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Shortfellas

Shortfellas
Release date: 2008?
Directed by ?
Starring Warwick Davis, Peter Bonner, Jon Key, Craig Salisbury, Graham Hughes

This is an independent film about a small crime gang that will be produced in the UK, and is expected to begin filming in early 2008 according to this story on the Warwick Davis official website. It will feature Warwick in a major role as the character Charlie, and Warwick's real-life wife Samantha will play his wife in the movie.

This is a tale of a diamond heist. Here's the story description from the movie's official website:

Five dwarves rip off a bank in the centre of Newcastle. They want the cash, of course, but also want to pay for an operation that a young girl, the daughter of their getaway driver, desperately needs. They sit on the money and try to sweat out the police investigation. But when the money goes missing, they decide to pull another job. A local mob boss gets wind of the new plan and persuades (or rather, forces) the dwarves to do a job for him instead: a huge diamond heist worth over £5 million. But the cops have infiltrated the dwarf’s gang and the heist leads to an action packed denouement.

The official website lists several other movies as the inspiration for this story: The Italian Job, Ocean's Eleven, and... erm... The Full Monty?!?  What, are they all going to get naked?!? Probably not; I'm guessing that it's actually because the story is about a bunch of guys with a fundraising scheme that they're not really qualified to pull off.

There's also this description from the production company's website:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Present day. CHARLIE, DAVE, ROB, TOMMY and DOC are five dwarfs who rob a post-office, along with MAC, their average-sized getaway driver. The money is to pay for MAC’S teenage daughter, ALICE, to have a life-saving operation in America. The robbery is a success, but the GANG immediately become prime suspects and are watched by the police, led by DI MOODY. They also attract interest from a local Dutch gangster, KIM HAUR, who hears of the GANG’S plans to rob a casino. He manages to blackmail the GANG into robbing a fortune in diamonds instead, threatening to inform the police and hurt the GANG if they don’t comply. DI MOODY gradually closes-in on the GANG. He forces DAVE, one of the dwarfs, to inform on the GANG, setting a trap for the day of the robbery. The GANG rob the jewellers holding the diamonds; as DI MOODY and other POLICE OFFICERS surround the jewellers, DAVE admits it is a trap. Their only option is to give themselves up.....or try to make an escape under impossible circumstances!!!! SHORTFELLAS is a light-hearted comedy-drama about little men with big ideas!!!!

There's an article about the movie on Filmstew.com and another on BBC.co.uk.