Matchstick Men

Matchstick Men is a 2003 film starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. Directed by Ridley Scott, it is based on the novel Matchstick Men, by Eric Garcia, about Grifters (con men) with Issues.

Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs

Brian & Michael are a British music duo best known for their 1978 UK number one hit single, Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs. "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" is a tribute to the artist L. S. Lowry, who had died two years previously.

Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of northern England during the early 20th century. He had a distinctive style of painting and is best known for urban landscapes people with many human figures (matchstick men)

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" was the first hit single by Status Quo, released in January of 1968. It reached number seven in the British charts, and number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their only hit single in the United States. It is thought the song refers to the paintings of L.S. Lowry.

Matchstick Men - is a 2003 film starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. Directed by Ridley Scott, it is based on the novel Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia. matchstickmenmovie.warnerbros.com

Brian and Michael - are a British music duo best known for their 1978 UK number one hit single, Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs. en.wikipedia.org

Lyrics and Info - for the song Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs by Brian and Michael. homepage.ntlworld.com

Pictures of Matchstick Men - was the first hit single by Status Quo, released in January of 1968. en.wikipedia.org

Matchstick Men - Information from Wikipedia about the 2003 movie with links to other sites. en.wikipedia.org

Matchstick Men: A Novel About Grifters with Issues

If you're a con artist, is there anyone you can trust? That's the question for the protagonists of this stylish but somewhat hollow novel by Garcia (Anonymous Rex). Roy is a careful, fiscally prudent and emotionally barren con man suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder-really suffering, now that his psychiatrist has left town and Roy has run out of his medication. Frankie, his partner, spends wildly and always wants to pull just one more scam. The trouble begins when Frankie introduces Roy to Dr. Klein, a well-meaning psychiatrist who aims to do more than merely dispense pills and who ends up reuniting Roy with the daughter he never knew he had. Fourteen-year-old Angela is far from angelic as she worms her way into Roy's life. ... The title apparently refers to a slang term for con men, but reading about Roy and Frankie, one can't help thinking of its other association: stick figures.