Bank Job, The

Date: 2008
Director: Roger Donaldson
Production Company: Mosaic Media Group, Relativity Media, Skyline (Baker St) & O

Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Location(s): London, Chatham Dockyard, Melbourne, Sardinia

Region(s): , , ,

Storyline:

Martine offers Terry Leather, a London car dealer, a lead on a foolproof bank robbery in Baker Street, London. Martine does not admit that her real motive is to steal, not money, but a safe-deposit box containing compromising photos of “a Royal”. Secrets are also in other safe-deposit boxes and as a result ALL the secrets will project them into an arena of corruption and scandal.

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Terry Leather (Jason Statham) on the lookout.

Neil Rigby pinpoints Terry looking out over Chambers Street, Bermondsey, SE16 which he supports with a shot from Google Earth revealing the changes. (RL)

Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows cross the road somewhere in London

Neil Rigby sent s Google shot to support his identification of "somewhere" as Geffrye Street, Hackney E2, now replaced: the entrance to Hoxton Overground is hidden by the new glass building. SJ

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Statham stands proudly outside his unspecified garage location. Actually, it is Chambers Street, Bermondsey, SE16 as in banjob001 (RL)

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A Mini pulls up at a London location. Again, it is Chambers Street, Bermondsey, SE16 as in banjob001 (RL)

A rough street (I assume dressed for the film).

Neil Rigby provided a Google shot so we can make our own minds up as whether it is "rough" or "dressed". Temple Street, Bethnal Green, London E2, now replaced by SJ.

A vintage car pulls into view.

Neil identified Queens Gate Mews, London SW7 which Google endorsed, but now replaced by a more accurate shot. This is close to Gloucester Road at the westernmost adjunct of the mews. SJ

A car pulls up at a London location.

Neil Rigby found the location, with the aid of Google, as Blossom Street, London E1 which he recognised from Archie's lockup in Series 11 "Minder". Image now replaced, taken from the corner of Fleur de Lis Street, just north of Spitalfields, by SJ

The van heads for a garage.

According to Neil Rigby the garage is at Kendal St/Park West, London W2 and this replaces his Google shot. SJ

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A car peeps out from a side alley. There is a chance that this may be the Pinewood studio set.

The guys check out a London building.

Neil Rigby with the aid of Google checked this out as the building on the corner of Baker Street next to The Globe public house on Marylebone Road, NW1. And here is the matching now taken from the underpass. SJ

This looks very much like the real Lloyds Bank on Baker Street, London NW1, but it is an optical effect combining the Pinewood set with digital street extension, as detailed in the behind-the-scenes documentary on the DVD. Also site visitor Chris Hall mentions a bit of additional trivia about the street looking like a set, as the SGE type traffic lights have too many black and white stripes on the pole. Also among the traffic is one of the first three prototype Routemaster buses, identified by the different radiator grille.

This is the real thing. SJ. The real corner features in ‘You Made Me Love You’, ‘The White Bus’ and 'The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It'.

Saffron Burrows gets picked up.

According to Neil, Saffron was picked up in Queen's Gate Mews, London SW7. This is from Queen's Gate Terrace looking north towards the 'Layer Cake' location. Note the finial gaps still there in the railings. SJ

The police rush to find the gang . . . in a location claiming to be Barclays Bank!

Claiming indeed says Neil Rigby, Goldsmiths Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2 replacing Google Earth shot. (RL)

Another police car at another location.

Only an unknown location until Neil Rigby gets onto the case, with the help of Google of course (28/3/16) Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1, now replaced by SJ.

Maybe the police will find them at an unspecified Midland Bank!

And this was not a Midland Bank either says Neil Rigby, Gresham Street, EC2 Replacing Google Earth support shot. (RL)

or maybe the bad guys are at another (unknown) Lloyds Bank...

More correctly says Neil Rigby, it wasn't even a bank! Wax Chandlers Hall, Gresham Street, London EC2 next to banjob015. Replacing Google Earth shot.(RL)

The chase is on along another London street.

That "street" is actually Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1 according to Neil Rigby and Google Earth. And this replaces the google. SJ

A confrontation on a London street.

Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1, Neil and Google once more, replaced by SJ

Returning to the hideout.

There is no hiding from Neil Rigby or that Google camera, Cinnamon Street off Clegg St., London E1 (RL)

The police seem to be closing in on members of the gang .

Neil Rigby knows where such things happen, Canrobert Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 also see in "Minder" episode "Caught in The Act". Replacing the Google View. This is just north of the intersection with Winkley Street. SJ

The police approach another London property.

Neil Rigby and Google brought us back once again to Queens Gate Mews London SW7, now replaced, but the tilt is wrong so another go may be welcome. SJ

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One gang member is about the pay the ultimate price at an unknown London street. Neil Rigby suggests this as Christ Church, Southwark, London SE1. Having visited with a view to taking a "now" I would agree that the brickwork matches, as does the ironwork railings but so much re-development is in course it is impossible to confirm or establish where this shot might have been taken. Other frames either side might help. Oh yes, a number of trees have that "V" shape! (RL)

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At the gangsters unidentified overseas hideout. Possibly Sardinia, Italy... Daniela Bianchi followed up on Sardinia and came up with Maria Pia pine forest (next to Maria Pia beach in Alghero), while the final scene with the family on the boat was filmed at Lazzaretto beach in Alghero (plenty of coves). (SJ)

The police give chase along a London street . . .

. . . known as Harrowby Street/Brown Street, London W1 says Neil Rigby to which Google Earth testified, replaced by similar non-Google shot. SJ

Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows walk along Platform 1 at Paddington Station, London W2.

Without the flowers. SJ

Statham waits to see if the trade off will happen at Paddington Station, London W2.

Now with a sculpture of Paddington Bear. SJ

Standing in for 1970s Paddington Station, this scene was actually shot behind the Ropery building, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4

Also seen in Les Miserables. SJ

Probably the Paddington Station taxi rank, Paddington, London W2

It remains in the probably category as renovations to accommodate the Elizabeth line are finally at an end. Eastbourne Terrace on the upper level. SJ

The switch may be about to happen at Paddington Station (Platform 1), Paddington, London W2, which appears in numerous productions including ‘The White Bus’, ‘Murder She Said’, ‘West 11', 'Layer Cake’, ‘The Last Journey’, ‘The Long Good Friday’, ‘A Run for Your Money’, 'Last Night in Soho', ‘A Severed Head’, 'Joanna' and ‘Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery’.

This replaces my shot from April 2016 in which the shed roof was clad for renovation. SJ

Back behind the Ropery building, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4

Different motor. SJ

Daniela's identification for capture 23 prompted Manuel G. to provide an additional still. The final scene with Jason Statham as Terry Leather, together with the family aboard his yacht, was filmed around 600 m south of Lazzaretto beach, close to the Torre di Capo Galera, visible in the background.

The Google comparison shows the tower, built in 1572 and located on the coast between Fertilia and Porto Conte, from the land side, with the harbour town of Alghero in the distance, sent in by Manuel (SJ)