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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime comedy thriller film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag. In order to pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door. The film brought Guy Ritchie international acclaim and introduced actors Vinnie Jones, a former Wales international footballer, and Jason Statham, a former diver, to worldwide audiences.

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Director: Guy Ritchie
Distributor: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)
Gramercy Pictures (US)
Release date: August 28, 1998
Running time: 106 minutes
120 minutes (Director's cut)
Budget: $1.35 million
Gross: $28,356,188

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