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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Lock, Stock...
Soap, Bacon, Tom, Ed. 'Soap' considers himself the only 'legitimate' or 'clean' business man of the group: hence the name Soap.
Brag . Apparently, this game is similar to poker, and has been around for many centuries.
JD's Bar. Ed's hard-nosed father is played by Sting, who is a friend of director, Guy Ritchie.
A wad of cash. This is one of my favorite lines in the movie. Its a trademark of Guy Ritchie's brilliant one-liners that you'll find in both his movies!
Professional Soccer Player. Vinnie Jones is a world renowned football player in the UK.
100,000 pounds. Ed, Bacon, Tom and Soap each came up with 25,000 pounds to get Ed into the card game.
Winston, Willy, Jay, Charles.
Fertilizer. He also brings home a very 'stoned' Gloria, who we will see again during the movie!
Botherby's. The shotguns have an opening bid of 250,000 pounds in the movie!
He just had his hair done. Gary had just spent 200 quid on his hair - Can you blame him for not wanting it ruined?
A pair of sevens, and a four. While 3 Card Brag is known as a high stakes game - where you can win and lose money very fast, there are different variations of the game which are now more popular and are far more easier on the pocketbook!
500,000 pounds. They must repay their debt in five days, or they will lose a finger for every day payment is late. When all their 'digits' are gone, Hatchet Harry will take Ed's fathers pub as payment in full!
Cursing. He also doesn't appreciate blasphemy in front of the boy either!
Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was known for his inspiring speeches and humorous quotes that carried the British through WWII. Here's another funny one 'I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals'.
the 'Liza'. The use of Cockney slang was invented way back in 'Victorian' England by working class laborers. It was used by people who wanted to talk amongst themselves, i.e. gangs, secret-societies etc.
Winston. Winston is the only one left standing, and takes off in the van which is loaded with bags of marijuana!
He throws them off a bridge. In the final scene of the movie, we never do find out if Tom actually tosses the antique guns off the bridge or if he keeps them so he and the guys can auction them off for 250,000 pounds!
Alan Ford. Alan was later to play the notorious Brick Top in Ritchie's hilarious follow up, 'Snatch', and was also on the radio plays of the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Roosta.
2 Sixes. Harry beats him with 2 Sevens!
Winston Churchill. This scene is our first encounter with Dog and his band of merry men!
250,000. Cue the famous end scene of Tom dangling off the bridge with phone in mouth and guns on ledge...
He'd get a ticket. That one was for you sharp-eared fans!
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