4 scenes that prove Pikey Mickey is Brad Pitt's best role 🌀 4K 

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9 1/2 out 10. Put the scenes in proper sequence it would have been a 10. This is my #2 movie in my top 5. Love Guy Ritchie, and his dialogue and directing style. The Gentleman is right there on my list as well.

It's just stupid, Brad cannot act worth adamn

That's critics for you they critisize , I always say the best critic is yourself, I've enjoyed many a film that the critics said steer clear of.

It's easy to sit back and criticize, it's hard to go out and 'do'...Brad Pitt is a do-er, has played many brilliant roles and this is a great example of just one.

@@DemocracyManifest I would say one of the best roles he played was in 12 monkeys

No way critics said that. They must not have even paid attention to the movie. The movie literally said they are hard to understand when introducing them 😂

It's not a UK accent.

@@DamianBrown Lots of Irish Travellers spend time in the UK, that's why it's plausible to have the film set there. People in the UK are exposed to the Traveller accents so many know what they sound like.

@@DamianBrown potayto; patato .

He doesnt sound like a real knacker at all...

I’m from the uk and live down road from pikey site. His accent is perfect!!

one of my favs. wife hates it, lol

Exactly!!! But the American movie Industry has always been woke

@@AdamLee-ll4ts i guess the real star of the movie - ‘Brick Top’ is a bit much for most women to handle 😂

​@@arthurpascua9643So,what's that got to do with understanding this movie

I agree, this, Lock Stock, The Gentlemen and Rock n Rolla are movies I could watch over and over again and not get bored. Man’s a genius

One of the best scenes in this cinematic highlight. You are formally placed in the role of Tommy. Fear, hopelessness and then anger again. His trembling and the tears - I'm really impressed by Steven Graham ("Tommy"). The arguing of the "wolves". It all seems somehow familiar. Guy Ritchy has really worked his magic here.

you're absolutely right. Very powerful moment.

except his accent is so bad that hes clearly a yank acting

Yup and Denzel, Johnny Depp , Robert Downey jr are pretty dam good too and making you believe they are someone else

"Acting is becoming someone else...." literally the most basic definition of what acting is....thanks captain fucking obvious. Did you figure that one out all by yourself.

"What a disgrace. They should cast an actual gypsy!" - media

​@@flybeep1661 Take it easy dude

That’s the genius of Guy Ritchie

Bradd Pitt’s best role shoulda got an Oscar, made that movie him and Boris and the dog, and the gangster guy, and Saul and etc etc brilliant film, I hate pikey’s, Became a British buzz saying for yrs.

Gary you hit the nail on the head. Of course Ritchie is a gr8 film maker but you're dead on in my opinion. Brad absolutely kills this role and the heart of his performance truly shines through by how he makes you feel just as invested in his whole group of family and friends even though they have so few lines because of his subtle genius way of making you understand there's no Mickey without the whole group. Just the epitome of unquestionable loyalty to one another regardless of circumstances.

Had no idea until this video that it was a star lol

@@theldrocks1222 🤣🤣

Amazing!

I watched this movie so much in my 20's that every time I drank I fell right into his character. I drank a lot in my 20's and needless to say my ex was not a happy caravaner

I love Jeffrey Goines! Also ... Floyd. He's a great character actor and comedian. I feel that if he wasn't as good looking, he would have many more roles like this and would be just as well known for doing them.

@@Kalleesto Perhaps, but he's capable of making his own decisions about which roles he does. Look at George Clooney, who no one would call homely or odd-looking. He does heavy-hitting drama and he's also not worried about doing comedy and looking a little silly. Clooney reminds me of Cary Grant, whose career included wacky roles like in Bringing Up Baby, but also Hitchcock thrillers like Notorious and North by Northwest.

Brad copied Dennis Hopper 100% from Apocalypse now. Brad was not original in 12 Monkeys.

For me it's the nameless stoner in True Romance. Incidentally also Gary Oldman's best role ever as Drexl.

I came here to say this

Thats really fascinating since Guy RItchie said that Brad Pitt had LOADS of trouble doing the accent. So much that they considered switching the role for him

@@urosbugarski2380 That's mad. I can't even believe they would think that, let alone utter it out loud. His accent was bang on... I went to primary, high school with travellers (and I'm from an Irish family), it's pretty near perfect.

He stayed with a guy who lived down the road from me to practice for the role - Bobby Frankham , nephew of Jonny Frankham , a gypsy middleweight boxing champion from the 50’s , google “Brad Pitt Bobby Frankham”

To an Irish person it's far from perfect.

​@@TheSubpremeState It ain't Irish It's just, well.. Pikey

Legends of the Fall, showed me Brad is a fkng beast of an actor

This movie came out after Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys, Legends of the fall, Seven etc. I think he had already proved that he could act.

Problem is, even though I find him a very good actor, he doesn't always commit to the role like this.

@@subutaynoyan5372 He's hit and miss. Sometimes I'm watching the character, and sometimes I'm watching Brad Pitt try and be the character.

12 Monkeys proved he could act way before Snatch…

Yep, have always liked Pitt's characters, but now totally impressed by his genuine acting chops... kudos!

If you haven't already, try Kalifornia with Pitt. Another amazing performance you would never expect

It’s truly unbelievable isn’t it

Fight Club 2..

Maybe… but it kinda feels like the “explain everything in crayons so North America understands” version of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barres

​@@tylerpeacock8245 I couldn't agree more mate, but it doesn't stop me loving this film. Different films for different moods.

Coming from the Netherlands I guess we are still agreeing about north America! Boris Johnson was a weirdo, but compared to the orange Trum or the 128 year old Biden, we still stay drinking buddy's! Cheers (proost) to the both of us! But I do like dags.

@@kolonelfranz31 We strive to persevere.

@@RARenfield I can guarantee we do to! Always wanted to visit the British islands. Drinking everybody under the table and be the last drunk standing in a pub is high on my bucketlist. Have heard so much about your drinking skills, but the British tourists in Amsterdam have always disappointed me so far. But those we're not fair matches, because they always are stoned as f#ck before the drinking begins.

Love it..."certain business deal ethic" ! Well said. 🤭 Great film on many levels! Ireland is a beautiful, beautiful country! I was lucky enough to visit & spend time there and it was everything I ever imagined and more.

@@elizabethr.110 Around the year 1998/1999 I heard a Multi-Millionaire say to his ensemble and cohorts. "I don't care who you are. Richard Branson.Anyone. Tou will never beat a Pikey in Business and in my 68 London years I can endorse that. Best Of Friends.Worst Of Enemies:)

This film is still in my top 7 favorites

@@Isleofskye What about a jew?

@@elizabethr.110 I want to go so badly...

Those were your first Brad Pitt movies?! You were either raised in a cave or are a very youthful fellow.

@@fredlodge1275 I lied for the sake of brevity. I had seen him in Twelve Monkeys and Se7en, and didn’t like his performance in those.

​@@ralphclarkSe7en and Fight Club?

@@pkzin2279 yes loved Fight Club although it didn’t begin to stretch his acting skills the way Snatch did. I think Se7en was the first thing I actually saw him in and I hated it. He mumbled his lines and particularly in the scene where it was pelting down with rain I just couldn’t make out a word. I also didn’t really get his manic performance in twelve monkeys when I first watched it - but looking back with the proper context you can see he is giving it his all. It was just me. Once you’ve seen the rest of his work you can only be amazed at the guy’s range and conviction. He’s all in. He seems to conjure a fully fleshed person out of thin air. I’ve no doubt Pitt is one of the most talented actors in Hollywood if not *the* most.

Even in a film he doesn't like, like a certain film he did with Harrison Ford(his problem wasn't Ford, it was the general mess that the production proved to be), Pitt always gives a decent performance, but when he really likes a role, you can tell that he did.

Like you, I worked in a Gypsy liaison office many years ago. Nobody who hasn't experienced travellers first hand can possibly know just how well Brad portrayed them.

@@kolonelfranz31 Nobody cares about the dutch. You’re all soy

@@kolonelfranz31 European Romani/gypsies and these people aren't same, we have some Romani population even here in Turkey and you are correct if you give them a place to live they would settle down and adopt the culture. Especially in 80s Bulgaria displaced a large Turkish and Romani population into Turkey and after only 40 years you can not guess they are actually Romani anymore, living ordinary very similar lives expect still eating pork lol On the other hand British travellers are mostly Irish origin and blame UK for it so they have no intention settling down. Even if you give them land most probably they would sell it and return nomadic life.

​​​@@kolonelfranz31Firstly, the Roma's are a different breed of people. Comparing to other travellers communities they are very small grop in the Netherlands.. Secondly, please don't try to portrait the Dutch policy toward any kind of travellers as friendly or open-minded becouse it isn't. Thirdly, they are all treated as the outcasts especially the Romani ethnic groups.

Why doesn’t the uk government round these gypsy in to camps and dispose of them

This just popped up in my recommended videos. I guess I know what I'm watching this weekend.

@@SpokenByElswyth while you are at it, look for "Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels"

YOP 💞🔥🔥

100%. A severely underrated and underappreciated film. He had a few misses, but this and Lock Stock and 2 Smoking barrels are fantastic

besides revolver and lock stock 2 smoking barrels? snatch is one of the best but I like revolver better with jason statham

Fight Club, Troy, The Mexican, Seven, even Thelma and Louise...

Phenomenal cast in this movie. No weak links. Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Alan Ford as Brick Top, Vinnie Jones, Dennis Farina, Benicio del Toro, even the "All Bets Are Off" woman was terrific.

that and the 12 monkeys

WAR MACHINE

@@mattdakin5893 nuh man war machine was kind of weak

I guess it’s easier to do an Irish accent than a British accent. Brad pulled off the Irish traveller accent well, but I’m sure his British accents (Welsh Scottish and English) wouldn’t be great

The actor playing mickeys mate with the red mullet was actually the one trying to steal scenes. He wasnt really cast, kinda friend of the director asked for a small role if i remember correctly.

Well said, well said

@@swskitso ”the mullet” had one of the Main roles in Guy Richies film before Snatch, so a little more than a friend.

@@mindstagemtg kinda was generalizing the situation not the friendship. My sentence structure was lacking, i guess i should have included the word situation to clarify. The kind of friend of the director asked for a small role situation.

@@swskitso I though Flemyng was all good in Lock Stock

Indeed

Lock stock and snatch were the last 2 great British Films

@@Gianfranco_69 you need to see 'The Gentlemen" it is GREAT

@@Gianfranco_69 Rock'n'rolla... Even better

@@be.stoic1985 Rock N Rolla sucked.

Not many people watched boardwalk empire, I thought he was epic as Al Capone

Stephen Graham is a class act!

@@James-fb9wn I’m pretty sure a ton of people watched Boardwalk Empire. I was late in the game & just watched it this year.

@@shannoncraig2147 I'm going by the amount of people I've met that have never even heard of it. Their loss

Not too shabby in Taboo either.

Your comment should get an Oscar for most accurate summary of a movie and character portrayals.

Good, but no Fight Club.

@@sharpe8888 Easily better than Fight Club.

@@budtron183 Nor easily but FC was outstanding as well

Because Fight Club and 12 Monkeys were both better movies, but Brad did nail the role of a Pikey here.

Is traveller the pc term for gypsy?

@@BardiaSaeedi How about 'Caravan Utilising Nomadic Tradesfolk?'

@@BardiaSaeedi an Irish Traveller is different from the Romani people who are often referred to as "gypsies". In Ireland the only recognised term for this ethnic group is Irish Traveller, or just Traveller

@@joshuaperraton6748 Ah! I was wondering why they were being called gypsies. To me, before this clip, romani and gypsy are interchangeable. So you are saying these "gypsies" are ALL people of irish ascendency? So I'm right in assuming Brad Pitt does in fact sound a bit irish (even if the beggining of the scene says it's not quite irish nor english; their dialect).

@@jeanlundi2141 He's saying travellers have nothing to do with gypsies or Romani people. Where did you read anyone say that all Irish people are gypsies? :D

I love how he gave the guys playing his group room to react & emote to what he was doing. It all pays off when he's knocked through the wall & they help him back up. It really feels like this is a group of people who've spent their whole lives backing each other up through thick & thin.

12 Monkeys was his best role, but yeah...what you said.

@@EdBert he was amazing in 12 Monkeys.

he's the best as second lead tbh

@Sulla I agree that role was better because he was a lot more important to the story, but hey he still make an amazing impression here in less time, without stealing the whole film. That confirms how great of an actor he is

Don't tell anyone, but when Mickey said that line, "Save your breath for cooling your porridge," I fell in love. This really shocked me bc I could have sworn that I was a straight male the entire 53 years of my life prior to seeing Pitt/Mickey in this Perfect movie. Also, you said Brad's performance here was "just as quality as" --- but bc you didn't put "etc," I insist on adding "Meet Joe Black" to your list :). Now I'm going to watch this movie again right after I make supper here in a bit . . . Golden brown, texture like sun Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown with golden brown . . .

12 Monkeys, he was phenomenal in that!

If you liked Mickey watch Pitt in Kalifornia . With Duchovny and Juliet Lewis. I didn't even recognize Pitt till his name came up. His trailer trash accent is a class act😮

Yes, in addition: 12 Monkeys, A River Runs Through It, Burn After Reading

It's the one movie my two brothers and I can recite from start to finish. Fantastic script.

you shoulnd't let your kids watch such a violent movie with swearing. Terrible

I would watch it a fair amount to on DVD. I just revisited it with my nephew few weeks back. Such a great movie. His character is hysterical. The entire cast is great.

@@bruddahbruddah8486 who cares the swearing, that never hurts anyone, but the violence, why is so common for people to ignore all the violence, that things actually ruins the kids minds.

basically everybody needs to see the movie - they should be at least 6 maybe 8 ys old before they watch it . rewatch every 2 ys

Agreed!!

I also agree 👍. Seriously, is there any role Brad Pitt can't play? I love him!

Oscars are too snooty to see the genius of some of these roles! A worthy performance none the less.

Absolutely

Untrue, it doesn't sound Irish at all.

Guy Ritchie did fantastic movies before he married Madonna and went belly up. Thankfully he's redeeming himself lately. Sherlock and game of shadows.

Another great one is Spy. Stratham is hilarious. Kind of a parody of his action roles.

@@sorayaassar1602 that was shit.

@@sorayaassar1602 This is his second movie and huge breakthrough after LSATSB and after that he becomes commercial

Yeah Statham is funny as fuck playing a cockney.and anyone that grew up with travellers knows that this is how they act some of the best hustlers ye get 😂

@@protestant8419 thats where he got started but i think The One was his real break through because he decided to train with Jet Lee instead of just learning dance choreography like most action actors

Two complete different accents.

@@cincin4515 Never said they weren't. Reread what I wrote.

Brad Pitt is del Torro, same person, just use makeup to create Spanish persona. All is not what it seems in Babylon, Hollywood.

Actually he based his mannerisms and accent on a guy who lived down the road from me , gypsy Bobby Frankham , nephew of 1950’s UK boxing champ “Gypsy Johnny” Frankham . Google “Brad Pitt Bobby Frankham”

And they are also weirdly doppelgangers :)

One of the best movies too

He did well. I like him in Kalifornia as well.

No the story is that he loved Lock Stock, and wanted a part in Guys next movie. Brad couldnt do a British accent, so got the part of Mickey.

Fight Club too

@@mynameisomehowtaken Not only that, but according to Guy Ritchie, he re-wrote the script to include the character Mickey specifically for Pitt

100% watched it so many times but every scene is engaging. Classic like Rocky.

When you subtly quote it and some one vibes and quotes back. That feeling of understanding. It's legit. Super under classed cult classic that many haven't seen or heard of yet get it once they do. Haters gonna hate but it's just a little chaotic masterpiece in my mind. Before Statham and others were normal Hollywood.

the best part of the movie is when mickey is on the couch drunk. he literally tells brick top he is going to kill him. "you will get yours"/ give it a listen. not many people picked up on it, not even brick top.

And endlessly quotable !

Great movie, lol....oh dear😂

thanks, man!

Anything to declare? Yeah, don't go to England.

@Cock McBalls - The answer to that is simple. He will never be Partick Stewart or Kenneth Branagh. So what. He knows it too. And he is OK with it. Why? Becaue of... money. And there is nothing wrong with it. All depends how much the contract is paying, and most of his roles are "easy" in this case. Just go through the motion, take a check, job done. At the end, no matter how anybody is going so spin it - all of entertainment is about money. If you want something different, go back to the roots. Do a theatre as an actor. Go for it. it is also amazing, but it is different experience than movies as such. I bet Statham is going for money. And I agree with him 100% (considering his background). Life is short.

@@tannhauser5399 Yeah hes more of a Dwayne Johnson, Jason Mamoa, Bruce Willis

Statham was fantastic in Lock, stock & two smoking barrels as well.

​@@oldschooldude8370 - because that was the "raw" Statham. First movie. Almost from the street, spotted by Guy Ritchie. Pure raw talent in a way (not being far away from his real life experience "playing cards", selling fake perfumes and jewellery on the streets of London) :)

funny thing is they gave Pitt this role because he couldnt fake the brit accent

Fight club and Lock, Stock next.

@@baldieman64 Long time fan of Fight Club, watched Lock, Stock the next day... Brilliant! LMAO

@@greencertifiedweb Good stuff. It does seem that Mr Richie is coming back on form. The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare looks like fun. His Sherlock homes movies are also worth a watch.

@@baldieman64 After Snatch, I watched all of them, even Revolver, which I wanted to like but didn't! King Arthur was pretty good though.

@@greencertifiedweb I confess that I've never seen King Arthur. I might give it a watch. Other than Ritchie and Tarantino movies, check out Legend and In Bruges, if you've not seen them.

Amazing movie. My absolute favorite of all time, with the original ending where she walks away and says something like “I guess Clarence was a loser after all, gonna find me a real man”. Lol

'condescend me man...I'll fuckin kill ya, man...'

don't forget his role in Kalifornia. his borderline "psychopath in training" character really showed he could get socially ugly and in depth. i feel it was a direct opposite of his Joe Black.

In Kalifornia I didn't even realize it was Brad Pitt till quite a ways througbh the movire

Maybe some cleaning produts😂

What's the name of this movie?

@@relax9086 Snatch

The only other film I watched twice in a row was Goodfellas (Had to rewind the VHS)

Thanks for sharing your life with me . I just finished work and read your comment

You just gave me a really great idea, mi lad!

@@donfryskhd7662 hahaha sure, enjoy ! ;)

@@DmantopG cool you are welcome :)

He really didn't tho. Jesus Christ, Family Guy does better Irish accents

He was pretty good in True Romance.

@@EricGentile agreed

Its not his best role. His best roles were in Fight Club and even better in Twelve Monkeys and in Seven.

@@EricGentile Stoner Brad Pitt remains one of the most hilarious roles in recorded history

It's a rubbish movie, easily pleased

For action and character? Mickey. His Jesse James though, was amazing too

@@PlaguedOutlawSayianMomma never saw it, I’ll check it out.

I feel like tyler durden from fight club was way cooler!

@@beachtroll4023 nah, no no NO! Mickey would fuck that punk UP

@@beachtroll4023 if Tyler Durden was a piker, he'd be Mickey lol

Same. It's me and my Mom's favorite movie. We watch it about twice a month almost every month. Laugh just as hard every time.

Same here, I love this movie.

@P. R. I word it a little differently, but yes, I say it pretty often myself.

@P. R. Never trust a man with a pig farm

im still saving it to watch it someday ! just like Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown,Goodfellas i know them all just havent watched them whole from start to finish just shorts

but can you speak Cant?

He only spent one day filming as well.

Oscars is just kissing each other asses anyway, it would be an insult to get one. Great film.

Have you ever seen “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”? I believe it’s by the same writer/director if I remember correctly. Great film! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HY7mRdQuUSw.html

@@charlesburow8120 Yep, along the same vein. London underworld, some of the same actors. Great movie too. I like Guy Ritchie movies. He's kind of like Quentin Tarantino of G.B. Bricktop was a beaut.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha yes!

I have the director's cut DVD back in the day and at 2:39 the subtitles just had a "?" for the next bit. Laughed so hard.

dags

Coffin nailed it.

Clown 🤡

Id say its tied with Seven years in Tibet as a couple of his worst films.

@@StreetTruckinTitan I have to agree. 🏆

eeh, a great Irish yarn did all the work in this one, great acting but also in Fury, 12 Monkeyes was prolly his best acting.

Gonna go out on a limb and guess you’re from the US and your then wife isn’t?

It’s called an Oscar I think

The Gentleman

Really wish he'd do more movies with the theme and tones he used for Snatch and Lock Stock.

@@Sevatar_VIIIth The Gentleman

@@jesussaves3248 my brother tipped me off to that one, I'll watch it tonight. I'm assuming it goes back to his old style of Snatch and Lock?

@@Sevatar_VIIIth You should watch Rockanrolla if you haven't, it's basically Snatch with different characters

And lock stock and two smoking barrels

@@blakeross5272 yeah that one too

Was just thinking this! being able to show people being scared without overacting scared...i can almost feel the lump in the throat you will have in that situation based on his facial expressions and mannerisms.

Graham was really great in “This Is England.” I’m watching him now in “Taboo” with Tom Hardy.

Graham also had a role in "Gangs of New York."

Great comment. I'm glad someone else appreciates Hoskins' acting in those last couple of minutes. It's like watching the seven stages of grief playing out on his face, finally ending with acceptance. Incredible.

There's only ONE Stevie Graham 😀...ONE Stevie Grahaaaam...

Brilliant

Check out Kalifornia. I find not many have seen it when i mention it. Awesome movie. Brad Pitt is great in it.

Ahahhhaaa. Nice

@@derrickcaddell2577 correct, he was good in Kalifornia as well. He's good in basically everything he does

guy ritchie made 1 good movie and costed off it

@@bobshagit9503 two actually, snatch and lockstock

@@dd.4910 lockstock wasnt that good

@@bobshagit9503 and what have you made apart from being an embarrassment to your mother and father, who are clearly related?

Yes Revolver is a masterpiece also. And Ray Liotta did an outstanding job. "Fear Me!"

"Impossible to overrate." You literally just proved that to be false with the entire paragraph that came before it😂

You are unfair to Jason Statham, he turned in two really solid performances in Hummingbird and Safe. He just makes some duff choices.

LOL, Revolver? No. Nope. Nope Nope. Ray Liotta was a fine actor, sure. But that was a terrible movie.

@@markcrandley8061 agreed, Revolver was a stinker

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He didn't tho, because no one in Ireland sounds like that.

@@dibdabdub64 I know a lot of traveller's but have never met one I never understood until watching this. I was born and raised in London to parents from Northern Ireland so it's not like that tribal lingo is familiar either.

@@dibdabdub64 As someone who's from Ireland, there is actually people who sound very similar to this

@@dibdabdub64 I'm Irish and a lot of travellers sound like that

Real people are hard to find,but their out there all the same