The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a 2019 gangster film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who developed the story along with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. It follows an American drug lord in England who is looking to sell his business, setting off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him. The Gentlemen premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020, by Entertainment Film Distributors, and in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success, grossing $115 million worldwide against its $22 million budget. A spin-off television series was released by Netflix in 2024 with Theo James starring in the lead role.
He wants to ruin him, but I am here to do you a favor. And it's not like you're not getting something for your money. You could even turn that script into a feature film, Raymond. We could make it together. We could be partners. I have learned off you lot. You gotta look after number one, and now it's my turn. The sun is not going up for me, Ray. It's going down.
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No. Editor of the Daily Print. [Fletcher] Turns out Dave had gone after one of Mickey's lords, did a proper tabloid job on him. It would appear that His Lordship had had a quick spin on one of his attractive young footmen. After the splash, shares crashed, job went, wife followed, and even his kids disowned him. Well, that Dave can't half be a cunt.
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But no one will pull him on it. Too fucking scared that Dave will do a feature on them. But your Mickey, he's got a fabulous set of balls. So he snubbed him in front of a crowd that Dave could only wish he belonged to. You know, lords and ladies, the sort that Mickey feels very comfortable in front of.
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You're a filthy fantasist, and now it's time to leave. Oh, don't be silly. I'm only just lubing you up. Now, there is a reason why Matthew, or anyone else for that matter, cannot work out how Mickey does what he does. How does he grow 50 tons of white widow super cheese every year? Everyone knows that needs a lot of space. So where is the space and how come he's kept it under wraps? You can't just dig a hole in the ground and drop 200 shipping containers in there. Oh, no, my love. That will not work. No. You have to be creative. You need an angle. The problem with land in this country is there's not much of it... and there's public access even when it's supposed to be private.
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And every time you inherit a fortune, you lose half to the state. - [slurps] - So this is my moment to swoop in like a guardian fucking angel and offer my services so they can keep their houses in order. And they're not too bothered about what I do, as long as that cash keeps rolling in each year. It's good to get a lord, yes, but it's not easy. It takes work, wine, women and disco.
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