Sexy Beast (2000)

Subject: Sexy Beast (2000) Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:10 pm

Gal, a retired gangster, lives a happy life with his wife Deedee in a beautiful 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 are there for Gal? Will this ever end? (from IMDB.)

Kingsley's character: Don Logan

Awards:

Sexy Beast won 19 awards.

Kingsley himself won awards forBest Actor at:
The European Film Awards.
The British Independant Film Awards.

He also won the awards of Best Supporting Actor at
The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
The Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
The Satellite Awards
The San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
The Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
The Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
The British Film Critics Association Awards
The Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

TRAILER: http://a.videodetective.com/movies/SEXY_BEAST/trailer/P00558071.htm

Subject: Re: Sexy Beast (2000) Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:01 pm

Not bad. One of my cousin's favourite films. It gave me a headache but the acting was great. But I still thought that something else could have been done with it.

Subject: Re: Sexy Beast (2000) Tue May 06, 2008 1:35 pm

Actor SIR BEN KINGSLEY was so terrified by his character in SEXY BEAST, he became scared to look at his own face.
The star, who played psychopathic villain Don Logan in the 2000 movie, admits the role frightened him, especially during a scene where he talks to himself in the mirror.
He says, "It was very disconcerting to see the monster I'd created staring back at me.
"The first time I did that sequence, I completely dried up. I was so scared of my own face."

From: contactmusic.com

Subject: Re: Sexy Beast (2000) Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:16 pm

It's a specific kind of movie, didn't make me mad about it, but yes, I agree that the acting was excellent.
I even thought of transcribing one of the significant dialogues for a task in my English Phonetics classes, but sadly the language was too strong. Wink

Fagin wrote:: He says, "It was very disconcerting to see the monster I'd created staring back at me.
"The first time I did that sequence, I completely dried up. I was so scared of my own face."

That's so amusing. Laughing

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The-Dark-Lady wrote:: I even thought of transcribing one of the significant dialogues for a task in my English Phonetics classes, but sadly the language was too strong.

Yikes!

I'm not in a hurry to see the movie again, but it's worth watching for the acting.

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One of my fav movies off all time i loved everything about it especially the scene with Don at the airport .

Subject: Re: Sexy Beast (2000) Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:36 pm

Ah, yes. I like it whe storms off the plane. Mad

Subject: Re: Sexy Beast (2000) Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:21 pm

Don't you guys think he has a kind of talent for portraying psychotic, unbalanced, and disturbed characters? He does it well. It's agood film, but not one of my favourites.

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