The Banksy Job
Synopsis
March 2004. The artist known as Banksy illegally erects a ten-foot statue in a small square off Shaftsbury Avenue in central London. Titled 'The Drinker', this sculpture is a replica of Rodin's 'The Thinker' - with a traffic cone placed on its head. The only clue as to who put it there is a stencil on the plinth that merely says 'Banksy'. Then, one day, in broad daylight, masked thieves pull up with a flatbed truck and cart 'The Drinker' away - a reporter from a national newspaper receives a ransom note from a man calling himself AK47, claiming to represent a group of 'art terrorists' calling themselves 'ART KEIDA'.
After several years back and forth between the media, Banksy and Art Keida, it is alleged that the artist called Banksy 'arranged' for the statue to be destroyed by any means necessary... Now, after all this time, it seems that AK47 is about to breathe new life into the saga.
Tribeca Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
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Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 75 mins
- Director
- Ian Roderick Gray, Dylan Harvey
- Producer
- Christine Alderson, Alex Hurle, Hamish Jenkinson
- Executive Producer
- David Adair
- Editor
- Anton Short
- Screenwriter
- Ian Roderick Gray, Dylan Harvey
- Director of Photography
- Anthony Dias
- Production Designer
- Kate Stamp
- Sound
- Edwin Matthews
- Principal Cast
- AK47, Art Keida, Giles Alderson, Andy Gibbins
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 9th March 2016
