Underplayed Gems

Heist (2008)

Heist poster
Directed by
Justin Hardy
Genre
heist film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of misfits in medieval England plan to steal the crown jewels. The story plays like a heist movie but set in the 1300s with characters speaking in mock Old English insults.

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What happens

Heist is a one-off 2008 television comedy-drama, written by Peter Harness and directed by Justin Hardy. It was completed at the end of 2006 and first broadcast on 23 April 2008 on BBC Four as part of its Medieval season. Loosely based on real events surrounding Richard of Pudlicott, it is a parody of and/or homage to heist films, set in medieval England, using several of that genre's conventions (such as the raid being "one last job", and the use of an unintelligent but physically strong figure), and trailed under the same tagline as the 2003 remake of The Italian Job ("Get in, get out, get even"). As per the medieval setting, the film dialogue contains several Middle English and pseudo-Middle English expressions and insults (some of which are translations of modern-English insults or rhyming slang - "mother-swyver" instead of "motherfucker", or "it's all gone a bit church gong" instead of "it's all gone a bit Pete Tong", for example). Marshall as lead character narrates several parts of the backstory to the audience during the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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