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- Writer and director: Guy Ritchie
- Producer: Matthew Vaughn
- Starring: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran and Jason Statham
- Released: August 28, 1998 (UK), March 5, 1999 (NY), January 22, 1999 (LA)
- Running time: 105 minutes
- Budget: GBP 960,000
- U.S. box office: $3,714,067
- Won the 1998 British Independent Film Award
- There are 17 murders in the film
- Total Film Magazine ranked the film #38 on its list of the greatest British films
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was Guy Ritchie's first feature-length film. It follows a gambler and his friends, who decide to rob a gang of drug dealers in order to pay back a crimelord that they owe from a high-stakes card game.
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Popularity and Reviews
Lock, Stock... performed well in the United Kingdom and the United States and established Ritchie as a presence on the indie film scene. The film is ranked as #197 on the IMDb Top 250 and has a 71% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Peter Travers praised the film for keeping the humor and pace consistent, despite the confusing plot. Many writers criticized Ritchie's follow-up film, Snatch, for being too similar to Lock, Stock...
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Questions
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What are the top three ways to get the remaining 25 billion barrels of oil out of Prudhoe Bay? 1 AnswerPrudhoe Bay oil field. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/08/business/08oil1.600.jpg There seem to be confusion on the quantity of barrels in this fie... read more -
What was the Marriott stock symbol in 1975 1 AnswerThe Marriott Corporation ran between 1927 and 1993 until it split into two entities, one being Mariott Hotels. Marriott International formed in 1997, this is wh... read more -
Is it bad to keep the hubs locked when not using four wheel drive? 2 AnswersIt isn't bad to leave them engaged for relatively short term use. You will notice a little vibration at highway speed caused by axle cv joints and drive line cv... read more -
How did you overcome your smoking and stop? 3 AnswersI had read that the physiological addiction lasts for three days, and that after that it is all mental. I decided that if that was true, then I could surely la... read more
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