Snatch (film)

Snatch is a 2000 film by British writer-director Guy Ritchie. It features an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the movie contains two intertwined plots — one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish (Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a psychotic gangster named Brick Top (Ford).

Tagline : Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones

Cast

Jason Statham - Turkish
Stephen Graham - Tommy
Alan Ford - Brick Top Polford

Brad Pitt - Mickey O'Neil

Dennis Farina - Abraham 'Cousin Avi' Denovitz

Rade Serbedzija - Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov (as Rade Serbedgia)
Robbie Gee - Vincent

Lennie James - Sol

Benicio Del Toro - Franky Four Fingers
Mike Reid - Doug 'The Head' Denovitz

Jason Flemyng - Darren
Andy Beckwith - Errol
William Beck - Neil

Ewen Bremner - Mullet

Ade - Tyrone
Jason Buckham - Gary
Mickey Cantwell - Liam
Nikki Collins - Alex Denovitz
Teena Collins - Susi Denovitz
James Cunningham - Horrible Man
Charles Cork - Kestral
Sorcha Cusack - Mrs. O'Neil
Mickey Dee - One Eyed Jack
Michael Taheny - Salt Peter
Sam Douglas - Rosebud
Vinnie Jones - Bullet Tooth Tony
Adam Fogerty - Gorgeous George
Goldie - Bad Boy Lincoln
Sid Hoare - Reuben
Ronald Isaac - Referee
Chuck Julian - Micheal, Diamond Man
Dave Legeno - John (as David Legeno)
Eric Meyers - Avi's Colleague
Jason Ninh Cao - Charlie
Paul O'Boyle - Patrick
Jimmy Roussounis - Paulie
Sydney Sedin - Pauline
Trevor Steedman - Bomber Harris
Tony Tang - Patrick
Yuri Stepanov - Himy
Peter Szakacs - Sausage Charlie
John Taheny - Salt Peter
Mick Theo - Mad Fist Willy
Andy Till - John the Gun
Velibor Topic - The Russian
Scott Welch - Horace 'Good Night' Anderson
Michael Hughes - Gypsy Man
Liam McMahon - Gypsy Man
Jim Warren - Gypsy Man
Austin Drage - Kid
Liam Donaghy - Kid
Joe Williams - Kid
John Farnell - Bricktop's Henchman
Shaun Pearson - Bricktop's Henchman
Dean Smith - Bricktop's Henchman
Roy Snell - Bricktop's Henchman
Tim Faraday - Policeman
Andrew Shield - Policeman
Trevor Crouch - Doorman
John Hathaway - Bricktop's Barman

Tom Delmar - Thug with head crushed in door
Andy Skinner - Mickey O'neil Boxing Corner
Dean Batchelor - Waterboy
Sol Campbell - Bouncer
Elwin 'Chopper' David - Boxer

Christopher Fosh - Bricktop's Henchman

Guy Ritchie - Man Reading Newspaper

Plot

The movie contains two main plots that intertwine. The first centres on a very valuable 86 carat (17.2 g) diamond (about the size of a "fist", as described by one of the robbers). It is stolen by Frankie 'Four-Fingers' (del Toro) in Antwerp and brought to London, (originally to be brought to a group of Jewish money launderers, led by Abraham "Cousin Avi" Denovitz) where he and the diamond fall afoul of local thieves and underworld figures, all of whom scramble to claim the diamond for themselves. The other revolves around an unlicensed boxing promoter named Turkish who finds himself in debt to a psychotic local crime boss, Brick Top (infamously known for feeding those who fall out of his favour to his prized pigs) after his boxer Gorgeous George is incapacitated in a dispute with a group of pikeys over a caravan. Forced to improvise, Turkish and his partner Tommy decide to acquire the services of Mickey, the same pikey who knocked out Gorgeous George. As events twist and turn, the two situations blend into one with a chain reaction of events carrying on for each and every character.

DJ Goldie has a few lines in the film, as Bad Boy Lincoln, a yardie trying to pawn items to Vinnie and Sol and then trying to help them get rid of Frankie's body.
In two scenes with Bullet Tooth Tony (the flashback scene and the scene with Avi and Mullet), the song Lucky Star by Madonna can be heard. Madonna is, in fact, Guy Ritchie's wife.
A painting hanging over Turkish's safe looks very much like Coat of arms of Moscow.
Writer-director Guy Ritchie originally had planned to work another plot twist into the film, involving a false diamond that resembles the 86 carat (17.2 g) diamond. However, he eventually decided that the subplot was unnecessary, and all the scenes involving this were cut from the final cut of the movie. Most of the cut scenes can be seen as extras of the DVD of the film; among them is a scene in which Tony, Avi and Brick Top — who do not encounter each other in the final cut — attempt to negotiate for the diamond.
Ade, the actor who played Tyrone had originally shown up looking for work as a security guard. Ritchie stated that they told him they had a job for him in the film, rather than on the set.
In the beginning of the film, the diamond is referred to as weighing 86 carats (17.2 g), while later on, it is mentioned that the stone is 82 or 84 carats (16.4 or 16.8 g).
In a scene following the aftermath of the climactic series of car crashes, numerous Indian women are shown looking curiously into one of the cars. Ritchie has stated this occurred because he felt Indian women didn't get seen much in mainstream films (as well as stating that he was "quite keen" on Indian women).
An accent teacher was employed purely to help Brad Pitt (Mickey) speak "Pikey".
In 2006, a Chinese film titled "????" (Crazy Stone) was released, and appears to be very much based on Snatch. Examples include frequent use of fast cuts, several groups vying for the same McGuffin (in this case, a precious jade artifact), as well as the robbers-living-next-door element from Ritchie's other film of note, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
The film comes in at No. 57 on the list of films that most frequently use the word "fuck" with a total of 159 uses of the word.
A Bollywood movie named Fool N Final (released in 2007) is based on the movie Snatch, with many people and a dog after a diamond, and an intertwined, fixed boxing match. Incidentally, controversial ex World Champion boxer Mike Tyson also stars in the movie.
Quarashi's video for Stick 'Em Up is a parody of Snatch.