Snatch (film)
2000 movie by Guy Ritchie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Snatch is a 2000 crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter (Jason Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster (Alan Ford) who is ready and willing to have his subordinates carry out severe and sadistic acts of violence.
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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 | Jon Harris |
Music by | John Murphy |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing (under Screen Gems in the United States and Columbia Pictures internationally) |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[3] |
Box office | $83.6 million[4] |
The film features an assortment of characters, including Irish Traveller "One Punch" Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), Russian weapons dealer Boris "the Blade" Yurinov (Rade Šerbedžija), professional thief and gambling addict Franky "Four-Fingers" (Benicio del Toro), American gangster and jewellery expert Abraham Denovitz known as "Cousin Avi" (Dennis Farina), small-time crooks Sol (Lennie James) and Vinny (Robbie Gee), getaway driver Tyrone (Ade), and bounty hunter Bullet-Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones). It is also distinguished by a kinetic direction and editing style, an intricate double plot featuring numerous ironic twists of chance and causality, and a fast pace.
The film shares themes, ideas, and motifs with Ritchie's first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It is also filmed in the same visual style and features many of the same actors, including Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, and Alan Ford.