RocknRolla

RocknRolla (2008)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-09-04

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, StudioCanal, Toff Guy Films, Dark Castle Entertainment

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$18 000 000

Revenue

$25 739 994

Website

http://rocknrolla.warnerbros.com/

Director

Guy Ritchie

Actors

Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Karel Roden, Toby Kebbell, Jeremy Piven, Ludacris
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Guy Ritchie

Producer

Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Steve Clark-Hall, Steve Richards, Navid McIlhargey

Operator

David Higgs

Composer

Steve Isles

Artist

Audition

Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Editing

James Herbert
All team (24)

• The main character was based on Babyshambles vocalist Pete Doherty.
• The translation for release in Russia was done by Dmitry "Goblin" Puchkov.
• Actually, in Russian the word "rock-and-rollshchik" is written with two "l"s.
• The film Tank is watching in the car when Archie gets in is "The Remains of the Day" starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, and Hugh Grant.
• Director Guy Ritchie appears in a cameo, riding a bicycle past Roman and Mickey as they approach Johnny's house.
• The film features only $12 bills, which do not exist in reality.
• One song by the band "Ex-Sektor Gaza" – "Dopilsya" (Reached the Bottom) – is featured in the film. The band's leader, Igor Kushchev, learned that his composition was included in the film from the internet.
• The nickname Raz-Dva (English: One-Two) of Butler's character translates from English as "quick getaway" or "ready response." These words also denote a combination in striking martial arts consisting of two punches (two consecutive straight punches – from the left and immediately from the right, usually to the jaw). In domestic sports terminology, such a combination of punches is commonly called "dvoyka" (a pair).
• For the film, Toby Kebbell learned to play the piano and handle semi-automatic weapons.
• The machine-gun montage in the sex scene was done because Gerard Butler had a severe respiratory infection on the day of filming, and Tandy Newton refused to kiss him. Guy Ritchie had to improvise.
• Dmitry 'Goblin' Puchkov did the translation for release in Russia.
• In fact, the word 'rock-and-rollshchik' is written with two 'l's in Russian.
• The film Tank is watching in the car when Archie gets in is 'The Remains of the Day' with Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, and Hugh Grant.
• The film features one of the songs by the band "Ex-Sektor Gaza" — "Dopilsya" (Drank Himself to It). The band's leader, Igor Kushchev, learned that his composition was included in the film from the internet.
• Butler's character's nickname, One-Two, translates from English as "quick escape" or "ready response." These words also denote a combination in striking martial arts consisting of two punches (two consecutive direct punches – from the left and immediately from the right, usually to the jaw). In domestic sports terminology, such a combination of punches is commonly called "a pair."