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The Crew

Synopsis

Across the city organised gangs are fighting for control of the lucrative supply of narcotics but supremacy in this violent world is short-lived as younger, hungrier and more ruthless gangs move up. Against this brutal backdrop Ged Brennan, his younger brother Ratter and their crew pursue a dying trade of old time heists, but with two decades of meticulously planned jobs behind them, Ged is planning to turn his back on this life after one final heist. The problem is that Ratter has long since outgrown the needless danger of Ged's blags and has become increasingly desperate to move into the profitable world of drugs, a world that Ged wants nothing to do with. To make the move Ratter knows that he must cut all links with his brother but, for now, he has his own sinister reasons for staying on board. As the make-or-break heist approaches Ged must summon all of his street nous and killer instinct just to survive, and even then he needs friends in low places to ensure that the stains vanish without trace.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 100 mins
Format: HiDef, 35mm
Director: Adrian Vitoria
Producer: Ian Brady, Stephen Salter
Editor: Justinian Buckley
Screenwriter: Ian Brady, Adrian Vitoria, based on the Novel by Kevin Sampson
Director of Photography: Mark Hamilton
Production Designer: Vanessa Hawkins
Sound: Gary Desmond
Principal cast: Scot Williams, Kenny Doughty, Rory McCann, Stephen Graham

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Syndicate Films Limited

179 Wardour Street
London W1F 8WY
UK

T +44 (0)20 3039 3459

mail@syndicatefilms.co.uk

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www.thecrewmovie.co.uk

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