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Two actors best known for their work in the late 1960s, Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, star in The Limey, a drama in which a recently released felon contemplates the gulf between aging criminals like himself and their modern counterparts. Wilson Stamp is a British career criminal who has been released after nine years in prison. He has learned that his daughter Jenny died under suspicious circumstances in Los Angeles, so he travels to America for the first time to find out what happened and who's responsible. ...
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Two actors best known for their work in the late 1960s, Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, star in The Limey, a drama in which a recently released felon contemplates the gulf between aging criminals like himself and their modern counterparts. Wilson Stamp is a British career criminal who has been released after nine years in prison. He has learned that his daughter Jenny died under suspicious circumstances in Los Angeles, so he travels to America for the first time to find out what happened and who's responsible. With the help of an ex-con named Ed Luis Guzman, Wilson discovers Jenny was romantically involved with Valentine Fonda, a middle-aged record producer with a shady past and a fondness for young women. In hopes of getting the truth -- and getting to Valentine -- Wilson finds himself doing battle with some of the worst criminals to crawl from the underbelly of Los Angeles; along the way, he also meets Elaine Lesley Ann Warren, an older actress who knew Jenny and reminds Wilson of how little he really did for his daughter while she was alive. Steven Soderbergh's first film after his commercial comeback with 1998's Out Of Sight, The Limey features, along with Stamp and Fonda, two other notable 60's actors in supporting roles, Barry Newman and Joe Dallesandro.
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All Movie Guide - Matthew Tobey
When watching The Limey in light of Steven Soderbergh's 2000, big-budget crowd-pleaser Erin Brockovich, one has to wonder if it was intended less as a follow-up to 1998's Out of Sight than a final art-house hurrah for the director, before being ushered onto the Hollywood A-list. After all, while Soderbergh has proven himself to be one of Tinseltown's smartest, most imaginative talents, with an ability to wow critics and please the masses at the same time, it's doubtful he'll ever again have a profile low enough to make a film as demanding of an audience's attention and void of star power as The Limey. Terence Stamp's Wilson is an aging British ex-con struggling to come to grips with not only the mysterious disappearance of his estranged daughter, but with America and the world after a nine-year prison stint. Soderbergh presents the story through a barrage of risky and unconventional camera and editing techniques, which always add to the tone and somehow never seem gimmicky. One of the best examples of this is the use of clips from 1968's Poor Cow as flashbacks. Featuring a 29-year-old Stamp, Poor Cow's contrasting film stock and color palette give the scenes the look of a memory, as if the viewer is seeing it just as Wilson does. Stamp delivers a performance that is both subtle and engaging, as Wilson contemplates the life he's lived and sets off on a vengeful hunt for his daughter Jenny's former lover, played by Peter Fonda. Fonda is just one of the supporting players who adds depth to the picture. Others include Nicky Katt, Leslie Ann Warren, and perhaps most outstanding, Luis Guzman. Guzman, who later gave a scene-stealing performance in Soderbergh's Traffic, plays Ed, one of Wilson's few allies. With no one else to trust, Wilson forms an unlikely bond with Ed. The interaction between the two characters is unique, human, and understated, much like the film itself. While The Limey may not have broken a hundred million dollars at the box office (or five million, for that matter), or gotten the recognition it deserved from the Academy, it still holds its own among Soderbergh's films; in fact, it's one of his best.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/15/2000
  • UPC: 012236101246
  • Original Release: 1999

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  • Source: Live / Artisan
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Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Terence Stamp Wilson
Peter Fonda Valentine
Lesley Ann Warren Elaine
Luis Guzman Ed
Barry Newman Avery
Nicky Katt Stacy
Joe Dallesandro Uncle John
Amelia Heinle Adhara
Melissa George Jennifer
Bill Duke Head DEA Agent
Technical Credits
Steven Soderbergh Director
Lem Dobbs Screenwriter
Louise Frogley Costumes/Costume Designer
Gary Frutkoff Production Designer
John Hardy Producer
Greg Jacobs Asst. Director
Scott Kramer Producer
Edward Lachman Cinematographer
Cliff Martinez Score Composer
Kathryn Peters Set Decoration/Design
Jim Webb Sound/Sound Designer
Debra Zane Casting
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

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    The Limey is a taut and exciting revenge thriller, with a deep and dark current of regret running just below the surface. Terrence Stamp is tremendous as Wilson, a career criminal who, after serving a long stretch in jail, has come to Los Angeles to investigate the suspicious death of his daughter. Stamp gives one of the best performances of his life as the tough and charming thief whose cocky "and Cockney" swagger masks his growing realization that he has wasted his life. The rest of the cast is excellent as well, with Lesley Ann Waren, Barry Newman, and Luis Guzman making real people out of characters that in a normal thriller would exist only to drive the plot. Peter Fonda's fragile Terry Valentine is the ostensible villain of the piece, but is not evil so much as selfish and weak. The Limey is a very funny movie in spite of its serious themes, and in this regard Nicky Katt as a sarcastic small-time killer is a particular stand-out. This is just a great film in every regard and one sure to be enjoyed over and over again.

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