Layer Cake
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Matthew Vaughn
Daniel Craig
Jamie Foreman
Tom Hardy
Sienna Miller
Sally Hawkins
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sleek, well dressed and polite, our unnamed hero is a consummate professional. Treating cocaine and ecstasy like any other commodity, he has made a fortune for himself by keeping his hands clean and staying under the radar. Having made the decision to retire, his aim is to break free from the world of crime, drugs and violence and live a simple, quiet life with the money he has amassed. But before this can happen, crime boss Jimmy Price wants two last favors from him. First, he must track down the missing, drug addict daughter of powerful criminal Eddie Temple. Second, he must negotiate the sale of a huge shipment of ecstasy with The Duke, a loose cannon petty crook playing well out of his league. What should be a routine transaction is anything but and nothing goes according to plan. Instead, duplicity and hidden alliances become the order of the day, in a struggle for power that reaches from the crack dens of London to the highest ranks of British society. Quickly he learns that he is part of a machine much greater than he imagined, and getting out won't be quite as easy as getting in.
Director
Matthew Vaughn
Cast
Daniel Craig
Jamie Foreman
Tom Hardy
Sienna Miller
Sally Hawkins
George Harris
Ben Whishaw
Burn Gorman
Brinley Green
Tamer Hassan
Colm Meaney
Marcel Iures
Francis Magee
Dimitri Andreas
Kenneth Cranham
Garry Tubbs
Natalie Lunghi
Marvyn Benoit
Rab Afleck
Dexter Fletcher
Steve John Sheperd
Paul Orchard
Stephen Walters
Louis Emerick
Darren Healy
Matt Ryan
Ivan Kaye
Jason Flemyng
Ben Brasier
Neil Finnighan
Michael Gambon
Budgie Prewitt
Don Mccorkindale
Dragan Micanovic
Steve John Shepherd
Crew
Tom Aitken
David Allain
Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong
Ian Astbury
Vanessa Baker
Simon Barker
Jo Barrs
John Bellamy
Bennie Benjamin
Adam Bohling
Chloe Boleyn
Michael Boleyn
Sophie Boleyn
Paula Boram
Luke Boyle
Chris Brouwer
David Brown
David Brown
Jeff Burden
Chris Burdon
Benjamin Byrne
Gloria Caldwell
Michelle Camp
William Cann
Stephen Carter
Steve Carter
Tom Chichester
Jatinderpal Chohan
Joe Cocker
Stephanie Collie
Matthew Collinge
Matthew Collinge
Jon Collyer
Gary Connery
J.j. Connolly
J.j. Connolly
Jj Connolly
Jj Connolly
Nick Cosens
Noel Cowell
Stacy Crago
Claudia Creebsburg
Eran Creevy
Warren Cuccurullo
Hattie Dalton
Ben Davis
Leo Davis
Rob Davis
Cathy Dennis
Brendan Donnison
Jonathan Dredge
Billy Duffy
Martin Duncan
Robert Duncan
Michael Elliott
Mike Elliott
Ilan Eshkeri
Hannah Evans
Tina Falcone
Bradley Farmer
Dean Forster
Kevin Fraser
Vic Fraser
Kevin Freemantle
Shay Gallagher
Rob Gavigan
Lisa Gerrard
Gillian Gilbert
Daniel Gill
Daniel Jerome Gill
Peter Gleaves
Andy Godbold
Ben Greaves
Rob Grundy
Mary Haddow
Stuart Hamilton
Fae Hammond
Anthony Harris
Jon Harris
Tom Harrison
Russell Hasenberg
Simon Hayes
Paul Herbert
Maureen Hetherington
Mike Hodge
Scott Hoffmann
Jonathan Holbrook
Melissa Holm
Peter Hook
Hafdis Huld
Phil Humphries
Rowley Irlam
Luke Jackson
Mick Jagger
Carrie Johnson
Robin Johnson
Daryl Jordan
F C Kahuna
Diane Kelly
Lee Kemble
Julian Kershaw
Alain Lagger
Simon Le Bon
Coralie Lew
Fiona Lucas
Piet-hein Luykx
Ana Lynch
Clare Maclean
Dale Manning
Sol Marcus
Stephen Marks
John Marzano
Claire Mcgrane
Stephen Mclaughlin
Kylie Minogue
Guy Minoli
Stephen Morris
Mike Morrison
Mike Morrison
Colin Moulding
Joanna Nodwell
Jon Nowell
James O'dee
Daniel Ormondroyd
Justin Overhill
Tarquin Pack
Anna Palmgren
Steve Parker
Matt Parsons
Carlos Peres
Sandra Phillips
Emma Pike
Samar Pollitt
Will Pope
Clive Prior
Kave Quinn
Andrew Raiher
Alex Reid
David Reid
David Reid
David Reid
Nick Rhodes
Keith Richard
Seon Rogers
Thomas Rohde
Sanne Rosinga
Nina Ross
Jason Sellards
Suzie Shearer
Danny Sheehan
Danny Sheehan
Karen Sherriff-brown
Asa Shoul
Mark Silk
Daniel Smith
Rubin Snitslaar
Gabrielle Spanswick
Eddie Standish
Candi Staton
James Stelfox
Anthony Stephens
Bernard Summer
Jason Swanscott
Sven Taits
John Taylor
Greg Thomas
Anastasia Timeneys
Jeff Toyne
Arthur Turner
Matthew Vaughn
James Walsh
Alex Warder
John Watt
Simon Werry
Peter Wignall
Anthony Wilcox
Nick Wilkinson
Nick Williams
Marc Wolff
Annabel Wright
Doron Zar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 13, 2005
Released in United States on Video August 23, 2005
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States March 2005
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.
Based on the novel "Layer Cake" by J.J. Connolly; published by Duckbacks July 1, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for Matthew Vaughn.
Sony is distributing "Layer Cake" under a first-look agreement it signed with Mr. Vaughn after "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Under the agreement, Sony provided financing in return for the right of first refusal.
Released in United States Spring May 13, 2005
Released in United States on Video August 23, 2005
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premiere) January 20-30, 2005.)
Released in United States March 2005 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.)
Co-winner of the 2005 award for Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking by the National Board of Review (NBR).
