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Sexy Beast is a 2000 British psychological black comedy crime film directed by Jonathan Glazer (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. It follows Gary "Gal" Dove (Winstone), a retired ex-gangster visited by a violent gangster (Kingsley) who demands that he take part in a bank job.

Sexy Beast
Original film poster
Directed by	Jonathan Glazer
Written by	Louis Mellis David Scinto
Produced by	Jeremy Thomas
Starring	Ray Winstone Ben Kingsley Ian McShane Amanda Redman Cavan Kendall Julianne White Álvaro Monje James Fox
Cinematography	Ivan Bird
Edited by	John Scott Sam Sneade
Music by	Roque Baños
Production companies	FilmFour Kanzaman S.A. Recorded Picture Company Jeremy Thomas Productions
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	13 September 2000 (2000-09-13) (TIFF) 12 January 2001 (2001-01-12) (UK) 15 June 2001 (2001-06-15) (US) 8 March 2002 (2002-03-08) (Spain)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Spain
Language	English
Budget	$4.3 million[1]
Box office	$10.2 million[1]

The film was critically acclaimed, and Kingsley's performance earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[2] In 2004, the magazine Total Film named Sexy Beast the 15th best British film.

Plot

British ex-criminal Gary "Gal" Dove is happily retired in Spain with his beloved wife DeeDee, best friend Aitch, and Aitch's wife Jackie. An old criminal associate, the feared sociopath Don Logan, arrives at Gal's villa, intent on enlisting Gal for a bank robbery in London planned by crimelord Teddy Bass. Teddy has learned about the bank vault from Harry, the bank's chairman, whom he met at an orgy. Gal politely declines, but Don continues to pressure Gal, growing increasingly aggressive and violent.

After Gal suggests Don's real reason for visiting is his infatuation with Jackie, with whom he had a brief affair, Don grows furious and leaves for England. On the plane, Don refuses to extinguish his cigarette prior to takeoff, is aggressive to staff and other passengers, and is ejected. He returns to the villa screaming obscenities and attacks Gal with a bottle; DeeDee aims Gal's shotgun at Don, and the group shoot and beat him to death.

In London, Gal prepares for the heist. Teddy questions Gal about Don's whereabouts; Gal claims Don returned to London and called him from Heathrow Airport. The heist involves using diving gear to drill into the bank vault from a pool in a neighbouring bath house. The pool water floods the vault and shorts its security system. As Teddy's crew empties the vault's safe deposit boxes, Gal secretly pockets a pair of ruby earrings encrusted with diamonds.

After the job, Teddy insists on driving Gal to the airport. He stops at Harry's home, where he kills Harry and demands again that Gal tell him where Don is. Gal responds that he is "not into this any more". In the car, Teddy suggests he might visit Gal in Spain sometime, humiliates him by paying him only £10 for the job, and implies more serious threats.

Gal returns to his friends and family in Spain, where DeeDee wears the earrings and life has returned to normal. Gal still hears Don's voice in his head; he responds that Don is dead now and can shut up.

Cast

• Ray Winstone as Gary 'Gal' Dove, a retired criminal who married DeeDee and moved to Spain to start a new life
• Ben Kingsley as Don Logan, a violent sociopath and recruiter for the London underworld
• Ian McShane as Teddy Bass, a London crime boss
• Amanda Redman as DeeDee Dove, Gal's beloved wife and a former porn star
• James Fox as Harry, a banker who shows Bass the vault
• Cavan Kendall as Aitch, Dove's best friend
• Julianne White as Jackie, Aitch's wife, who had a fling with Logan
• Álvaro Monje as Enrique, a Spanish boy who helps Gal around the house

Production

Producer Jeremy Thomas later remembered his experience making the film:[3]

Sexy Beast was the beginning of a new phase for me of working with first-time filmmakers. Jonathan Glazer was a television commercials director in the UK, and a wonderful talent. We were sent this script which he was attached to, and out came this wonderful film. It was very stimulating having a first time talent... The dialogue as you see in this film is exceptional. I had never read a script like it, and I thought, this has got to be made. It was very difficult to get insurance on the film actually. When the American studio bought the film, their legal department said: "You cannot make this." It has something like 300 uses of the word "cunt", and 400 "fucks", but somehow it passed the censorship and got out there.

Reception

As of January 2022^[update], the film has an approval rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 137 reviews with an average rating of 7.30/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Sexy Beast rises above other movies in the British gangster genre due to its performances -- particularly an electrifying one by Ben Kingsley -- and the script's attention to character development."[4] On Metacritic, it has a rating of 79/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5] It received praise from writers at the San Francisco Chronicle,[6] Entertainment Weekly,[7] Slate,[8] Rolling Stone[9] and the Los Angeles Times.[10] Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post was less enthusiastic and described some of the film's moments as "Ben Kingsley spraying saliva-lubricated variants of the F-word into the atmosphere like anti-aircraft fire for 10 solid minutes."[11]

Awards and honours

Kingsley's performance received a majority of the accolades given to Sexy Beast, winning Best Supporting Actor awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association and the Toronto Film Critics Association. He also was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award (losing to Ian McKellen for his performance in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), a Golden Globe and an Academy Award (losing both to Jim Broadbent for his performance in Iris). The film also won Best Director and Best Screenplay from the British Independent Film Awards and Special Recognition ("For excellence in film making") from the National Board of Review.

Music

Original music by English electronic band UNKLE in collaboration with South and also Spanish composer/saxophonist Roque Baños.[12] Dean Martin's version of "Sway" accompanies the film's end credits. The soundtrack also includes "Peaches" by The Stranglers, "Cuba" by The Gibson Brothers, "G-Spot" by Wayne Marshall, "Daddy Rollin' Stone" by Derek Martin, and Henry Mancini's "Lujon" (from the 1961 LP "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin").

Cultural references

Vocalist and guitarist Brian Sella of American folk punk band The Front Bottoms attributes the band's name to this film.[13] The film was also the inspiration behind The Kooks song 'Jackie Big Tits', after a line spoken by Ben Kingsley's character.[14]

Prequel television series

A prequel television series based on the film was in development at Paramount Network, which was being produced by Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content. However, the series was scrapped by Paramount Network. On February 15, 2022, ViacomCBS Networks UK And Australia announced that the series was revived for Paramount+, but will instead be produced by Chapter One and Paramount International Networks.[15]

See also

• Gangster No. 1
• 44 Inch Chest
• Heist film
• List of hood films

References

External links

• Sexy Beast at the British Film Institute
• Sexy Beast at IMDb
• Sexy Beast at the TCM Movie Database
• Sexy Beast at AllMovie
• Sexy Beast at Box Office Mojo
• Sexy Beast at Rotten Tomatoes

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[de] Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast ist ein Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2000. Jonathan Glazer, der bis dahin als Werbefilmer in Erscheinung getreten war, gab mit diesem Film sein Regiedebüt. Der Film stellt eine Mischung der Genres Thriller und Komödie dar.

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- [en] Sexy Beast

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[ru] Сексуальная тварь

«Сексуальная тварь» (англ. Sexy Beast) — британо-испанский криминальный фильм 2000 года, снятый режиссёром Джонатаном Глейзером по сценарию Луиса Меллиса и Дэвида Шинто. Премьерный показ состоялся 13 сентября 2000 года в рамках кинофестиваля в Торонто. Фильм отмечен Премией британского независимого кино за режиссуру и сценарий.

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