The Bank Job

[Brian in Mesa]

Lionsgate Plans Bank Job
Source: Variety
February 8, 2007

Lionsgate has scooped up U.S. distribution rights to director Roger Donaldson's feature thriller The Bank Job, penned by writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (Flushed Away). Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows star.

Donaldson is currently filming in the U.K., with principal photography set to wrap next month.

The movie (which also has been referred to as "Baker Street") was inspired by a real-life 1971 London bank robbery that was never solved. A band of thieves tunneled their way into a safe deposit vault, taking millions of dollars in cash and jewelry. The robbery made headlines for several days, but then all reporting stopped as a result of a government gag order.

In "Bank Job," the crime involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the royal family. Ultimately, the thieves are among the most innocent involved.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Bank Job

Release Date: March 7, 2008
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content, nudity, violence and language)
Website: The Bank Job

Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet

Plot Summary: Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, Lionsgate's "The Bank Job" stars Jason Statham ("Transporter," "Snatch," "Crank," "The Italian Job") and Saffron Burrows ("Klimt," "Enigma"). The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s England.

A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine 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 that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself...the true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.

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[Shane]

This was pretty damn good. A little long but good!

 

[dodie53]

wow.
rated r

 

[Skkorpion]

Going to see it tomorrow. Matinee out here in retiree land. Senior citizen rates.

Just hope not too many old people attend with maladjusted hearing aids, asking their spouses repeatedly, in a loud voice, "What did he just say?"

 

[Skkorpion]

Liked it.

 

[Yuma]

R for sexual and nudity, Violence and language! I'm in! Actually reading the premise, this sounds like it's pretty good. I may have to go to the theater for this.

 

[dodie53]

lacks action scenes from jason

 

[FArting]

Saw it last night good movie

 

[Bada0Bing]

Recently watched it.

Decent movie. I would love to watch a documentary on this event. I'm not sure how much they embellished, but it was a fascinating story.