Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

Directors:

Anthony Russo
Joe Russo

Writers (WGA):

Anthony Russo (screenplay) &
Joe Russo (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Five guys. One safe. No brains.

Plot:

When petty thief Cosimo is given the plan for the perfect heist from a lifer in prison - the kind of job you dream about - he has to get out of jail...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Heist | Choir | Cleveland Ohio | Caper Comedy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

William H. Macy	...	Riley
Isaiah Washington	...	Leon
Sam Rockwell	...	Pero
Michael Jeter	...	Toto
Luis Guzmán	...	Cosimo
John Buck Jr.	...	Old Man in Prison
Patricia Clarkson	...	Rosalind
Andy Davoli	...	Basil (as Andrew Davoli)
Brett C. Leonard	...	Mickey
Frank O'Donnell	...	Priest
Peter Veneziano	...	Referee
Bernard Canepari	...	Judge
Art Oughton	...	Corrections Officer
Ray Calabrese	...	Oswald
George Clooney	...	Jerzy

Also Known As:

Safecrackers oder Diebe haben's schwer (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #38904)

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Gaylord Films

Quotes:

Riley: This Bellini is starting to look like a real Kapuchnik.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Twist A

enjoyable caper

These guys are anything but the Usual Suspects! They are a total bunch of likeable oddballs who you want to see get away with it,but they are so hapless that there is very little chance of that.No one is better than William H Macy at portraying the man with a big heart but down on his luck.This is probably his best performance since Fargo.Sam Rockwell played the meathead boxer to perfection,and the rest of the gang were uniformly good also.Luis Guzman brought some great comic relief as Cosimo,and George Clooney stole every scene in his cameo role.The heist scene at the end was absolutely hilarious.

The direction was also spot on by the Russo brothers.There was certainly a Coen brothers feel to the film throughout and it will be interesting to see how they will develop their careers.They have a long way to go to match the Coen's but this is an excellent start and I look forward to their next celluloid outing. ......."Yo mutha's a whore"!