Baby Driver
Baby Driver is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal, and Kevin Spacey appear in supporting roles. Eric Fellner and his Working Title Films partner Tim Bevan produced Baby Driver in association with Big Talk Productions' Nira Park. Sony and TriStar Pictures handled commercial distribution of the film. Baby Driver was financed through tax subsidies from the Georgia state government and a co-production pact between TriStar and MRC. Wright developed Baby Driver for over two decades. He devised the idea in his youth, and his early directing experience further shaped his ambitions for Baby Driver. Originally based in Los Angeles, Wright revised the film's setting to Atlanta, integrating the city's ethos into an important storytelling device. Principal photography took place in Atlanta from February to May 2016. Production involved the planning of meticulously coordinated stunts, choreography, and in-camera shooting. Thematic studies of Baby Driver examine patterns of color symbolism and Baby's evolving morality. Baby Driver premiered at the South by Southwest festival on March 11, 2017, followed by releases in North America and the United Kingdom on June 28. Media cited the film's craftsmanship and actors for praise, though characterization and screenwriting were sources of criticism. The National Board of Review selected Baby Driver as one of the top films of the year. It earned $226 million globally, bolstered by positive word-of-mouth support and flagging interest in blockbuster franchises. Baby Driver was nominated for numerous awards, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards (with a win for Editing), two Critics' Choice Awards (again, with a win for Editing), and a Golden Globe Award, and won several other honors, chiefly for technical achievement. The success of Baby Driver increased studio interest in producing a sequel.
There he is. Hey, Baby. Hey, Baby. Hear-No-Evil's back, huh? Have you seen this kid move? Yeah, I've seen him. Think Doc likes having him around because he can park in the disabled spots by the bank. - Disabled spot? - Yeah. He got some shit wrong with his ears. Tinnitus or something. Anyway, he gotta listen to music 24 hours a day to drown out the whining in his ears. Oh, shit! You know who else has the exact same thing and does that exact same thing? Barbra Streisand. Darling, do I look like I know a fucking thing about Barbra fucking Streisand? Hey! Watch your mouth. That's my lady you're talking to. Yeah. Watch your mouth. I'll watch what I want to watch.
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Yeah. What you ladies listening to? Queen. Queen! Queen? Streisand, now Queen. What the fuck? What y'all gonna do? Y'all gonna belt out show tunes on the way to the job? You don't need a score for a score. You just... Put your fucking foot on the gas and drive the goddamn car. That's all the music you need, folks. Come on, now. You never been a wheelman? You never had a lucky song? Well, a cigarette song. Apres-heist, glass of scotch. Absolutely. But not before a job. I got enough demons right here playing music all the time. Yeah, well, that I believe. Had a buddy once walk away from a job. You know why? Because something was playing on the radio he didn't like. We about to go in, he won't get out the fucking car. Why? 'Cause Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Heaven's Door is playing on the FM. He called it a hex song. That, End of the Road by Boyz II Men, Hotel California by the Eagles. He called 'em all hex songs. Then come talking about some crazy shit like we all gonna die. So what? You bail on the job? Fuck no, I didn't bail on the job. I went and got that money. And we didn't die, either. Now, he bought it a little later, but it had nothing to do with the heist. Do all your stories end up with somebody dying?
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Money orders. For I happen to know a guy who has a machine that can turn blank ones into green. Each box contains 250 slips per box, each slip worth up to a grand. That's quarter a mil per box. Dot, dot, dot. You do the math. Darling goes in the front. Buddy takes a five-alligator count and follows her inside. You put on these privacy glasses to blind the CCTV camera. Another five-alligator count. Darling gets in line, Buddy takes her hostage, shotgun to her head. That gets you guys in the back office.
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