The Crew (2000)

Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

Director:

Michael Dinner

Writer:

Barry Fanaro

Stars:

Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
Burt Reynolds	...	Joey 'Bats' Pistella
Dan Hedaya	...	Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
Seymour Cassel	...	Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Detective Olivia Neal
Jennifer Tilly	...	Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein
Lainie Kazan	...	Pepper Lowenstein
Miguel Sandoval	...	Raul Ventana, Drug Lord
Jeremy Piven	...	Det. Steve Menteer
Casey Siemaszko	...	Young Bobby Bartellemeo
Matthew Borlenghi	...	Young Joey 'Bats' Pistella (as Matt Borlenghi)
Billy Jayne	...	Young Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Young Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
Mike Moroff	...	Jorge
José Zúñiga	...	Escobar

Storyline

Four former made men, struggling to get by in a rundown Miami hotel, come up with a plot to drive out all of the young tenants that are slowly taking over the beach-front hotel and driving up their rent. Taking a man that was found dead on the beach, they arrange what appears to a mob hit and provide a note that says more killings are to occur. Unfortunately the old man they use turns out to be the senile father of a drug lord. The drug lord declares war on the killers of his father, thinking it was an action of his enemies. A stripper learns of the old men's involvement and threatens to squeal on them unless they kill her stepmother. Meanwhile, one man searches for his long-lost daughter, who is the investigating police officer, trying to divest herself from her crumb fellow officer and former boyfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

drug lord | drugs | hotel | beach | stripper | 

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Taglines:

It may be artificial, but it's still their turf.

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Genres:

Crime | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, violence and langauge

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gasca

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,051,921 (USA) (25 August 2000)

Gross:

$13,019,253 (USA) (10 November 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

George Litto Productions, Sonnenfeld Josephson Worldwide Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jeremy Piven stated his thoughts about sucking Carrie-Anne Moss's toes for one scene in this movie as follows: "The question I'm asked the most is 'What's it like sucking Carrie-Anne's toes?' It was tremendous. She has exquisite toes. Her feet were primed from The Matrix, from a year of bouncing on them. We definitely nailed it in eight takes, and then I asked for an extra one, just in case."

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Goofs

The strap on Mouth's binoculars.

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Quotes

Joey 'Bats' Pistella: I thought you said the good times were gonna last forever.
Bobby Bartellemeo: I thought we'd be dead by now.

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Connections

References Captain Kangaroo (1955)

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Soundtracks

"El ritmo de la noche"
Written and Performed by Jamie Dunlap and Scott Nickoley

User Reviews

Amusing spoof of 'Goodfellas'

Mob film affectionados will appreciate this film if only that it adds a new perspective to an old theme. There are several cleverly orchestrated scenes which spoof other classic mobster films, giving viewers something more than simple comedy to get them laughing. Richard Dreyfuss was not entirely convincing as a retired 'wiseguy'; he doesn't really fit the part somehow. The storyline may have been improbable at times, and dragged a little on a few occasions, but for the most part it holds one's attention until the very end. It really makes one wonder; what does happen to all those old "made" guys if they happen to live to retirement age?