Gangster No.1 with Malcolm McDowell: DVD Cover

    Gangster No.1 Director: Paul McGuigan Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/08/2002
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Rating: Rated R

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    Making-of featurette; Deleted scenes; Audio commentary with director Paul McGuigan; TV spot Original theatrical trailer; ; English: 5.1 Surround; English & Spanish language subtitles

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    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title/Surprise
    2. Freddie's New Man
    3. Lennie Taylor
    4. "Look At Me"
    5. Tie Pin
    6. Karen
    7. Inside Information
    8. Missing Roland
    9. Engaged
    10. The Bosses Are Hit
    11. Freddie's Fate
    12. New Leadership
    13. Freddie's Release
    14. "Shoot Me"
    15. No. 1
    16. End Credits

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    A portrait of a cold-blooded young gangster living and loathing in 1960s London, this drama features Malcolm McDowell in a major role in his first British picture in years. McDowell opens the film as the present day Gangster 55, who learns that an old associate, gangster Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), has just been released from prison after serving a 30-year sentence. The story then flashes back to 1968, when the young Gangster 55 (Paul Bettany) makes Mays' acquaintance and subsequently wins his trust by dealing with his enemies from a rival gang. The relationship between the two men is threatened when Mays falls for Karen (Saffron Burrows), a no-nonsense dancer. When 55 learns that Lennie (Jamie Foreman), a rival gang leader, plans to ambush Mays and Karen one night, he pits the two gangs against one another so that he can emerge as Gangster No. 1. The film was directed by Paul McGuigan, who previously examined the crusty underbelly of British society with his screen adaptation of Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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    April 27, 2009: 'GANGSTER NO.#1' is a well-delivered piece of British crime lore that avoids the heavy stylings of 'Sexy Beast' or 'Snatch' in favor of a more straight ahead coverage of the era it's mainly set, the 1960's. The wardrobe and characters evoke the 'Get Carter' era Micheal Caine with sharply dressed hoods wreaking havoc on the public with glee. Paul Bettany plays an ambitious but frighteningly cold thug who's jonesing for the dapper leader's spot and his woman. Intersected well between Roddy MacDowell's modern persona of the older thug who still yearns for his mentor's charisma. Worth seeing.

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