Sexy Beast

It was a great flick, all right. I'm afraid it's been a while since I saw it and can't answer your question, alas...

I would have to say it was because of the sex scene.

I can't think of another simulated homosexual act in any film portrayed quite this way. I didn't think a lot about it at the time. It was so brief my wife had to ask me if it was what she thought it was. We didn't see 2 people in it. Just McShane on all fours naked and sweating.

Now that parados mentions it, that would be my guess, too...

McShane's transition to "Deadwood" and performance of Swearengen on HBO (has to be one of the most memorable characters ever in a TV series or any move, especially since it is based on a real person) and his guest appearance on Bill Maher's HBO show left me respecting the actor a great deal.

My favorite part of "Sexy Beast" was at the very end (maybe even after the end credits?). A brief clip shows Ben Kingsley, newly arrived in Hell, still in his coffin as Satan approaches to claim him. Kingsley is smoking a cigarette, takes a casual glance at Satan, and shakes his head blowing smoke as if to say 'don't waste my time.'

Kingsley was intensely frightening in that film. It's hard to believe the same guy played Gandhi.

He was nominated but didn't win the Oscar for "Sexy Beast". I'd have to look up McShane to see how he's fared with award nominations.

Then Kingsley returns with an electrifying performance in "The House of Sand and Fog," where he was frightening as an enigmatically twisted character.

Thats interesting LW I'd not heard of this programme McShane certainly gets a write up here.

http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/cast/actor/ianmcshane.shtml

Quite a filmograph for McShane -- a lot of TV and that's why he seems comfortable in the HBO series I would imagine:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/

He deserved the Golden Globe and I wouldn't doubt he could garner and Emmy.

I didn't know that he's from the same city as me

How about that? How's your six-shooter workin'?