Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Ritchie
Written byGuy Ritchie
Produced byMatthew Vaughn
Starring
CinematographyTim Maurice-Jones
Edited byNiven Howie
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byPolyGram Filmed Entertainment (United Kingdom, Australia, France, German-speaking territories, Benelux and Spain)
Gramercy Pictures (United States)
Summit Entertainment (International)[2]
Release dates
  • 23 August 1998 (1998-08-23) (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
  • 28 August 1998 (1998-08-28) (United Kingdom)
  • 5 March 1999 (1999-03-05) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes[3]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget
  • £800,000
  • ($1.40 million)
Box office$28.1 million

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows a heist involving a confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three-card brag, prompting him to pay off his debts by enlisting his friends to help him rob a small-time gang operating out of the apartment next door. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, and Sting.

The film brought Ritchie international acclaim and introduced Statham (a former diver) and Jones (a former footballer) to worldwide audiences in their feature film debuts. It was also a commercial success, grossing over $28 million at the box office against a $1.35 million budget.[1] A television spin-off called Lock, Stock... followed in 2000, running for seven episodes.

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