underworld), it is the connections each character has to the diamond and each other that really makes this film stand out from all the usual jewel-heist films.

Another 10 / 10 from me on this one, it's just a pity the follow up to Snatch was a "collaborative effort" from Mr. Richie and his um.......wife.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Diamonds

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,932, 10 December 2000

Gross USA:

$30,328,156

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$83,557,872

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, SKA Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1