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The Limey is a revenge neo-noir crime drama, directed by Steven Soderbergh

The film starring Terence Stamp as Wilson, an Englishman straight out of prison and on parole who seeks to avenge the death of his daughter in Los Angeles. As soon as Wilson crosses the pond he discovers that he's like a "fish out of water" in strange America. His suspicions soon fall on his daughter's former boyfriend, celebrity music producer Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda). Wilson gets help from his late daughter's friends Eduardo Roel (Luis Guzmán) (an ex-con) and Elaine (Lesley Ann Warren). Together they put the pieces together and solve his daughter's murder.

The movie is notable due to its character acting and its non-traditional editing technique, splitting dialogues over several scenes and places.

Awards

Satellite Awards
: Won. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, Terence Stamp.

Quotes

Wilson: I'm looking for a different kind of satisfaction.
Ed: Do you understand half the shit he says? Elaine: No, but I know what he means.
Wilson: Can't be too careful nowadays, y'know? Lot of "tea leaves" about, know what I mean? Warehouse Foreman: Excuse me? Wilson: Tea leaves... thieves.
Wilson: How you doin' then? All right, are you? Now look, squire, you're the guv'nor here, I can see that. I'm in your manor now. So there's no need to get your knickers in a twist.

Taglines

Vengeance knows no boundaries.
Tell Them I'M Coming.

Trivia

A flashback includes scenes from a former Terence Stamp movie, Ken Loach's 1967 directorial debut Poor Cow
.
The first song heard in The Limey is "The Seeker," performed by the English rock group The Who. During the 1960's one of The Who's managers was Chris Stamp, Terence Stamp's brother.
The relationship between Wilson and Ed echos in many ways the relationship between the literary characters found in Miguel Cervantes' novel Don Quixote: Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza.
An oddity of the film is that Ed, played by Luis Guzmán, is seen wearing t-shirts with famous historical political figures on them. At the beginning it's Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, in the middle of the film it's the Argentine Che, and towards the end it's the Chinese Mao Tse Tung.
Filming Locations: Big Sur and Los Angeles, Calif., USA.

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