![AD/BC - A Rock Opera [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51y4alc07mL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
DVD ~ Matt Berry
|
![Wall Of Silence [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O85htirmL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
DVD ~ Stephanie Leonidas
|
![Still Crazy [DVD] [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5155BTAZBNL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
DVD ~ Stephen Rea
|
![Garth Marenghi's Darkplace [DVD] [2004]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M0HH8ZFHL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
DVD ~ Matt Holness
|
by Julian Barratt
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Peter Cattaneo's Lucky Break is a likable comedy which suffered by comparison with his earlier hit The Full Monty, but is attractive enough in its own terms. Charming incompetent bank robber Jimmy Hands (James Nesbitt), five years into a 12-year sentence, puts together an escape plan which exploits the desire of the stage-struck prison governor (Christopher Plummer) to see his musical about the life of Nelson performed. The plan gets ever more complicated as he finds himself needing to outwit an unpleasant thug who wants to supplant his original accomplices and wanting to wreck the career of a bullying prison officer and having to weigh the idea of escaping at all against his growing relationship with anger management trainer Annabel (Olivia Williams).
Peter Cattaneo's Lucky Break is a likable comedy which suffered by comparison with his earlier hit The Full Monty, but is attractive enough in its own terms. Charming incompetent bank robber Jimmy Hands (James Nesbitt), five years into a 12-year sentence, puts together an escape plan which exploits the desire of the stage-struck prison governor (Christopher Plummer) to see his musical about the life of Nelson performed. The plan gets ever more complicated as he finds himself needing to outwit an unpleasant thug who wants to supplant his original accomplices and wanting to wreck the career of a bullying prison officer and having to weigh the idea of escaping at all against his growing relationship with anger management trainer Annabel (Olivia Williams).
This is an intelligent caper film with some underlying seriousness to it; Jimmy comes slowly to realise that crime does involve mixing with some fairly unpleasant people. The backstage musical stuff--with its wonderfully fatuous ex-Cambridge director and a score just the right side of entire dreadfulness--is hilarious and the working out of the plot's convoluted central scam efficient. If there is an overall failure of tone, it comes from the clash between the farce elements and the bittersweet quality of the central relationship, as well as Timothy Spall's portrayal of the victimised Cliff.
On the DVD: Lucky Break is presented in an anamorphic 2.35:1 ratio and has Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The special features include a director's commentary, cast and crew interviews and a short "Making of" featurette. --Roz Kaveney
Synopsis
Small time villains Jimmy and Rudy are caught doing a bank raid and are put in HM Prison Long Rudford. Whilst there they hatch an escape plan which involves them staging the prison governor's musical 'Nelson'. But events take a turn for the worst when Jimmy falls in love with his co-star, support officer, Annabel Sweep...
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
![Lucky Break [VHS] [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514MGK0GV0L._SL75_SS50_.jpg) |
75% buy the item featured on this page: Lucky Break [VHS] [2001] |
![Lucky Break [DVD] [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rXhY9A8tL._SL75_SS50_.jpg) |
19% buy Lucky Break [DVD] [2001] £10.37 |
![Still Crazy [DVD] [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5155BTAZBNL._SL75_SS50_.jpg) |
6% buy Still Crazy [DVD] [1998] £3.98 |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
|||||||||||||
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
 |
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
Related forums
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Health & Beauty at Amazon.co.uk |
A Close Shave |
Treat Someone
With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is). |
||||||||
| |||||
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
Amazon Home | |
| International Sites: United States | Germany | France | Japan | Canada | China | |
| Business Programs: Sell on Amazon | Fulfilment by Amazon | Join Associates | Join Advantage | |
| Customer Service | Help | View Basket | Your Account | |
| About Amazon.co.uk | Careers at Amazon | |
| Conditions of Use & Sale | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates |