Layer Cake
- Original title
- Layer Cake
- Year
- 2004
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Daniel Craig
- Tom Hardy
- Jamie Foreman
- Sally Hawkins
- Burn Gorman
- Brinley Green
- George Harris
- Tamer Hassan
- Colm Meaney
- Kenneth Cranham
- Sienna Miller
- Michael Gambon
- Dexter Fletcher
- Ben Whishaw
- Jason Flemyng
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller | Drugs. Mafia
- Synopsis
- With a vast amount of money safely invested, a London cocaine peddler (Daniel Craig) is preparing to leave England and start a new life. However, his gangland protector, Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham), has other plans, sending him on a seemingly innocuous errand that soon reveals itself as a deadly trap…
Layer Cake is the directorial debut of Matthew Vaughn, producer of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.- Awards
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2004: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best Debut by a British2004: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. for Best New Director2005: National Board of Review (NBR): Spotlight Award.
- Critics' reviews
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"Smartly put together, with interesting characters and caustic wit."
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"A smart, vivid, thrillingly real gangster picture"
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"A sleek, effective entertainment that is a refreshing respite from the slick emptiness of recent American crime dramas"
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 57 My Top 10 Movies from 2004 (48)
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