Sexy Beast

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Awards

Academy Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

BAFTA Awards 2001 - Nominated - Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best Actor

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best British Independent Film

Academy Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

BAFTA Awards 2001 - Nominated - Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best Actor

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best British Independent Film

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best Director

British Independent Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best Screenplay

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2002 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

European Film Awards 2001 - Won - Best Actor

Golden Globe Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Independent Spirit Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Foreign Film

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2001 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

Satellite Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Director

Satellite Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Motion Picture Drama

Satellite Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Screenplay, Adapted

Satellite Awards 2002 - Won - Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001 - Won - Best First Feature

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001 - Won - Best Male Supporting Performance

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Sexy Beast

Director:
Jonathan Glazer
R, 95 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

Gal, a retired gangster, lives a happy life with his wife Deedee in a beatiful house in spain. Don Logan, a respected name with the mob and an old "friend" to Gal, suddenly shows up. He wants Gal to join him on this big strike in London together with a well picked out gang of respected gangsters. When Gal keeps turning him down, Don gets more and more threatening, no is not an answer. How far will Don go to get his will done? What options is there for Gal? Will this ever end?

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"Ben Kingsley plays a wicked but sympathetic gangster. He's totally believable!"

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Details

Runtime:
95 min.

Genres:
Drama
Crime

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

 

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