Johnny English
Johnny English is a 2003 spy action comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. It is a British-French venture produced by StudioCanal and Working Title Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures. Starring Rowan Atkinson in the title role along with Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller and John Malkovich, it is the first instalment of the Johnny English film series and serves as a parody and homage to the spy genre, mainly the James Bond film series, as well as Atkinson's Mr. Bean character. The character is also related to Atkinson's bumbling spy character from a series of adverts in the United Kingdom for Barclaycard in the 1990s. Released theatrically in the United States on 18 July 2003, the film met with mixed reviews from critics but was commercially successful and grossed $160 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2003 and topped the country's box office for the next three weekends, before being overtaken by X2. It was followed by two sequels, Johnny English Reborn (2011) and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018).
It's just-- Well, it's been three years since my fianc� left me, and since then I haven't made love to anyone. But then I met you... and I felt this... hunger... deep down inside. I wanted to say things to you, I wanted to do things to you... that I haven't wanted to do in a very, very, very long time.
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What is the one commodity... the world never seems to run out of? Criminals, gentlemen. - [ Guests Murmuring ] - Lawbreakers. Every nation in the world struggles... with the issue of overcrowded prisons. So, what do we do with all these villains? Find the solution to that problem... and the governments of the world would pay you through their nose.
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2 1 0,000 square miles... of prime real estate... conveniently separated from true civilization... by 20 miles of ocean... - and soon to be available... - Come on. for the entire world to dump its human waste in. According to current projections, we will not run out of prison space for the next 500 years. So, tonight one, and only one, of you... will leave here owning 49 percent... of this venture. So that's his little game. We must get hold of that DVD. But how,Johnny? There's only two of us. You're young, Miss Campbell, and inexperienced. What you seem to have forgotten is that... [ Over P.A. Speaker ] nobody knows we are here. At our disposal we have the vital element of surprise. Now, my plan is simple but effective. I shall drop from the gallery at this end of the room and take Sauvage prisoner. You will then enter from the far door, cutting off any means of escape. Then, using Sauvage as a hostage, we'll get the hell out ofhere. Clear?
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