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

1 win.

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
Matt Borlenghi	...	Young Joey 'Bats' Pistella
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:

urination | miami florida | wedding | swimming pool | exotica dancing | 

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Taglines:

You're never too old to work for the mob.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, violence and langauge

Did You Know?

Trivia

Miguel Sandoval's 3rd film which he played a Colombian drug lord. First was clear and present danger, 2nd was get Shorty and third was this film.

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Goofs

When Bobby is rescuing bats in the bathroom, he does not close the nose of the unconscious one, which is necessary during the artificial respiration.

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Quotes

Pepper Lowenstein: You torched my house?
Mike "The Brick" Donatelli: We had to make it look like an accident.
Pepper Lowenstein: Oh my God! That house was going to be featured in Better Home & Gardens.
Bobby Bartellemeo: Well, you can still be in Gardens.

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Connections

References Captain Kangaroo (1955)

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Soundtracks

Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti mali
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana
Courtesy of Opus 1

User Reviews

Funny but, like senility, short...

There are good parts and there are bad parts in "The Crew." The good stuff is that all four geezers in the movie are consistently amusing, Jennifer Tilly has never looked better (maybe her cleavage has something to do with that), it's good to see Carrie-Anne Moss in something other than "The Matrix," and the general level of humor is funny even though we've seen it a million times. On the bad side, it's much too short to make a lasting impact, poor Jeremy Piven is stuck in a thankless role, too many jokes are aimed at the same target, and too much time passes between major gut-busters. Still, Richard Dreyfuss and Burt Reynolds get their share of laughs, even though the cleavage gets all the attention.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Crew

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$38,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,051,921, 27 August 2000

Gross USA:

$13,023,075

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,105,853

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