Snatch (film)

Snatch
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Directed by	Guy Ritchie
Produced by	Matthew Vaughn
Written by	Guy Ritchie
Starring	Benicio del Toro Dennis Farina Alan Ford Jason Flemyng Robbie Gee Stephen Graham Lennie James Vinnie Jones Brad Pitt Rade Šerbedžija Jason Statham
Music by	John Murphy
Cinematography	Tim Maurice-Jones
Edited by	Jon Harris
Production company	SKA Films
Distributed by	United Kingdom: Columbia Pictures United States: Screen Gems
Release date	23 August 2000 (2000-08-23) (United Kingdom) 19 January 2001 (2001-01-19) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$83.6 million

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Snatch (stylised as snatch.) is a 2000 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter (Jason Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster (Alan Ford) who is ready and willing to have his subordinates carry out severe and sadistic acts of violence.

The film features an assortment of characters, including Irish Traveller Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), referred to as a "pikey", arms-dealer Boris "the Blade" Yurinov (Rade Šerbedžija), professional thief and gambling addict Franky "Four-Fingers" (Benicio del Toro), American gangster-jeweller Abraham Denovitz known as "Cousin Avi" (Dennis Farina), and bounty hunter Bullet-Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones). It is also distinguished by a kinetic direction and editing style, an intricate double plot featuring numerous ironic twists of chance and causality, and a fast pace.

Though not a sequel, the film shares themes, ideas and motifs with Ritchie's first film, . It is also filmed in the same visual style and features many of the same actors, including Jones, Statham, and Ford.

After stealing an 86-carat (17.2 g) diamond in a heist in Antwerp, Franky "Four-Fingers" goes to London to see diamond dealer Doug "The Head" on behalf of New York jeweler "Cousin Avi". One of the other robbers advises Franky to obtain a gun from ex-KGB agent Boris "The Blade". Meanwhile, Boris then plans to steal the diamond from him before he can turn it over to Doug.