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.

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I wanna see your plant.

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[engine stops] I've gone to great lengths to make my operation as invisible as possible, Matthew. If you were standing on my bush, you wouldn't know it. As a matter of fact, you are standing on my bush.

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It's a spectacular business, Michael.

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Such a shame it will go bankrupt in ten years when things go legal in the great UK.

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And you want me to pay top dollar for it?

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A nugget under half a yard?

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That is the price.

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Now step inside and I'll show you what half a yard gets you.

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Ooh. A delightful tool shed for 400 million dollars.

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Is the ball-peen hammer included? Course it is. Now let me show you the nails.

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Watch your head.

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Carry on, chaps.

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England's green and pleasant land.

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Those are some nails.

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Location, staff, technology.

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See, you're buying the substructure for the superstructure to come, and with purchase you will inherit the best sites available, the finest botanists and herb sommeliers in the world, as well as the most innovative marijuana technology on the planet.

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And when this little piggy goes to legal market and the demand way outpaces the supply... these locations, these green-fingered botanical boys, as well as my superior technology, will be at a premium.

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And you would own them all.

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Did you know it took 15 years after alcohol prohibition ended back home for the legal market to scratch that itch?

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Fifteen years.

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