Enter our protagonist. He's good-looking, he's gorgeous, he's golden age, he's a proper handsome cunt. His name is Mickey Pearson. Unique background has our Mickey. American born, Rhodes scholar, so he's born clever but poor. Now, that's quite a leap from a trailer park in Americana to the thousand-year-old university in old Angleterre, where he studies the dark art of horticulture. But he never finished his education, never went home, because... he found his vocation. A naughty vocation. He's a bad boy. He starts dealing the dirty wonder weed to his rich, British, upper-class uni pals and realizes he's rather good at it. He's clear and objective about ambition and he can surf the echelons of our complicated culture.
The Gentlemen
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We just went from £150,000 to 20 million. That's a steep rise in 30 seconds. Yeah, but I would argue that you're lucky, because that is nothing compared to what I could, and perhaps should, be asking. Oh, well, thank God you're not greedy, Fletcher, you deluded, shit-eating cunt. [chuckles] I quite like it when you talk dirty to me.
The Gentlemen
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Now, I want you to imagine a character, a dramatic character, like in a book or a play or a film. But not digital, not on a memory stick. Analog. Chemical process. "Keep the grain in the picture," I say. Old-school, 35 mill. [whirring]
The Gentlemen
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[Fletcher] That is not a smart move. Don't tell me what a smart move is. [Fletcher] I beg for your pardon. You heard me perfectly well. There will be repercussions for Michael's actions. You think you're running things, do you?
The Gentlemen
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You must be the king.
The Gentlemen
20.4s
Now, I'm seeing this through a lens, I am, and I'm not talking about the small screen. It's not TV, Raymond. As I said, old-school cinema format. It's what we in the business called anamorphic, or ratio 2.35 to 1. And I want you to join me on this cinematic journey, 'cause it is cinema, Ray. It's beautiful, beautiful cinema.
The Gentlemen
6.1s
- Henry. - [Fletcher] And when it rains... Let me take care of the roof. [Fletcher] ...it fucking pours.
The Gentlemen
6.2s
[man 1] What the fuck? [speakers: rock music playing] [chattering]
The Gentlemen
4.7s
[camera shutter clicking] [sirens blaring in distance]
The Gentlemen
10.5s
I can be dangerous if I want to be. Get the fuck out now. Sit down, Power, before you get yourself into more trouble. How d'you know my name? How the fuck does he know my name? I know all your names.
The Gentlemen
2.6s
- May we excuse ourselves? - Yes, please.
The Gentlemen
14.1s
[Fletcher] So these two have met before. Fuck knows where. Presumably at the annual international drug dealers convention in Las Vegas. And they've done some small deals together, but now they're ready for the big one. Well, that was unexpected, Matthew.
The Gentlemen
2s
We should say good night to our host.
The Gentlemen
2.8s
And they are coming here. So you see what I've done there?
The Gentlemen
4.8s
Friend of her father's. Runs London's puff game. A big dick swinger.