Talk:The Bank Job

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Contents 1 Gale Benson 2 Historicity 3 The Alleged Princess 4 Factual Errors 5 plot?

[edit] Gale Benson

You haven't mentioned Gale Benson. She was killed by Micheal X because he thought she was a spy. Pretty horribly too. She was the actual reason due to which he was hanged to death later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.102.32.98 (talk) 19:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historicity

So... Anyone have any information on the bank robbery that the film supposedly depicts? Or is it the truth that it will really be revealed for the first time? I find that hard to beleive, given the in time that it takes to make a film, there are undoubtedly be some information leaked....

Anyway, it's good to see Jason Statham being typecast into his usual role again, hope it turns out better than In The Name of The King... Fultron89 (talk) 05:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)>

This is the only article I've read connecting it to the real robbery.New Yorker Article - - - There's almost nothing to be found on the internet that deals with historical fact (or otherwise), as opposed to the film plot and the allegations it makes. However, since no-one seems to be calling 'hoax', this doesn't seem to be an idle conspiracy theory. After an exhaustive internet search, the most informative/authoritative sources I could find were a few connected press articles in the Chicago reader, the Daily Telegraph and the Observer. http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/film/tag/Conspiracy%20Theories/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/15/bfbankjob15.xml http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=515138&in_page_id=1770 But they're scarce on detail, and so many questions still unanswered. For one, was there really a purge of Scotland Yard officers following the affair, and how did this impact the institution? CPH.

I've added a Historicity section, based on what I could determine. I'd still like to know the answer to questions such as whether there really was a purge of officers. John M Baker (talk) 15:42, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Is the word "Historicity" absolutely necessary? Is there not a simple English way of expressing the same thing? Sure it is the kind of word that looks impressive in an academic essay but it seems like an overly complicated and inaccessible choice of wording for the wide audience Wikipedia enjoys. -- Horkana (talk) 13:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to change it, if you think of something better. John M Baker (talk) 14:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, why does such a huge bank robbery not have a Wikipedia article? --Erroneuz1 (talk) 06:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Alleged Princess

I saw the movie on March 8 in the United States, and it clearly referred repeatedly to Princess Margaret. However, people who have seen it in the United Kingdom seem to think that the princess is not named. Were two different versions released? Is there any way of confirming the details of this and, if so, which versions were released where? John M Baker (talk) 15:42, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Factual Errors

I see this section has been put back in. It is trivial and completely UNSOURCED. Robertcornell68 (talk) 21:53, 20 March 2008(UTC) So I removed it. Robertcornell68 (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Comment: "So... Anyone have any information on the bank robbery that the film supposedly depicts?" Yes. I lost everything I had of any real value in "the bank robbery" and can attest to it being a very professional job, just like the Great Train Robbery that preceded it, and not unlike the Brinksmat job some years later. The idea that this audacious crime was actually orchestrated by MI5 to protect Princess Margaret from being revealed as sex maniac is sheer fantasy, her "reputation" was already well established and well known by the 1970's and if there had been incriminating evidence in a safe box at Lloyds Bank, MI5 could have walked in, flashed the necessary ID. and opened any or all of the boxes and removed the so called evidence. I find it rather offensive that this movie seeks to make us look like idiotic fools who would rather believe the evil government is to blame, than to point the finger where it belongs, at the criminals who continually prey on innocent victims, yet are the heros of big Hollywood. Of course, the issuance of the "D-Notice" is taken as some sort of signal that the evil government is manipulating things, rather than preventing the press from alerting the criminals from what steps are being taken to apprehend them. Believe what you will, the was a crime committed by very well organized criminals, and that's really all there is to say. It wasn't the first time (Great Train Robbery) nor was it the last. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lapaparazzo (talk • contribs) 06:03, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] plot?

I feel the plot section is way too long in comparison to most other movie articles in wikipedia and it seems more like a summary of almost every scene in the movie rather then a plot outline. Does it really need to be included for instance that a police officer comes to the shop because of the vibrations?

please shorten it a bit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.53.88.129 (talk) 08:50, 16 April 2008 (UTC)