Fakers

{{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Fakers | director = Richard Janes | image = Fakers FilmPoster.jpeg | producer = Richard Janes<br>Claire Bee<br>Todd Kleparski | writer = Paul Gerstenberger | music = Kevin Sargent | starring = {{Plainlist| * Matthew Rhys * Kate Ashfield * Tom Chambers * Tony Haygarth * Art Malik * Jonathan Cecil }} | released = {{Film date|2004}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English }} '''''Fakers''''' is a 2004 British crime film directed by Richard Janes and starring Matthew Rhys as con-man with a big debt to pay off to wanna-be crime lord played by Art Malik. It was produced by Richard Janes, Claire Bee and Todd Kleparski, with independent funding and costing $1,500,000 to make.

The film was released in United Kingdom in November 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338022/releaseinfo/?ref_=tt_dt_rdat |title=Fakers (2004) - Release info |website=IMDb |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>

==Plot== {{more plot|date=February 2024}} Set in the eccentric London art world, the film's protagonist Nick Edwards (Rhys) owes £50,000 to the smooth and brutal crime lord Foster Wright (Malik) and has four days to find the cash. Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini, he hatches a plan with the help of cynical Eve (Ashfield) and her extremely talented yet naïve artist brother Tony (Chambers): to forge the drawing and sell it to five Mayfair galleries within an hour before anyone catches onto the scam.

==Cast== {{castlist| * Matthew Rhys as Nick Edwards * Kate Ashfield as Eve Evans * Tom Chambers as Tony Evans * Tony Haygarth as Phil Norris * Art Malik as Foster Wright * Emilio Muñoz as Lead Henchman * Rula Lenska as Sylvia Creat * Jordi Llinas as Henchman * Ignasi Claret as Henchman * Edward Hibbert as Gordon Fisher * Paul Clayton as Henry Price * Judith Perez as Baker's Daughter * Larry Lamb as Harvey Steed * Jonathan Cecil as Dr. Fielding * Oliver Wilson as Mickey's Gorilla * Lee Tuson as Mickey's Gorilla * Maz Stylianou as Mickey's Gorilla * David Henry as Mickey's Solicitor }}

==Soundtrack== The title track was written and performed by Andrea Britton and produced by Andrew J Jones.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==Reception== {{Expand section|Please add critical reviews and/or approval ratings from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes|date=February 2024}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0338022|title=Fakers}}

Category:2004 films Category:2004 comedy films Category:British comedy films Category:Films set in London Category:Films shot in Barcelona Category:2004 directorial debut films Category:2004 English-language films Category:2004 British films Category:English-language comedy films