Lucky Break (2001)

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?

Directed by: Peter Cattaneo

Written by: Ronan Bennett

Music by: Anne Dudley

Starring: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Timothy Spall, Christopher Plummer, Bill Nighy, Lennie James, Ron Cook, Peter Wight, Celia Imrie, Raymond Waring

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Released: 2001-08-24

Runtime: 107 minutes

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Lucky Break (2001): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Lucky Break was the second feature film directed by Peter Cattaneo, following his 1997 comedy, The Full Monty.
• Anne Dudley collaborated with Stephen Fry to write and produce songs for the send-up musical "Nelson."
• According to Derek Elley of Variety, the film is "hained to the floor by a script that isn't particularly funny, direction that goes for realism rather than stylization and an almost complete lack of comic timing".
• Exterior prison scenes were filmed at Dartmoor Prison, Princetown.

Source: Wikipedia

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