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Oct 8, 1999 · The Limey. If you live like a villain all of your life, sooner or later you will be 60 and still being shot at. Although violence may be a way of life for the poor, it is a nuisance to the rich, and they try to hire out the work wherever possible. Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" is the story of two older guys who hire their killers, and another ...
Aug 9, 2019 · Dobbs imagined “The Limey” as a movie that explored themes like family, the battle between capitalists and communists, and how the dreams of the ‘60s fell apart. Through casting, editing and filmmaking devices, Soderbergh then pulled the movie back to the central relationship of Wilson and Jenny, with bits of Dobbs’ other themes in the ...
User Reviews. The `revenge story' is a pretty overdone plot device, so when a film comes along that employs this theme and still remains fresh and compelling, it is safe to say that is a truly good film. Steven Soderbergh's `The Limey' is able to do just that. In `The Limey', Terrence Stamp plays Wilson, a career criminal who, upon being ...
The Limey is a 1999 American crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Nicky Katt, and Peter Fonda. [2] The plot concerns an English career criminal (Stamp) who travels to the United States to investigate the recent suspicious death of his ...
- $10 million
- Cliff Martinez
- May 15, 1999 (Cannes Film Festival), October 8, 1999 (United States)
Oct 8, 2019 · It's easy, deceptively so, to look at The Limey as another aberration on Soderbergh's C.V. It was a low-budget ($10 million) crime drama, with an even lower box-office gross ($3.2 million). The ...
The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine (Peter Fonda) and ...
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- Crime, Drama
- R
Oct 24, 2022 · and Reverberations of the Past. The Limey is one of many American films released in 1999 that seemed to be saying goodbye to the rebel spirit that allowed indies and mainstream movies to comingle as they had in the ’70s. by Chuck Bowen. October 24, 2022. Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey sounds on paper like an old-fashioned, lean and mean noir ...
