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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bowy3nmvmy2mty2rhyy00ztjmlweynwmtmjbkodq2nddhztfjl2ltywdlxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtcznjqwoty_v1.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:''Better to be someone for a day than no one for a lifetime.'']]
2	--> ''"[[ParentalHypocrisy My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said: "if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs".]] The trouble is, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow it don't leave you much else to do, does it?"]]''
3	-->-- '''Frankie'''
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5	''The Business'' is a 2005 British film written and directed by Nick Love (yes, ''[[Series/TopGear that]]'' one). It stars Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Roland Manookian (all three actors of whom appeared in the director's previous film, ''[[Film/TheFootballFactory The Football Factory]]''), Geoff Bell, and Georgina Chapman.
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7	Frankie is a young everyman living in the South East of London during the [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatcher era of the 1980's]] (specifically 1984). He has little hope of ever making anything of himself - yet, he dreams of "being somebody" and escaping his lonely, dreary lifestyle. After severely beating his mother's abusive boyfriend, he becomes a fugitive, and through family connections escapes to the Costa del Sol. His job: to deliver a bag containing money to "Playboy Charlie", an expat and criminal-on-the-run, a suave and dapper man who runs his own nightclub. Impressed by Frankie's honesty in not opening the bag, Charlie begins to takes a liking to him, and introduces him to his business associates, including the psychopathic Sammy - ultimately inviting him to remain in Spain and work as his driver. The things that follow will draw Frankie into a wild, flamboyant underworld of drugs and change his life forever...
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9	The original music for the film was written by Ivor Guest, but most of the soundtrack consists of popular '80's chart hits by artists such as Music/DuranDuran, Music/SimpleMinds, Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{Blondie\|Band}} and more, which give the film much of its atmosphere and flavor.
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11	!! Tropes in the movie include:
12	* GiveMeBackMyWallet: The film's prologue sees Frankie and an unnamed gangster [[spoiler: attempting and threatening to kill a Spanish family [[MooksAteMyEquipment because they just won't tell them where they keep their guns.]]]]
13	* EvilBrit: Nearly ''everyone in the film'' is this trope to the fullest. You can easily tell Nick Love was having a ''lot'' of fun writing the screenplay here, it's like he'd kick out anyone that told him not to SpiceUpTheSubtitles.
14	* MillionairePlayboy: Charlie.

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