Mickey O'Neil

"This article is about the fictional character, for the Major League Baseball Catcher of the same name, see Mickey O'Neil (baseball)."

'One Punch' Mickey O'Neil is a character in Guy Ritchie's film "Snatch" (2000). He is played by Brad Pitt. [cite web
last = Leong
first = Anthony
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title = Snatch Movie Review
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date = 2001
url = http://www.mediacircus.net/snatch.html
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accessdate = 2007-11-25 ] Mickey is a "pikey" Irish Traveller and talented bare-knuckle boxer, employed by Turkish (Jason Statham) to throw a boxing match in return for a mobile home for his mother (Sorcha Cusack).cite web
last = Travers
first = Peter
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title = Snatch Review
work = Rolling Stone Magazine
publisher = RealNetworks Inc.
date = 2001-01-09
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5948189/review/5948190/snatch
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Throughout the film, Mickey speaks with a thick accent which other characters find difficult to understand, a running joke which was commented on both favourably and unfavourably in reviews of the film. [cite news
last = Pilsch
first = Andrew
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title = Don’t expect sudden rush to ‘Snatch’ up this garbled film
work = Technique
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language = English
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date = 2001-01-19
url = http://www.nique.net/issues/2001-01-19/entertainment/1
accessdate = 2007-11-25 ]

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