Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 film by Guy Ritchie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows a heist involving a confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three-card brag, prompting him to pay off his debts by enlisting his friends to help him rob a small-time gang operating out of the apartment next door. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, and Sting.
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Directed by | Guy Ritchie |
Written by | Guy Ritchie |
Produced by | Matthew Vaughn |
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Cinematography | Tim Maurice-Jones |
Edited by | Niven Howie |
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Distributed by | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (United Kingdom) Gramercy Pictures (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)[2] |
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Running time | 106 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
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Box office | $28.1 million |
Produced by Matthew Vaughn, the film brought Ritchie international acclaim and introduced Statham (a former diver) and Jones (a former footballer) to worldwide audiences in their feature film debuts. It was also a commercial success, grossing over $28 million at the box office against a $1.35 million budget.[1] A television spin-off called Lock, Stock... followed in 2000, running for seven episodes.