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In Reply to: The charismatic British gangsters posted by Victor Khomenko on March 22, 2004 at 18:52:21:
Victor,The Long Good Fiday has been in my film library for some time, and I plug it in at least annually. Very good film, and imo Bob Hoskins at least equals Sir Ben in SB for that ferocious psychotic power.
I also enjoy many Brit Gangster films...a favorite is the somewhat obscure Genuine Risk, with the oftened overlooked Terrence Stamp (who was also good in The Limey).
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Mona Lisa was quite nice too. As for " The Limey " I found it one of the very worst...kind.
Stamp has as an actor a very good standard, he always do a fine job. But his choices of roles........
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is also outstanding, Tim Roths 1st film with John Hurt. I also really enjoyed The Limey! I will check out Genuine Risk as I am a fan of Stamp too; thsanks for the recommendation
Get Carter is still my favorite UK gangster film, that and The Lavender Hill Mob
Grins
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Grin,I thought I'd better clarify an earlier post of mine...Genuine Risk isn't a Brit Gangster flick...it takes places in L.A. However, it does feature T. Stamp, and it is a pretty decent low budget gangster film available on vhs.
Regards,
Grins
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MY favorite Stamp performance is in "Far From the Madding Crowd", beautiful widescreen adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel.
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Ditto your feelings on The Hit. Stamp in an offbeat role.It may have been interesting if Hurt and Stamp switched roles, but I like it the way it is.
Some of The Hit is pretty funny, and it's never predictable. I think Clapton did the soundtrack, but I don't remember it as being paricularly great.
FWIW, I love the Brit Gangster film Stormy Monday...a bit of a hybrid, since it stars Tommy Lee Jones and Mel. Griffith, but takes place in Newcastle...neo-noir at it's best, imho.
Thanks,
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