A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
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David MametWriter:
David Mamet
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gene Hackman | ... | Joe Moore | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Mickey Bergman (as Danny Devito) | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | Bobby 'Bob' Blane | |
| Sam Rockwell | ... | Jimmy Silk | |
| Rebecca Pidgeon | ... | Fran Moore | |
| Ricky Jay | ... | Don 'Pinky' Pincus | |
| Patti LuPone | ... | Betty Croft (as Patti Lupone) | |
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Alan Bilzerian | ... | Fast Food Customer |
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Richard L. Friedman | ... | Counterman |
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Robert Lussier | ... | Fast Food Cook |
| Mark Camacho | ... | Jewelry Store Guard | |
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Michelle Sweeney | ... | Waitress |
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Elyzabeth Walling | ... | Jewelry Saleswoman |
| Mike Tsar | ... | Coffee Cart Man (as Mike Tsarouchas) | |
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Jim Frangione | ... | D.A. Freccia |
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David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 November 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$39,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,823,521, 11 November 2001Gross USA:
$23,510,841Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$28,510,652Company Credits
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Bobby Blane: Uh-huh.
Jimmy: Excuse me. Excuse me, my, my uncle asked you a question.
Bobby Blane: Hey, fuck your uncle.
Jimmy: Fuck my uncle? You're the help.
[Blane punches Jimmy in the stomach]
Bobby Blane: I'm the help? Yeah, I'm the help, motherfucker.
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Danny DeVito and Gene Hackman personalized two of DC Comics' greatest criminals in movies: DeVito was the Penguin in Batman Returns (1992) and Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). See more »Goofs
The New Zealand passports have "New Castle, New Zealand" printed in the issuing office section of the passport. There is no New Castle in New Zealand. See more »Quotes
Jimmy: Excuse me. Excuse me, Mr. Bergman asked you a question.Bobby Blane: Uh-huh.
Jimmy: Excuse me. Excuse me, my, my uncle asked you a question.
Bobby Blane: Hey, fuck your uncle.
Jimmy: Fuck my uncle? You're the help.
[Blane punches Jimmy in the stomach]
Bobby Blane: I'm the help? Yeah, I'm the help, motherfucker.
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This movie has one twist too many. The actual heist is so complicated that the desired tension sags earlier than it should. Heist has nothing of the suspense of a Hitchcock thriller, and trying to outwit your opponent gets boring after a while when you start forgetting what it is all about. There are some nice scenes around the airport though, some memorable dialogue ("everybody needs money, that's why it's called money"), and it's always fun to watch great professionals like Hackman, Rockwell and DeVito. Mamet's stock actor Ricky Jay adds flavour to the movie as usual, Rebecca Pigeon's part was ungrateful to play and somehow superfluous.
Hackman and his boys are doing The Swiss Job. Some old and newer clichés of my country pop up, viewers here were amused. And, believe me, the Swiss are always pleased when someone across the Atlantic acknowledges their mere existence, in whatever way this is done. Well, I have to go now: It's time to wind up my cuckoo-clock and to put a second lock on my own private stash of gold bullions.