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Lucky Break (2001) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 24, 2001

Original Title:
Lucky Break

Alternate Titles:
Held i uheld
Lucky Break - Rein oder raus

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Film4 Productions
Fragile Films
Lucky Break Productions
Miramax
Paramount Pictures
Senator Film

Production Countries:
Germany | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CH: 6  CZ: 12+  DE: 6  GB: 12 

Runtime: 107

Overview from TheMovieDB

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

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Production

ADR & Dubbing:
Gordon Brown

Art Direction:
Andrew Munro

Book:
Stephen Fry

Casting:
Janey Fothergill

Choreographer:
Nicky Hinkley

Co-Producer:
Elinor Day
Lesley Stewart

Construction Manager:
Mike Houseman

Costume Design:
Ffion Elinor

Costume Supervisor:
Marion Weise

Director:
Peter Cattaneo

Director of Photography:
Alwin H. Küchler

Editor:
David Gamble

Executive Producer:
Paul Webster
Hanno Huth

First Assistant Editor:
Joanna Garrard

Foley Editor:
Jonathan Cronin

Gaffer:
Steve Philps

Hair Designer:
Veronica McAleer

Makeup & Hair:
Heather Millington

Makeup Designer:
Veronica McAleer

Music Editor:
Tony Lewis
James Bellamy

Music Supervisor:
Liz Gallacher

Original Music Composer:
Anne Dudley

Producer:
Peter Cattaneo
Barnaby Thompson

Production Coordinator:
Caroline Moore

Production Design:
Max Gottlieb

Script Supervisor:
Liz West

Set Decoration:
Neesh Ruben

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Sven Taits
Adrian Rhodes

Special Effects Supervisor:
Jem Lovett

Steadicam Operator:
Alastair Rae
Peter Wignall
Roger Tooley

Still Photographer:
Paul Chedlow

Stunt Coordinator:
Andy Bradford

Stunt Double:
Charles Jarman

Stunts:
David Anders
Nrinder Dhudwar
Richard Bradshaw
Gordon Seed
Gary Connery
Andy Merchant

Supervising Sound Editor:
Nick Adams

Title Designer:
Roger Phillips

Writer:
Ronan Bennett

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