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Lucky Break (2001)
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Comedy, Crime · 1h 47m
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
Cast
James Nesbitt
Olivia Williams
Timothy Spall
Christopher Plummer
Bill Nighy
Lennie James
Ron Cook
Peter Wight
Celia Imrie
Raymond Waring
Peter McNamara
Crew
- Director
- Peter Cattaneo
- Writer
- Ronan Bennett
- Director of Photography
- Alwin H. Küchler
- Original Music Composer
- Anne Dudley
- Editor
- David Gamble
- Producer
- Barnaby Thompson, Peter Cattaneo
Details
- Release date
- 2001-08-24
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures