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Entries Tagged as 'Heist'

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis
On a typical, stifling summer day, three men shuffle into the “First Brooklyn Savings Bank” as it closes. Stevie (Gary Springer) is a kid. Sal (John Cazale) is a dim, quiet type who holds the manager at gunpoint. Sonny (Al Pacino) struggles just getting his rifle out of a box, then suffers […]

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Tags: 24 hour time frame · Black comedy · Famous line · Heist

The General (1998)

September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis
Emerging from his home on the southside of Dublin, Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson) is shot in his driveway. Moving back in time, a young Cahill (Eamonn Owens) is chased home by police after nicking groceries for his family. Cahill’s petty robberies land the boy in a Catholic reformatory. Eighteen years later, he’s […]

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Tags: Based on book · Gangsters and hoodlums · Heist · Hitman · Interrogation

Blue Collar (1978)

January 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis
Three factory workers - Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto) - struggle to make ends meet at an auto plant in Detroit. Zeke blows his cool with the union shop steward (Lane Smith) because his locker door has been broken for […]

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Tags: Black comedy · Gangsters and hoodlums · Heist

Sexy Beast (2001)

December 10th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Synopsis
“Gal” Dove (Ray Winstone) - a London expat retired in Spain - suns himself poolside in his villa. He’s almost squashed when a boulder rolls down a hill and lands in his pool. Otherwise, Gal lives the good life, with his wife (Amanda […]

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Tags: Dreams and visions · Gangsters and hoodlums · Heist · Hitman