SEXY BEAST
synopsis
Gal, a retired gangster, lives a happy life with his wife Deedee in a beatiful house in spain. Don Logan, a respected name with the mob and an old "friend" to Gal, suddenly shows up. He wants Gal to join him on this big strike in London together with a well picked out gang of respected gangsters. When Gal keeps turning him down, Don gets more and more threatening, no is not an answer. How far will Don go to get his will done? What options is there for Gal? Will this ever end?
| original title: | Sexy Beast |
| country: | United Kingdom, Spain |
| year: | 2000 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jonathan Glazer |
| film run: | 89' |
| release date: | UK 12/01/2001, FR 17/01/2001, IT 18/05/2001, BE 13/06/2001, GR 22/06/2001, CZ 06/09/2001, NL 11/10/2001, IS 19/10/2001, SP 08/03/2002, NO 12/04/2002, DE 27/06/2002, AT 04/10/2002 |
| screenplay: | Louis Mellis, David Scinto |
| cast: | Ray Winstone, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane |
| cinematography by: | Ivan Bird |
| film editing: | John Scott, Sam Sneade |
| art director: | Jan Houllevigue |
| costumes designer: | Louise Stjernsward |
| music: | Roque Baños |
| producer: | Denise O'Dell, Jeremy Thomas, Peter Watson, Mark Albela, Paul Webster, Hercules Bellville |
| production: | Film4, KanZaman, Recorded Picture Company |
| distributor: | Film4 Distribution, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures (US), Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (CH), Bac Films (FR), Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (SP), Nexo (IT), Senator Film (DE), Bac Films (FR) |
