Talk:Snatch. (film)

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Was Snatch the first movie to feature that stylized character intro in the trailer? Music plays while the film's characters are introed. The image freezes on each one and it usually blends into a black and white photo or artwork based on a photo of the character. It was parodied for the trailers of films like Herbie Fully Loaded, Disney's Chicken Little, Lucky Number Slevin, and probably others. I'm just guessing Snatch was the first film to feature that syle, but it easily could have been mimicking another earlier film.

Sam Peckinpah did that numerous times before in his films, most notably The Wild Bunch. Count Ringworm 14:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diamond Size

Possible spoiler Yes, I know it's 86 carats the entire movie, but in Turkish's final narration, he says the vet found an 84 carat diamond in the dog's stomach. No clue what happened to the other two carats. --Milton 06:24, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe the dog ate it. -Kid.

[edit] Title

Shouldn't this page be "Snatch." seeing as "Snatch" is the alternate spelling?

Alternate spelling of what? Are you saying that the title is supposed to be "Snatch." (with a period)? I'm not sure I follow you. Wavy G 15:49, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the actual title of the film is "Snatch." - the alternate spelling in the US is "Snatch" however the official title is "Snatch." (the word and the period.):: ehmjay 16:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I see. I was going to say, my DVD cover just says "Snatch" but obviously I have the US version. So, if that is the correct title, I say move the article to "Snatch." Wavy G 16:38, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, the imdb.com page has the period. I say move the page. I'll do it. --Milton 21:11, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

My DVD cover just says "Snatch" too, and I've got the EU (IRL) version. I've never before seen it spelt as "Snatch." I'd actually like to see something official that says "Snatch." (the imdb page doesn't count) +Falcon9x5 07:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC

Had a quick look at official Sony sites, two UK [1][2] and one US [3] site, and they all call it "Snatch". All DVD covers call it "Snatch". I wasn't able to find a single "Snatch." apart from wikipedia and imdb. It should be changed back. +Falcon9x5 07:31, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Another look through the first eleven pages of google results for '"Snatch." film' still only gives the wiki page and imdb as spelling it "Snatch.". I'm moving it back. +Falcon9x5 07:41, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Well the Opening Titles do contain the period so I don't know what's the official way. You can see the opening here.

You're right. I don't know what is correct. IMDB seems the most reliable source, but apparently it's the only one that has it listed as "Snatch." Don't know what to make of this one, although it is bit of a trivial point. Wavy G 06:49, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Then again, Turkish is actually "*Turkish*" in the titles, so the logic mightn't apply to "Snatch.". Leave it as it is, I think, most people know of it without the full stop, and like I said, there is only one pages on the internet (imdb - as far as I can tell) that keeps the full stop. +Falcon9x5

Fair enough. Let's leave it as is. :: ehmjay 17:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Running Time?

Hello. Whilst looking this article I noticed that it has the running times down as different for the USA release and the UK release (UK:104 min / USA:102 min is the exact text). I was wondering, is this due to certain scenes being cut? If so, which scenes were cut, and should it be mentioned in the article? Or at least there should be a minor mention to the reasons why the running times are different. --Dreaded Walrus 18:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Because the US version has had some dialogue re-recorded to remove some of the British slang and to annunciate words that would be hard to understand due to the thick accents, presumably this is what causes the time difference. Also credit length for different regions could cause the runtime to change (remember the runtime is really just approximated, as some films that say are 104 minutes are only like 98). Anyways, there isn't any real changes mentioned on the IMDB Alt. Versions page and apart from the US. TV edit, I've never noticed many differences. :: ehmjay 17:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)