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Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)

Ordinary Decent Criminal poster
Directed by
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Genre
comedy film, heist film
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
16
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 251 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A charming Irish crime boss runs a series of clever heists in Dublin. The film follows his exploits and his run-ins with the police.

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What happens

Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, written by Gerard Stembridge, and stars Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino. The film is loosely based on the story of Martin Cahill, a famous Irish crime boss. Filmed in late 1998 and originally scheduled for a fall 1999 release, the film premiered in Ireland in December 1999. Icon shipped out the movie overseas the following year, while Miramax Films acquired North American distribution rights, but it never got a proper theatrical release in the US and was released straight to video in January 2003, almost five years after filming began. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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