Snatch. (2000)

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writer:

Guy Ritchie (written by)

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Boxing | Gypsy | Dog | Diamond Theft

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Turkish
Benicio Del Toro	...	Franky Four Fingers
Brad Pitt	...	Mickey O'Neil
Alan Ford	...	Brick Top
Stephen Graham	...	Tommy
Dennis Farina	...	'Cousin' Avi Denovitz
Rade Serbedzija	...	Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Mike Reid	...	Doug 'The Head' Denovitz
Charles Cork	...	MC
Robbie Gee	...	Vinny
Lennie James	...	Sol
Vinnie Jones	...	Bullet Tooth Tony
Jason Flemyng	...	Darren
Ade	...	Tyrone
William Beck	...	Neil
Ewen Bremner	...	Mullet
Mickey Dee	...	Jack The All Seeing Eye
Adam Fogerty	...	Gorgeous George
Andy Beckwith	...	Errol
Jason Buckham	...	Gary
Goldie	...	Bad Boy Lincoln
Mickey Cantwell	...	Liam
Sid Hoare	...	Reuben
Ronald Isaac	...	Referee
Nicola Collins	...	Alex (as Nikki Collins)
Teena Collins	...	Susi
Chuck Julian	...	Michael
Dave Legeno	...	John
Eric Meyers	...	Avi's Colleague
Jason Ninh Cao	...	Charlie
Paul O'Boyle	...	Patrick
James Cunningham	...	Horrible Man
Jimmy Roussounis	...	Paulie
Sidney Sedin	...	Pauline
Sorcha Cusack	...	Mum O'Neil
Sam Douglas	...	Rosebud
Trevor Steedman	...	Bomber Harris
Yuri Stepanov	...	Himy
Peter Szakacs	...	Sausage Charlie
John Taheny	...	Salt Peter
Mick Theo	...	Mad Fist Willy
Andy Till	...	John The Gun
Velibor Topic	...	The Russian
Scott Welch	...	Horace 'Good Night' Anderson
Michael Hughes	...	Gypsy Man
Liam McMahon	...	Gypsy Man
Jim Warren	...	Gypsy Man
Austin Drage	...	Gypsy Kid
Liam Donaghy	...	Gypsy Kid
Joe Williams	...	Gypsy Kid
John Farnell	...	Brick Top's Henchman
Shaun Pearson	...	Brick Top's Henchman
Dean Smith	...	Brick Top's Henchman
Roy Snell	...	Brick Top's Henchman
Tim Faraday	...	Policeman
Andrew Shield	...	Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dean Batchelor	...	Waterboy (uncredited)
Sol Campbell	...	Bouncer (uncredited)
Elwin 'Chopper' David	...	Boxer (uncredited)
Tom Delmar	...	Thug with head crushed in door (uncredited)
Christopher Fosh	...	Bricktop's Henchman (uncredited)
Guy Ritchie	...	Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Peter Rnic	...	Irish traveller (uncredited)
Andy Skinner	...	Mickey O'Neil Boxing Corner (uncredited)
Tony Tang	...	Patrick (uncredited)

Directed by
Guy Ritchie

Writing credits
Guy Ritchie		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Dreyer	....	co-producer
Stephen Marks	....	executive producer
Peter Morton	....	executive producer
Angad Paul	....	executive producer
Sebastian Pearson	....	associate producer
Taha Ali Reza	....	associate producer
Trudie Styler	....	executive producer
Steve Tisch	....	executive producer
Matthew Vaughn	....	producer

Original Music by
John Murphy

Cinematography by
Tim Maurice-Jones		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jon Harris

Casting by
Lucinda Syson

Production Design by
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Art Direction by
Julie Philpott

Set Decoration by
Linda Wilson

Costume Design by
Verity Hawkes

Makeup Department
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist: Mr Pitt (as Jean Black)
Fae Hammond	....	chief hair stylist
Fae Hammond	....	chief makeup artist
Fae Hammond	....	chief tattoos
Belinda Parish	....	hair stylist (as Belinda Parrish)
Belinda Parish	....	makeup artist (as Belinda Parrish)
Pebbles	....	key hair stylist
Pebbles	....	key makeup artist
Pebbles	....	key tattoos

Production Management
Adam Bohling	....	production manager
Ashton Radcliffe	....	location unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Reid	....	first assistant director
Daniel Toland	....	second assistant director (as Dan Toland)
Mick Ward	....	third assistant director
Tom Delmar	....	action unit director (uncredited)
Tom Rye	....	third assistant director (uncredited)
Mick Ward	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Peter Burden	....	dressing props
Will Cann	....	stand-by props
Graham Cole	....	stand-by carpenter
Chris Cutler	....	dressing props
Sandra Fattorre	....	art department production assistant
Martin Foley	....	assistant art director
Gerry Higgins	....	stand-by rigger
Verena Kahn	....	assistant art director (as Verena Khan)
Thomas Martin	....	carpenter
Campbell Mitchell	....	stand-by props
Tom Pleydell-Pearce	....	property master
John Roberts	....	supervising painter
Tom Roberts	....	stand-by painter (as Tommy Roberts)
David Smith	....	stagehand
Philip Smith	....	supervising carpenter (as Phillip Smith)
Dennis Wilson	....	construction coordinator (as Denis Wilson)

Sound Department
Matthew Collinge	....	sound designer
Matthew Collinge	....	sound effects editor
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Arthur Fenn	....	boom operator (as Arthur Turner)
Diane Greaves	....	foley artist (as Dianne Greaves)
James Harris	....	cableman
Simon Hayes	....	sound mixer
Robin Johnson	....	cableman
Michael Redfern	....	foley editor
Danny Sheehan	....	dialogue editor
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Darren McQuade	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Casper Lailey	....	special effects technician (as Caspar Lailey)
Ken Lailey	....	special effects supervisor
Alastair Vardy	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paul Conway	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Gavin Digby	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Michael Elson	....	digital effects producer: The Moving Picture Company
Kristin Emblem	....	digital effects producer: The Moving Picture Company
Ed Hawkins	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Gregory Salter	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Jean-Clement Soret	....	digital colourist: The Moving Picture Company
Mark Stannard	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Jelena Stojanovic	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Tom Wood	....	compositing artist: The Moving Picture Company
Michael Elson	....	head of production: The Moving Picture Company (uncredited)
Willi Geiger	....	research and development (uncredited)
Alasdair MacCuish	....	senior data-op: The Moving Picture Company (uncredited)
Daniel Walton	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator (as Tom Delmar-McCormick)
Tom Delmar	....	fight director (uncredited)
Charles Jarman	....	stunt double: Robbie Gee (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Bateman	....	electrician
Frank Cox	....	electrician
Andy Duncan	....	chief lighting technician
Stuart Graham	....	focus puller
Elizabeth Hoar	....	camera trainee
Jake Marcuson	....	clapper loader (as Jake Marcusson)
Richard Oxley	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Sebastian Pearson	....	still photographer
Chris Polden	....	electrician
Peter Wignall	....	Steadicam operator: "a" camera
Peter Wignall	....	camera operator
Terry Williams	....	key grip
Sam Barnes	....	focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Stuart Howell	....	additional Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Jon Mitchell	....	daily clapper loader (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Emma Engers	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Melina Fragkia	....	wardrobe
Sharon Gilham	....	costume supervisor
Caroline McCall	....	wardrobe
Nicki Varney	....	costume assistant (as Nicky Varney)

Editorial Department
Jatinderpal Chohan	....	post-production
Peter Dansie	....	assistant editor
Les Healey	....	co-editor
David Rees	....	color timer
Paul Swinburne	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Biffa	....	music researcher
Karen Elliott	....	music researcher
Daniel L. Griffiths	....	score engineer (as Daniel L Griffiths)
Daniel L. Griffiths	....	score mixer (as Daniel L Griffiths)
Ged Lynch	....	music contractor
Ian Neil	....	music consultant
Danny Sheehan	....	music editor
Patricia Joseph	....	soundtrack producer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Simon Barker	....	transportation captain
Fergus Cotter	....	driver
Colin Giffin	....	driver
Melvin Kiernan	....	driver
Steve Rogers	....	driver
Mark White	....	transportation

Other crew
Charles Bodycomb	....	armorer (as Charlie Bodycomb)
Dan Cadan	....	assistant: Mr Ritchie
Ian Cross	....	title designer
Giles Edleston	....	assistant location manager
Karen Fayerty	....	unit nurse
Sarah Gellately-Smith	....	production assistant
Ranald Graham	....	technical consultant
Brendan Gunn	....	dialect coach: Mr Pitt
Mary Haddow	....	script supervisor
Stuart Hilton	....	title designer
Pat Karam	....	location manager
Maurice Landsberger	....	production accountant
Paul Landsberger	....	assistant production accountant
David Lindsay	....	security: Mr Pitt (as Dave Lindsay)
David Lindsay	....	trainer: Mr Pitt (as Dave Lindsay)
John Maloney	....	unit security
Nick Moss	....	assistant: Mr Vaughn
Ben Murphy	....	production assistant
Kate Myers	....	development executive
Debbie Ninnis	....	assistant production coordinator
Simon Nixon	....	production assistant
Adam O'Brien	....	production assistant
Tony Payne	....	production assistant
Carlos Peres	....	production assistant
Emma Pike	....	production coordinator
Nevette Previd	....	unit publicist
Sam Stonehill	....	production assistant
Mel Churcher	....	acting coach: pre-production (uncredited)
Rob Grundy	....	armorer (uncredited)
Bill Hickey	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Roger Phillips	....	end titles (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• SKA Films

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2000) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors (2000) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2000) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2000) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2000) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2000) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Veronica (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital effects by) (as The Moving Picture Company)
• Ken Lailey Effects

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• AFM Lighting  lighting equipment
• ARRI Media  camera rental
• Alfred Dunhill Limited  special thanks to
• David Morris Jewellers  special thanks to (as David Morris)
• Empire Design  advertising campaign
• Film Flow  facility vehicles
• Fujicolor  originated on
• Hot Goblins  catering (as Hot Goblin Events Ltd)
• ICI Dulux  special thanks to
• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services
• Kodak  acknowledgment
• Phaze UK  sound editing (as Phaze. UK)
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Shepperton Film Studios  re-recorded at (as Shepperton Film Studios, England, UK)
• TVT Soundtrax  soundtrack on
• Tru-Cut  negative cutting
• Wah Factory, The  original music recorded at (as The Wah Factory, Liverpool)

Also Known As:

Diamonds (USA) (working title)
Lock, Stock... and Six Stolen Diamonds (UK) (working title)
Snatch (UK) (alternative spelling)
Snatch'd (USA) (working title)
The Guy Ritchie Project (USA) (working title)
Snatch: Cerdos y diamantes (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) [es]
Cerdos y diamantes (Colombia) (Mexico) [es]
Snatch - Porcos E Diamantes (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Snatch - Schweine und Diamanten (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Blöff (Hungary) [hu]
Bol'shoy kush (Russia) (censored version) [ru]
Kapisma (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Podfu(c)k (Czech Republic) [cs]
Podfu(c)k (Slovakia) [sk]
Przekret (Poland) [pl]
Snatch - Tu braques ou tu raques (France) [fr]
Snatch - hävyttömät (Finland) [fi]
Snatch - lo strappo (Italy) [it]
Snatch. (Denmark) [da]
Spizdili (Russia) [ru]
Teemandirööv (Estonia) [et]
Zdrpi i brisi (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

104 min | USA:102 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (uncut) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (NO. 37533) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Greece:K-17 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Jester's Amusement Arcade, West Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The producers couldn't afford enough extras for the boxing match sequences. Whenever a camera angle changed, the extras had to move around to create an impression of a crowded house.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the back of the truck after the diamond heist in Antwerp, Frankie gives his gun to another man. During this exchange it can be seen that Frankie does in fact have all ten fingers.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Sons and Lovers (#3.22)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

SENSUAL WOMAN

There are few films that can make me laugh like this one can

`Snatch', written and directed by Guy Ritchie is by far one of my favorite films of all time – it is easily in my personal Top Thirty. In the film, about (what else?) several schemes that happen to go very wrong yet manage to intertwine and (for better or worse) resolve themselves in the end, Ritchie assembles one of the funniest cast of characters in recent memory. Let's see if we can keep this straight:

Turkish (Jason Statham) and his partner Tommy (Stephen Graham) are amateur boxing promoters who, after their premier fighter is wounded, have to find a replacement to fight, or one of the meanest guys in London, Brick Top (Alan Ford), who just happens to run the boxing matches and stands to make a lot of money off of the fight is going to impart his unique brand of justice on them. Enter Mickey (Brad Pitt) the gypsy who knocked their fighter out, who is an unintelligible drunk with quite a right hook. Meanwhile, there is a diamond `the size of a fist' that has been stolen by Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro). On his way back from London to America where he is planning on fencing the diamond, trouble ensues, and his fence, Cousin Avi (Dennis Farina) is forced to come to London to find both Franky and the diamond with the help of characters like Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) and Doug `The Head' Denovitz (Mike Reid). Of course, this can't happen easily, as there are a trio of inept thieves on the trail of the diamond as well as my personal favorite character in the film, Boris `The Blade' Yurinov (Rade Serbedzija) – or as he's better known, `Boris the Bullet Dodger'.

Did you get all that? The performances by all of the above actors, and several more that I didn't even mention are all really good, particularly Brad Pitt's. Every single actor in `Snatch' looks like they are having one hell of a good time working in the film. This story, while complex and with many ramifications from the core plot is absolutely brilliant and a lot of fun. There are many one-liners that I still personally use four years after first seeing the film, and the intricate weaving of the characters to tell a very simple heist story is just SO good. `Snatch' would be a great film due to its story alone, but Guy Ritchie's direction is so dead on, the film transcends brilliant and becomes FAN-insert your choice of expletive here-TASTIC. The slick cinematography, lightning-fast pacing and fun camera angles are right on target with the story. Add on a great soundtrack that spans Oasis, techno and a traditional-sounding Hasidic song and Ritchie has presented the viewer with an instant classic.

While this was not the first time I had seen the film `Snatch', it was the first time I'd watched the film knowing that I would have to analyze it slightly in order to funnel my thoughts from the film just being `Phenomenal!' to `Phenomenal because…..' While I can certainly be classified as an unabashed Madonna fan, and have been for the last two decades, I REALLY hope that Ritchie decides to drop his wife from his film work and not continue on the `Swept Away' path, rather, to get back to the work that has earned him well-deserved high praise. Sorry Madge.

--Shelly