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Jun 22, 2001 · Sexy Beast. Who would have guessed that the most savage mad-dog frothing gangster in recent movies would be played by-- Ben Kingsley? Ben Kingsley, who was Gandhi, and the accountant in " Schindler's List ," and the publisher in " Betrayal ," and Dr. Watson in " Without a Clue ." Ben Kingsley, whose previous criminal was the financial wizard ...
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2021. A crime film like no other, Sexy Beast is composed of moments of startling audacity, visual and dramatic, that arrive in waves, just long enough...
Sep 13, 2000 · Ex-villain Gal Dove (Ray Winstone) has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis...
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Jun 13, 2001 · The story of one man's dangerous journey from peace of mind to paranoid panic when he's lured out of an idyllic retirement back to the gangster life. (Fox Searchlight)
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British ex-criminal Gary "Gal" Dove is happily retired on the Costa del Solwith his beloved wife DeeDee, his 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 crime lord Teddy Bass. Teddy has learned about the...
Sexy Beast was shot in London and Spain in the summer of 1999. Ray Winstone travelled to Spain two weeks before filming commenced to get as deep a tan as he could in the time possible and to eat as much as he could to bulk up considerably. He later called this "the best rehearsal time I've ever had in my life". Winstone had originally been consider...
As of January 2022[update], the film has an approval rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 141 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...
Sexy Beastgrossed $10.2 million on a budget of $4.3 million, making it a relative box office success.
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 Toro...
Original music for the film was composed by Spanish composer/saxophonist Roque Baños and English electronic band UNKLE in collaboration with South . 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' S...
Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms attributes the band's name to a line spoken by Ben Kingsley in the film. Another line spoken by Kingsley inspired The Kooks' song 'Jackie Big Tits'.
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 15 February 2022, ViacomCBS Networks UK And Australia announced that the series was revived for Paramount+, but would instead...
Jan 1, 2000 · Sexy Beast Review. The Costa del Crime, Spain. Gary “Gal” Dove is an ex-criminal whose blissful retirement with wife Deedee is rudely interrupted by the arrival of violent gang boss Don Logan,...
Jun 30, 2023 · Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast is a slick crime film that shines thanks to its dark humor and an exceptional performance from Ben Kingsley.
