The Bank Job (2008)
Crime, Thriller |
The Bank Job is a heist thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Jason Statham, based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery in central London, from which the money and valuables stolen were never recovered. The producers allege that the story was prevented from being told in 1971 because of a D-Notice, allegedly to protect a prominent member of the British Royal Family. According to the producers, this film is intended to reveal the truth for the first time, although it includes significant elements of fiction.
The premiere was held in London on 18 February 2008. The film was released in the UK on 29 February 2008 and in the US on 7 March 2008. It has grossed $64.8 million worldwide.
The British Security Services (MI5) have taken interest in a safety deposit box that is located in a Lloyd’s Bank branch on the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road. It belongs to a black militant gangster, Michael X, and contains compromising photos of Princess Margaret, which he is keeping as insurance to keep the British authorities off his back. Martine Love, an ex-model who is romantically involved with MI5 agent Tim Everett, is caught at Heathrow Airport smuggling drugs into the country, and to avoid going to jail, she makes a deal with the authorities whereby she agrees to retrieve the photos.
Martine approaches her friend Terry, a struggling East London car salesman with criminal contacts, and tells him that if he can assemble the gang to help her rob the bank, he will be richly rewarded, though she does not tell him about the photos in the deposit box. Terry recruits a small team, including one of his own workers, Eddie, Dave, Kevin, Bambas, and Guy Singer. While scouting the bank, Dave runs into local gangster Lew Vogel, for whom he has made several pornographic films.
Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson
►Cast:
| Jason Statham | … | Terry Leather |
| Saffron Burrows | … | Martine Love |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | … | Kevin Swain |
| Daniel Mays | … | Dave Shilling |
| James Faulkner | … | Guy Singer |
| Alki David | … | Bambas |
| Michael Jibson | … | Eddie Burton |
| Georgia Taylor | … | Ingrid Burton |
| Richard Lintern | … | Tim Everett |
| Peter Bowles | … | Miles Urquart |
| Alistair Petrie | … | Philip Lisle |
| Hattie Morahan | … | Gale Benson |
| Julian Lewis Jones | … | Snow |
| Andrew Brooke | … | Quinn |
| Rupert Frazer | … | Lord Drysdale (as Rupert Fraser) |
| Christopher Owen | … | Mountbatten |
| Keeley Hawes | … | Wendy Leather |
| Taelor Samways | … | Catherine Leather |
| Kasey Baterip | … | Julie Leather |
| Don Gallagher | … | Gerald Pyke |
| Craig Fairbrass | … | Nick Barton |
| Gerard Horan | … | Roy Given |
| Robert Whitelock | … | Alfie Hook |
| David Suchet | … | Lew Vogel |
| Peter De Jersey | … | Michael X |
| Johann Myers | … | Stanley ‘The Knife’ Abbot |
| Colin Salmon | … | Hakim Jamal |
| Sharon Maughan | … | Sonia Bern |
| Ray Nicholas | … | Vogel’s Driver |
| Les Kenny-Green | … | Pinky |
| Jamie Kenna | … | Perky |
| Angus Wright | … | Eric Addey |
| Mark Phoenix | … | Mr Brown |
| James Hall | … | Customs Agent |
| Cameron Anderson | … | Young Soldier |
| Julian Firth | … | Lawyer |
| Norma Dixit | … | Customs Matron |
| Antony Gabriel | … | Reporter |
| Rupert Vansittart | … | Sir Leonard Plugge |
| Bronson Webb | … | Chicken Inn Waiter |
| Omar Mostafa | … | Chicken Inn Cook |
| Dylan Charles | … | Chicken Inn Customer |
| Michael Haughey | … | Bank Manager |
| Ray Trickitt | … | Beat Policeman |
| Steve Gibbs | … | Newspaper Hawker |
| Ursula Mohan | … | Dave’s Mum |
| Alan Swoffer | … | John Lennon |
| Louise Chambers | … | The Princess |
| Bonnie Simon | … | Island\sWoman |
| Dimitri Pappadopoullos | … | Island Man |
| Dai Smith | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Alan Thomas | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Brian Thomas | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Rob Thompson | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Andy Collins | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Steve Balsamo | … | Wedding Band (as The Storys) |
| Debbie Attwell | … | Wedding Guest |
| Shane James Bordas | … | Reporter |
| Trevor Coppola | … | Leonard |
| John De Luca | … | Eddie’s Friend |
| James Fiddy | … | Strip Club Punter |
| Martin Gooch | … | Secret Photographer |
| Kas Graham | … | Playboy Club Punter |
| Mick Jagger | … | Bank Employee – Safe Deposit |
| Wayne Parkhouse | … | Police Driver |
| John Warman | … | C.I.D. Officer |
| Chris Wilson | … | CID Officer |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia