The guy who played Barry The Baptist in this movie was real life underworld figure and legendary unlicensed and bare knuckle fighter Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean. Sadly Lenny passed away just before this movie was released. His life story is well worth looking into as it's a fascinating story.
The colour grading was an artistic choice, yeah, to give it a weathered, worn aesthetic. Reflects East End London and Soho pretty well. Bizarrely, this film wouldn't have made it across the pond and attracted the attention it did if it hadn't have been for Tom Cruise, of all people. He saw a screening of it as a favour to a friend who was struggling to get US distribution. He loved it, told the execs in the room they'd be idiots for not picking it up. There's quite a lot of fun behind-the-scenes trivia with this one. Almost every actor has a criminal record; most of them grew up and worked in the East End; most weren't even professional actors; Vinnie Jones had just got out of police custody the day before filming because he beat the piss out of his neighbour; Statham's first acting role, but was a street vendor for some time, like he portrays at the start; Vinnie's first acting role too, scared the shit out of the cast and crew when filming the Dog murder scene though; Dexter Fletcher (Soap) was the most experienced on set - he's been acting since he was a child - so ended up coaching a lot of the cast; and when Ed forgets to bring the guns to the robbery it's because the prop supervisor forgot to bring the props to the set, so Ritchie worked around that. Ritchie also wrote the ending on the back of a pack of cigarettes, after the original ending didn't do too well in test screenings.
@chrisb98915 ай бұрын
Dunno how singer/songwriter Sting ends up in movies like Dune ('84) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ('98) among others, but I want his agent. I imagine that Jason Flemyng on the other hand counts his blessings for his role in this movie as compared to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - he needed to fire his agent after that mishap. There's a trivia fact that "the movie originally left things open-ended, with the four main characters walking off with the money and Big Chris and his son about to follow them to get it back. Test audiences didn’t care for it. Guy Ritchie came up with the new, more elaborate finale and the cast was reassembled to film it some months after the initial shoot had ended. One problem: Jason Flemyng, who plays Tom, had grown his hair out for another project and couldn’t cut it, which is why Tom wears a stocking cap in the last several minutes of the movie."
@MrBillyboyroge5 ай бұрын
In answer to your question, look up who Sting is married too (Trudie Styler) it will all make sense 🙌🏽
@scandimon7945 ай бұрын
Now that you've seen Snatch and Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels, you need to watch the gentlemen movie. Guy Ritchie is an absolute gem, and the gentlemen is one of my favorite movies of his :D
@eliemoses5 ай бұрын
seen it its my fav of his
@theghostofbabanovac70695 ай бұрын
@@eliemoses But have you seen RocknRolla from 2008 ? A lesser popular film from Guy but a gem on its own
@meanlean30955 ай бұрын
You understand so much of what is happening which makes you’re reactions so good. Keep up the great work 😄👍
@eliemoses5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😁
@CT4395 ай бұрын
Just found your channel bro, nice work 👊 I’m bunking of work today, you’ve got some quality stuff on here! ‘Awright’ from London! ✌️
@eliemoses5 ай бұрын
thanks man appreciate it!!!!!
@MrBillyboyroge5 ай бұрын
@@eliemoses enjoyable reaction to a great film As per the closing credits, the film was dedicated to Lenny McLean aka ‘The Guv’nor’ who played Barry. He died before the film premiered. A very colourful character in real life. Made a name for himself in underworld boxing/street fighting. This upload gives an insight into him kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZLTonuZra9mqdUsi=9cI0e6FbdC0IRCuO a complete psycho lol His book ‘The Guv’nor’ is a good read too
@BarryWatkins-g5iАй бұрын
Watch 'Rise of the footsoldier'
@KaBeeM5 ай бұрын
Snatch is a great movie, but Lock Stock will forever be my absolute favorite Guy Ritchie movie. The soundtrack alone is so underrated. Every single song that comes on just has me vibing. For both movies, but this one expecially, the line deliveries and writing for the side characters is so fantastic. From Rory Braker to the 2 Muppets, the banter between the four main guys or the Babtist, they're all so unique, fast and funny.
@donepearce5 ай бұрын
I don't know how they could hear through the wall. There was a mini cab office between the two properties.
@killianlpc5 ай бұрын
This was the original, and of course he didn't have the budget of Snatch, but I preferred this one as it has a real charm about it. I saw this at the cinema in 1998 and people were in stitches with a lot of the scenes. Just a crazy story with a brilliant ending with the guns worth a solid fortune. Favourite scene is when the guys come back at dawn and see there flat littered with all sorts of bodies.
@dzenacs2011Ай бұрын
10 times better than snatch
@MrBillyboyroge5 ай бұрын
Don’t errr me Greek boy 😂
@ReymundoCortez5 ай бұрын
When we first saw this we were surprised because we had no idea Sting was gonna come out in it.
@JessieHayden-vi3gb5 ай бұрын
What about rock and roller fantastic Guy Richie film and you need a fulham football club shirt the posh part of London
@robertbasine88425 ай бұрын
Rock N’ Rolla is another solid but underrated Guy Ritchie British gangster film.
@alambyant4 ай бұрын
Arsenal lol
@henrimarjoan78765 ай бұрын
Is watching and supporting English football clubs popular in Australia or are you just anomaly?
@eliemoses5 ай бұрын
In my circle of friends hell yea. Actually a decent football contingent in australia