Version Details

Cast

• Kenneth Cranham - Jimmy Price
• Neil Finnighan - Troop
• Michael Gambon - Eddie Temple
• Daniel Craig - XXXX
• Tom Hardy - Clarkie
• Sally Hawkins - Slasher
• Francis Magee - Paul the Boatman
• Marcel Iures - Slavo
• Dexter Fletcher - Cody
• Burn Gorman - Gazza
• Colm Meaney - Gene
• George Harris - Morty
• Sienna Miller - Tammy
• Louis Emerick - Trevor
• Matthew Ryan - Junkie 2
• Jason Flemyng - Larry
• Don McCorkindale - Albert Carter
• Dimitri Andreas - Angelo
• Dragan Micanovic - Dragan
• Darren Healy - Junkie 1
• Ivan Kaye - Freddie Hurst
• Ben Whishaw - Sidney
• Steve John Shepherd - Tiptoes
• Stephen Walters - Shanks
• Tamer Hassan - Terry
• Brinley Green - Nobby
• Garry Tubbs - Brian
• Natalie Lunghi - Charlie
• Marvyn Benoit - Kinky
• Rab Affleck - Mickey
• Paul Orchard - Lucky
• Ben Brasier - Jerry (Kilburn)
• Budgie Prewitt - Golf Host
• Jamie Foreman - Duke
• Jamie Foreman - JD, "Duke"
• George Harris - Mr. Mortimer, "Morty"

Crew

• Casting: Leo Davis
• Voice Casting: Brenden Donnison ,Vanessa Baker
• Music Editor: Tom Chichester-Clark
• Third Assistant Director: Samar Pollitt
• Special Effects: Special Effects (GB) Ltd.
• First Assistant Director: Mike Elliott
• Stunts: Seon Rogers
• Director: Matthew Vaughn
• Producer: Matthew Vaughn
• Editor: Jonathan Davis
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Rob Duncan
• Visual Effects: Framestore
• Second Unit Director Of Photography: Steve Parker
• Editor: Jon Harris
• Cinematographer: Benjamin Davis ,Ben Davis
• Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott
• Stunts: Gary Connery
• Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon
• Stunts Coordinator: Paul Herbert
• Re-Recording Mixer: Sven Taits
• ADR Recordist: Peter Gleaves
• Sound Mixer: Simon Hayes
• Stunts: Bradley Farmer ,Rowley Irlam
• Producer: David Reid
• Second Unit Director: David Reid
• Screenwriter: J.J. Connolly
• Book Author: J.J. Connolly
• Production Coordinator: Chris Brouwer
• Composer (Music Score): Lisa Gerrard
• Production Designer: Kave Quinn
• Costume Designer: Stephanie Collie
• Sound/Sound Designer: Mat Collinge
• Special Effects Editor: Mat Collinge
• Foley Editor: Mat Collinge
• Producer: Adam Bohling
• Executive Producer: Stephen Marks
• Casting: Jina Jay
• Production Assistant: Danny Gill
• Art Director: Steve Carter
• Set Decorator: Johnny Barrs
• Pilot: Marc Wolff
• Stunts: Nick Wilkinson
• Assistant Art Director: Nina Ross
• Assistant Editor: Daryl Jordan
• Composer (Music Score): Ilan Eshkeri
• Stunts: James O'Dee
• Chief Lighting Technician: David Brown
• Properties Master: Noel Cowell
• Aerial Photography: Simon Werry
• Set Medic/First Aid: Carrie Johnson
• Producer: Claire McGrane
• Underwater Photography: Mark Silk
• Stunts: Tom Aitken ,Andy Godbold
• Focus Puller: Clive Prior
• Cable Person: Tom Harrison
• Electrician: Greg Thomas
• Production Secretary: Ana Timenys
• Boom Operator: Arthur Turner
• Camera Operator: Peter Wignall
• Video Assist: David Allain
• Foley Artist: Paula Borum
• Hair Styles: Karen Sheriff Brown
• Makeup: Karen Sheriff Brown
• Electrician: Jeff Burden
• Post Production Supervisor: Jatinderpal Chohan
• Production Assistant: Stacy Crago
• Production Secretary: Claudia Creesburg
• Production Assistant: Eran Creevy
• Assistant Editor: Hattie Dalton
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Martin Duncan
• Key Grip: Kevin Fraser
• Electrician: Robert Gavigan
• Music Producer: Stephen McLaughlin
• Cable Person: Ben Greaves
• Script Supervisor: Mary Haddow
• Runner: Stewart Hamilton ,Russell Hasenberg
• Casting Assistant: Melissa Holm
• Clapper Loader: Phil Humphries
• Unit Production Manager: Luke Jackson
• Negative Cutter: Jason Wheeler Film Services
• Cable Person: Robin Johnson
• Unit Publicist: Diane Kelly
• Production Manager: Alain Lagger
• Assistant Art Director: Coralie Lew
• Costumes Supervisor: Fiona Lucas
• Post Production Supervisor: Clare Maclean
• Production Assistant: Dale Manning
• Music Producer: Steve McLaughlin
• Electrician: Guy Minoli
• Visual Effects Producer: Joanna Nodwell
• Production Assistant: Tarquin Pack
• Assistant Costumer Designer: Anna Palmgren
• Production Assistant: Carlos Peres
• Assistant Art Director: Sandra Phillips
• Production Manager: Emma Pike
• Play Author: Alex Reid
• Production Assistant: Thomas Rohde ,Sanne Rosinga
• Foley Editor: Danny Sheehan
• ADR Editor: Danny Sheehan
• Dialogue Editor: Danny Sheehan
• Still Photographer: Daniel Smith
• Costumes Supervisor: Gabrielle Spanswick
• Location Manager: Eddie Standish
• Visual Effects Editor: Michelle Camp
• Production Coordinator: Suzie Shearer
• Second Assistant Director: Anthony Wilcox
• Stunts: Dean Forster
• Aerial Photography: John Marzano
• Makeup: Maureen Hetherington
• Hair Styles: Maureen Hetherington
• Sound/Sound Designer: Matthew Collinge
• Special Effects Editor: Matthew Collinge
• Foley Editor: Matthew Collinge
• Casting: Leonora Davis
• Production Assistant: Dan Gill
• Voice Casting: Brendan Donnison

Layer Cake: AMG Review
Derek Armstrong , AMG

The recipe for Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake is simple: start with a few generous spoonfuls of Guy Ritchie, add a pinch of Martin Scorsese, and sprinkle in a few plot points from Carlito's Way. The result is a pretty yummy confection, even if it doesn't revolutionize the dessert world. Having produced each of Ritchie's films, Vaughn has taken with him the intricate plotting, the unintelligible accents, and the surplus of characters, most of whom have cookie-cutter mobster nicknames. He's left behind Ritchie's fondness for absurdist comedy, as Layer Cake proceeds in a mostly straightforward manner, at least in terms of its set pieces. The narrative is another matter -- J.J. Connolly's script gives birth to a new subplot about every five pages, and it becomes nearly impossible to sort out who is with whom, and whether it's a double- or triple-cross they're perpetrating. This disorganization leaves certain characters out in the cold, such as Sienna Miller's promising femme fatale, who has no function. As with a Ritchie film, it may be wisest to treat Layer Cake largely as eye candy. Vaughn's camera glides through the action like a guided tour of Britain's drug underworld, narrated by the nameless protagonist (Daniel Craig) and seen through a crisp, nearly colorized filter. It's mostly free from the frenetic trickery of Ritchie's films, save for one virtuoso sequence in which Vaughn films a vicious beating from the perspective of the victim, the camera somersaulting with each blow, and Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" sputtering in and out of clarity on the soundtrack. Vaughn can marry insubstantial pop songs with hip iconography like the most successful of his predecessors. What Vaughn can't claim is a totally distinctive vision -- the kind that might prompt young filmmakers to imitate him, rather than them. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide