Sexy Beast - Where's Don?

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

Ian Mcshane was terrifying in this. Ben Kingsley was crazy and Ray Winstone looked constantly apologetic and like someone who wanted all these bad people to just go away. Brilliant film.

[@Schlook]

Ray nails this. Its imo the best performance of the three. Totally makes you sympathise with the character!

[@DrewJPS]

He'd retired. He DID want them all to go away.

[@marknorris1381]

Yep. I found him genuinely unnerving.

[@Crichjo32]

@@Schlook Agreed. I mean all 3 are fantastic in this film, but Winstone had to do most of the heavy lifting, and he compeltely nails it.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Teddy Bass one of the best screen villains. He appears more menacing every time i watch this movie.

[@Mikino1976]

There are a million gangster movies out there but only one Sexy Beast. Unforgettable

[@FourOf92000]

preparation preparation preparation Hiptang

[@liamstalley7306]

who knew sir ben could frihten the fuck out of ya! and hes nothern. great actor

[@davidkennedy6208]

Sexy Beast is a fantastic British gangster film, definitely one of the best (I also love Gangster No.1) The performance of McShane is awesome and spot on, with his quiet controlled menace being spot on with accounts you hear of big time gangsters. The ones to truly fear are quiet, understated and very dangerous.

[@liamstalley7306]

sexy beast is easily best for acting but gangster no 1 wow. what an amazing film

[@andysmith8890]

I knew Freddy “Fred the Head” Hedley back in the 1970s....he was just like this

[@rimirimi32]

Was he a uk gangster?

[@ClayMann]

I'd forgotten this film existed. I remember absolutely loving it too.. My god I'm getting old. My mind is going. I can feel it.

[@ClayMann]

@@pchmm I can't resist stealing movie quotes like that just to see who notices lol

[@Billcarsonstobaccobox]

@@ClayMann +you've not become a Mr confused have you?

[@thejon93rd]

This is easily among my all-time favorite movies. I love the "disappointing" feel of it, that you mentioned, in that you genuinely don't know what to expect out of it upon your first viewing, to the point where you're naturally disappointed that a character as electric as Don has to be killed off (for what feels) so soon. It's a short movie too, which I really love, because you expect it to be a 2-3 hour film, only to realize that you're in-and-out of it just like a snap. Every time I watch it, I'm always shocked by how perfectly-paced it is, not to mention the razor-sharp dialogue, and the tremendous performances all-across the board; also, the opening sequence is one of my favorite openers to any film (with that great track "Peaches" playing throughout).

[@Floyd1138]

Ray Winstone said Kingsley turned up to a pre shoot "get together" in character and Ray left an hour later thru a window to get away from him

[@jamstonjulian6947]

Maybe he killed him and replaced him with someone who would agree to star in the live action Thunderbirds movie.

[@davidjames579]

Must have been pretty intimidating if Winstone ran through glass to get away.

[@drexlspivey5828]

Kingsley: "Fancy reading the script?" Winston: "I'm good, I've learned it" Kingsley: "YES YES YES YES, you're fucking doing it, don't you fucking show me up"

[@Floyd1138]

@@drexlspivey5828 he turned the opportunity yes

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@drexlspivey5828do the job Gal. DO THE EFFING JOB.

[@NikkiMKarLen]

Ian McShane is exceptional.

[@liamstalley7306]

@@Desmond9100 plays a gangster brilliantly. proper style

[@vaclav_fejt]

I feel his role in John Wick movies lets mainstream audiences be aware of his awesomeness, and, for some, lead them to his more remarkable performances in less known films.

[@gabevachon326]

I worked with Ian McShane as his stand in on the "Lovejoy Mysteries" story called "The Lost Colony". Great guy to be around. Smart as Hell. Goes all the way back to Swinging London. Has a nice gig now in John Wick films

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@gabevachon326 i was surprised he is the same kind of height as me. Always assumed he was taller

[@lv2465]

This is one of those films that just gets better per view. The whole cast is outstanding and Ian McShanes Teddy is particularly chilling.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Exactly what i thought. Teddy Bass seems more menacing with every viewing.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Commenting here to boost analytics and increase potential viewership of this awesome channel and movie. That is all.

[@kurtu5]

Replying to also trick skynet.

[@RatzCarnatz]

Way too late but perhaps The Matrix can still be glitched.

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

"Sexy Beast" AKA "When Gandhi Met Henry VIII. And Lovejoy."

[@mbe102]

Dude, these are actually awesome. And in a way.... its keeping this Christmas season far less lonely. I don't know why, but thanks for doing them.

[@Sonofserbia]

I think it is one of the best writen films ever. My top 5 all time.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Teddy Bass knew. He simply knew.

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

Yes. But fortunately, he didn’t give a solitary fuck.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Not only that but he FUCKING knew.

[@madgeorge3877]

The way McShane in the restaurant says "No, he didn't." after Gal says he got on the plane kills me. He says it while half giggling, with a smile, and yet I've never been more shit scared of a character in my life. Brilliant film.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

Yea. That stood out to me

[@johnwilliams2479]

Yes we'll spotted, really menacing, I had a cousin who had that same way about him and grinned while giving someone a tug

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@johnwilliams2479a tug?

[@johnwilliams2479]

​@@peternagy-im4beimagine standing behind someone and pulling there arm round so the person is then facing you, pull someone up, questioning them, give them a tug, Cockney expression used a lot in the 70s, another expression used back then was was "what's occurring" used when bumping in to a group of your pals,

[@mrmac9304]

A perfect example of acting. Saying everything, without saying anything

[@MrCobbsalad]

Acting without acting 🤣

[@peternagy-im4be]

Indeed 😂

[@davidowens8536]

One of my all time favourites, just a masterpiece.

[@loxleyltd]

This is one of my favourite films it’s class on so many different levels. Totally underrated. It will take future generations to get it

[@davidlean1060]

Under The skin received a lot more attention and although that film has grown on me, it's not a patch on Sexy Beast. along with Dead Man's Shoes, it's one of the finest British films of the last 20 years.

[@MadGeorgeProductions]

His smile in the restaurant followed by "No...he didn't." as Winstone tries to convince him Don got on the plane is just chilling, yet darkly funny.

[@friscokid66]

Ian McShane is soooooo scary and nerve wrecking in the end scene. l also appreciated how Ray Winstone didn't overact with acting in portraying being paralyzed with fear in this scene. This was an awesome flick.

[@Twirlyhead]

Yes, for me Ian McShane's character was the sacriest in the film.

[@telephonic]

One of the most sinister characters in cinema history, only has about 10 mins screen time and he's chilling for every single minute.

[@Football__Junkie]

I think McShane’s presence and stoic nature that creates fear from those around is aided by Winstone’s sudden nervous energy anytime he is around McShane’s character.

[@jaysonedson]

Ben Kingsley scene on the airplane in that movie is awesome

[@possessedslig]

Have you ever been sexually assaulted? No, neither have I, until today on that plane

[@cordan305]

I hope this crashes

[@IronRevolution]

Highy underrated and great film. Nice to see it getting some attention all these years later

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

I gotta change my shirt, it's sticking to me. I'm sweating like a cant.

[@pikkon899]

Teddy scared the crap out of me. He was the complete opposite of Don Logan. Don Logan made me laugh with his bizarre behavior but Teddy being so quiet and barley reacting to much is what creeped me out. His face and facial expressions were so unsettling that I was just waiting for him to behave like Don Logan but it never happened.

[@RayTheProducer]

Disappointing? No no no no no no no. No fucking way. Exhilarating and timeless. I still remember the first time I saw it, 23 years ago. That’s how you make a film.

[@joevines3428]

This movie gives me anxiety every time I rewatch it. There is no wasted scene either it's perfect in my opinion.

[@SingaporeSkaterSam]

Not sure about the rabbit...

[@silkworm762]

Don is terrifying. When Sir Ben Kingsley was asked in an interview why DL is so angry its because he was abused as a child which would explain his near constant rage. The scene is the kitchen where DL demands a taxi is pure gold.

[@romeo9017]

Love this film, Marbella is full of characters like these…

[@shanemenken5729]

Love the kiss off at the end, when Teddy is driving Gal to the airport but drops him at a bus stop. Much more brutal and subtle than a big shoot out.

[@telephonic]

Got change for a twenty. 😁😁🤣🤣😂😂

[@RocketPropelledWombat]

"If I gave a solitary *fack* about Donny".... (cue car headlights in wing mirror) 👌

[@HanifBarnwell]

@@telephonichardcore scene, Gal digging in his pockets breathing all heavy and shit.

[@philhouston3270]

Winston sells this more then McShane. Following the murder, Winston's anxiety shifts, going from fearful rejection of Kinsleys advances to playing the fool to McShane questions. It is his reactions of two antagonists that drives the plot. Both times the viewer knows little context to the why surrounding his fear. Winston in playing off a hyper animated Kinsey and subdued McShane. Winston's peformance really shines, shifting from panic defense to aloof. His protagonist conveys as much about the antagonist as they do. It is a master class. Kinsley owes him half an Oscar. Ps: love your stuff, keep it up, appreciate your work.

[@lordsalisbury1]

McShane and Kingsley are both brilliant, but I think that Ray Winstone's performance in this movie is very underrated. Much like in professional wrestling, it's not the wrestler doing the throwing that sells it, it's the person being thrown. That is Ray Winstone in this movie. His terror of Don Logan and Teddy Bass is palpable, but it's almost all done with subtle body language. It's a brilliant performance, imo.

[@RikerLovesWorf]

Ian McShane is only on screen for what, 8 or 9 minutes? And yet he completely terrifies. It's very Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

[@filmdrifter8166]

I'm a huge fan of this film. It's a miraculous marriage of Jonathan Glazer stylish direction and Louis Mellis' brilliant script, with the subsequent output from these two proving that the film itself transcends their talents. And that's one of the most interesting things about filmmaking, the fact that the end result can be more that the sum of talents people involved.

[@andyhornhornhorn]

This film gets better every time I watch it.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

Last time I was this early I horribly disappointed my prom date

[@breannaw7254]

Bruhh 😂

[@jammygitt]

Most CRIMINALLY underrated movie in the history of film (pardon the pun). Should have stitched this with Teddy visiting Gal in the cafe and following up this conversation here. Even more intimidating!

[@Halbared]

McShane is one of Britain’s best.

[@Dumptheclutchevo]

tis is such an amazing movie in so many ways, but yes, the characters are spectacular. Ben Kingsley is just incredible, as are McShane and Winstone.

[@DokkaChapman]

LOVE 'Sexy Beast'. I haven't seen it in years, but I really want to see it again now that you've done this lol.

[@Crichjo32]

McShane's gangster has the smile of an oil salesman, and the eyes of a shark.

[@Blurns]

Hiptang: "it's hip to be tang."

[@warriorpoet9629]

Utterly brilliant film.

[@richardharrison1910]

It's a classic. I've watch it about 14 times....

[@ianarn]

Yeah I was really impressed with Ian McShane in this! I know Ben Kingsley gets a lot of justifiable attention but I never knew Ian mcshane was such an incredible actor.

[@PlasmaKong2]

No! No no no no no no no no! No no no no no no no no! No way! No way! No way!

[@PunksterOS]

YES! YES! YES! YES!

[@PlasmaKong2]

Not this fucking time! No fucking way! No fucking way, no fucking way, no fucking way!

[@peanut25john]

Only just found this channel” he explains the film so accurately that it’s a pleasure to listen to “ I’ll be tuning in more now ‘ just wish I could do it myself. Thanks 🙏

[@Kevin_Street]

These are great little videos, each totally focused on one thing. Love the series!

[@banjojo3341]

thank you George for doing my suggestion :) its one of my favorites and would love a part 2 focusing on Don - I could watch Sir Ben forever......

[@KnjazNazrath]

I did not expect that Cockney accent to be so good from Ben Kingsley. I could hear the slight inconsistencies, but anyone who's not used to the accent would be unlikely to know the difference. I knew he was a good actor, but that was just amazing.

[@davidjames579]

I love how Don is the polar opposite of Kingsley's most famous role, Gandhi.

[@fredcfc638]

Another Brilliant English Actor, Ian McShane, he is just Class

[@cwegers3]

Personally , the succinctness of the film is what makes it really great .

[@vdotme]

As a new subscriber I'm just glad to see your work fresh off the ....... whatever is the appropriate word.

[@LividImp]

Scrotum.

[@barryscott8041]

I really thought McShane was scarier than Don Logan. Unblinking stares, little smiles, relentlessly evil.

[@kyleno4mk27]

Who’s gonna do the Hiptang supercut when this is done?

[@kendogg8498]

Acting masterclass❤

[@DeepPastry]

Sexy Beast had those exact issues. It was like watching a third or fourth movie in a series, like we were supposed to already know all the characters.

[@habeebdurdana3196]

One of the coolest movies, great acting, watched it few months back.

[@SingaporeSkaterSam]

Agree the film leaves you wanting more from this cast, would have worked well as a 6 hour miniseries. Could even get into what the hell was in those safety deposit boxes!

[@TheShiz9797]

do a face reveal

[@JTS21]

He never will

[@WordUnheard]

He'll do a lava lamp reveal, way before he ever does a face reveal. So stop asking. He owes us NOTHING!

[@TheeCapN]

He is actually the hiptang bottle

[@Beardwhip]

You were totally right about them not spending enough time on the character development. Imagine goodfellas without the lengthy character building!

[@shineboxofiran1899]

I felt it was very heartwarming how Teddy was worried about Don

[@willpeony5534]

He was just a teddybear.

[@davidjames579]

Apparently there's a Sexy Beast prequel series in the works. I don't think Winstone and Kinglsey are coming back, but it'll be about Gary working for Teddy Bass alongside Don.

[@Lovage805]

love this movie, glad to see some more on KZbin about it

[@NickOwens]

Just watched this film a few days ago. I loved it, as well as your analysis on this subtle scene.

[@GoodMrDawes]

Chilling Movie

[@WordUnheard]

Something something early... Something something sexy lava lamp...

[@WordUnheard]

I loved Sexy Beast. I'll watch anything with Ian McShane (who scares the piss out of me), and Ray Winstone (who is always enduring). Plus, it gets a great performance out of Ben Kingsley, a great actor who has unfortunately been subjected to sub par movies in the past 20 years. I loved the creepy dream sequence involving a humanoid rabbit on horseback, pointing a gun at Winstone's character.

[@LividImp]

Something something Hiptang.

[@drhollingworth5548]

Teddy Bass - mr black magic himself .

[@markkickmark]

You didn't show the best part. "If I cared. If I fucking cared."

[@leobuckley4721]

Ok, George, this is unnerving. I watch this movie - it changes my life - and a few days later you talk about it. I know we Brits are all rather similar but this is taking it to a new level.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Another film that was mostly ignored at the time, but I hope you will feature: The Hit, with John Hurt, Tim Roth, and Terrence Stamp. I've never seen a film like it before or since, except for a less wordy In Bruges.

[@davidjames579]

I know the film you're talking about and I've heard it's good, but as a sidenote, I think it's ballsy to call a film The Hit, in case it flopped.

[@gtxx6699]

hard to say they didnt spend enough time developing Winstone's character here.. the film spends a good deal of time (enough time) on him and his wife and their friends before Don's arrival

[@RTX_Remix]

I avoided this movie like the plague when I saw the hype around it... It just seemed corny... But thanks to hiptang I'll be watching it over the Christmas holidays... Thanks hiptang

[@snolan1990]

Claimer its a difficult film to admit you like in conversation as the uninformed assume it is cut from the same cloth as Snatch or any other such cockney caper, but it is much more than that.

[@davidlean1060]

I think Glazer's more recent Under The Skin was slightly over hyped, so it's understandable you'd feel that way. Sexy Beast is great though, easily the best thing Glazer has done. Be great to see him return to feature films.

[@davidjames579]

I remember a contemporary preview saying about Sexy Beast "how compelling can a film be about a man continuously telling another man to do something, and he keeps replying no?". Pretty damn compelling as it turns out.

[@davidlean1060]

Under The Skin has some great elements. The fact it had a guerilla quality to it gave the movie a verisimilitude you couldn't get with a 100% staged production is one thing I like. Imagine a babe pulling up alongside you in the street, a babe driving a battered Transit van, who looks remarkable like Scarlett Johansson! The reactions of some of the guys are great as a result. However, like other 'thoughtful' movies from the last decade or two, they don't hit the mark the way their fore runners did. Drive is no where near as good as Driver and other 70's existential features, Inception is bloody good popcorn fun, but that's it! The Nolan Batman movies bore me to tears. Not to knock your opinion, but I think UDS falls under the same banner. Good, better than the movies around it in fact but not a classic as a result. We'll see though. Who would of thought Arnie's Predator would be viewed as a classic decades after, for example. @Via​

[@davidlean1060]

Both Inception and The Prestige I will watch again and again. The Prestige I will pretty much watch when ever it is on to the box. That movie will be watched in years to come. I really liked Dunkirk too, but the Batman trilogy, other than the first 1/3 of Batman Begins, you can keep. Interstellar was over hyped. I was fit to kill after reading all the 2001 ASO comparisons!! Still, I feel sorry for Nolan and Refn, having to be exceptional just as PT Anderson is active! You are going to fall short no matter what you do! @Via

[@chadatchison145]

Looking forward to some hell tomorrow.

[@lostinthewoods8032]

Another great entry. Even the mention of Sexy Beast makes me feel a sticky summer heat, sweat, salt...

[@Pariahmary]

Just wait, he's gonna commercially produce Hiptang once this series is over, and retire comfortably.

[@davidjames579]

These videos have all just been about Hiptang. I feel used, I feel dirty. That stuff's been in my brain.

[@alex_evstyugov]

Damn. I've been buying all the Hiptang, but I've not thought of eating it. Thanks for the inspiration, Georg. I was about to run out of space and didn't know what to do. This is why I love this channel. Come for the Hiptang, stay for the tips on what to do with it. Merry Christmas.

[@Sygg-uj3ze]

"Whoa whoa whoa Ted you promised me you wouldn't whack me yourself you said you couldn't ever whack yer friend!" "Y-yeh... Yeah. I did promise that." "I know yer a man of yer word Ted..." "Oi. You. Whack my friend wouldye?"

[@Johny40Se7en]

This one's the best so far. I haven't seen this film but I love the ambiguity in the scenes after Don's no longer "around". It reminds me a bit of the tension with Samuel L Jackson's character in Jackie Brown and that last scene on No Country For Old Men with Havier Bardem. Tomorrow, chill out and enjoy Christmas. Have a very happy Christmas everyone.

[@johntammena1128]

Great movie, great video. Keep 'em coming.

[@williammclaughlin811]

Ian Mc Shane was absolutely magnificent in the movie

[@LemurMaster]

Loving these short form pieces

[@robinsandquist]

Have had this on my list since this review came about, stunning film! I can see the point with wanting a bit more fleshed out characters, but in doing the artistic choices Glazer did I feel it strongly benefited in its pacing and snappy. Great recommendation!

[@Scro10m]

This isnt Leatherface nor Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Gal has leathery skin from walking on the beaches.

[@Scro10m]

- he subverted my expectations worse than Ryan Johnson

[@niradnagrom2356]

"I turn round; he's standing there isn't he?" *LOL!*

[@spicypickle889]

I have a suspicion that saying "he was due back on Wednesday" was actually an attempt to trap Gal. Don was always due back on Thursday even though he lied to Gal and said that he missed his flight because he needed an excuse to hang around for Jackie. If Gal had killed Don during an argument about the heist then he may have just assumed they were telling the truth about being due back on Wednesday and taken the bait. It's only after Gal passes the first round of questioning that Teddy investigates further and discovers than Don did indeed get on the plane Thursday but he still isn't exactly sure what happened. Teddy knows that Don was escorted off the plane, likely arrested, and suspects that Gal may have something to do with it. Does Teddy think that Gal is a confidential informant for Interpol and gave up the heist? By the end of the film it seems clear that Teddy has figured it out. The heist went forward successfully so that rules out the possibility that either Don or Gal gave information to Interpol. But Don is still missing. It's possible that Teddy had the phone records checked to verify whether or not Gal ever got a call Thursday evening. If he finally knows for certain that Gal is lying about the phone call then he has to assume that Gal had something to do with Don's disappearance. During the car ride to the bus station, Teddy says "I'll have to drop in sometime. Pay my respects." The term "pay my respects" is a double entendre which seems to indicate that he knows Don is dead. He then cuts Gal out of the heist as payback for killing Don but also because Don was the only one with knowledge about what Gal was owed for the job. But Teddy is still furious about the entire charade and knows that Gal can no longer be trusted. He dumps him at the bus station as a warning to keep quiet and not come back to England or there will be dire consequences. Gal ultimately seems satisfied with the result as he finally achieved what he's wanted all along: To get out of the game and retire in peace. Perhaps that was Gal's endgame all along. He knew that a sadistic psychopathic narcissist like Teddy would never let him retire unless it was his own idea and viewed it as a punishment rather than a reward. This sentiment is expressed earlier in the film when Don says "I won't let you be happy! Why should I?" So Gal used Teddy's ego and greed against him by leaving a trail of breadcrumbs slowly leading him to the right conclusion while banking on the probability that Teddy will rip him off and be happy to be rid of Don. It was a very high risk play. But this sentiment is also expressed earlier in the film by Gal when he says "No risk, no reward".

[@alemmingsdeath]

Such an overlooked, great movie.

[@Saint_Ann]

I just started watching "Deadwood." Now I know here I have seen Ian McShane.

[@Rupan-rx]

Love these! I gotta go watch this movie now. Thanks

[@Wallrod]

I watched this movie today (after it spent a while in my backlog) because of this video and was pleasantly surprised at how much i enjoyed it, since i don't usually care about gangster/criminal intrigue stories. The very start of the movie sets up this tone of calm panic and rolls all around in it right to the end.

[@Dcadam72180]

Makes me long for some Al Swearengen...If only they'd make a Deadwood movie. :)

[@thebubonicj]

I miss Swedgen.

[@PunksterOS]

I'm looking forward to that Deadwood movie. I just hope it's out sometime before 2030.

[@RatFacedJasper]

I read they've already started and managed to get 13 of the stars to return.

[@andysmith5997]

Who’d have thought Carling would have met his match in Gandhi and TVs Lovejoy. At 1.24, that’s the critics way of saying he wishes it was longer.

[@CraigHornerVerified]

Weird. This just arrived in the mail finally. I love this film. Don't think many people here in the states are aware of it.

[@43jaygee]

Love this film and the give and take between Ian & Ray and of course between Sir Ben & Ray. Remember walking out of the theater when it first came out and asking another viewer, "Was that the guy who played Gandhi"????????????

[@hatemalameddine2627]

Ben Kingsley is simply mesmerizing

[@user-cm9lz1rn3w]

Awesome movie, a definite favourite, Ray Winston plays a great part in this ensemble of toerag's

[@KrackDaddy]

re watched it yesterday and just love it so much more

[@sherry866]

Best movie Ever ! It was incredible if you watch it in Full from the beginning and all of it

[@r-saint]

How often you hear the phrase "an intelligent film" on YT?

[@LividImp]

At least once per day as long as you only count today.