Layer Cake
Non-Series
J. J. Connolly
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 071563335X
Published: April 2000
Synopsis: Our narrator's too smart to tell you his name ("if I [did], you'd be as clever as me"), but he's not afraid to tell you everything else about the "layer cake"-London's intricately arranged constellation of underworld fiefdoms. He's a drug dealer who's planning to retire on his thirtieth birthday-after one last great score-to a life as "a gentleman of leisure." Only problem is his boss, the crime kingpin "don" Jimmy Price, has other plans. He can walk away from the life for good only if he can track down a runaway daughter for Jimmy's old friend. Complicating matters are two million top-grade Ecstasy tablets that were robbed from a factory in Amsterdam by a renegade outfit in Jimmy's employ who are now looking for someone to offload the ill-gotten loot. With an angry mob of German neo-Nazis in hot pursuit, and all crosses and double-crosses leading back to Jimmy, our narrator finds he may have to negotiate a new exit strategy.
Layer Cake
Matthew Vaughn, Director
Daniel Craig: XXXX
Tom Hardy: Clarkie
Jamie Foreman: Duke
Sally Hawkins: Slasher
Burn Gorman: Gazza
George Harris: Morty
Tamer Hassan: Terry
Colm Meaney: Gene
UPC: 043396108899
Source: Sony Pictures
Original Release: 10/01/2004 (UK)
DVD Release: 08/23/2005
Rating: R
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Language: English, Français
Subtitles: English, Français, Korean, Thai
Time: 1:46:00
Features: Closed Caption; Deleted scenes; Two alternate endings;
Director and writer commentary; Q&A with director and Daniel Craig;
Behind-the-scenes featurette.
