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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 12, 2002
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito & Delroy Lindo | |
Performer: | Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay & Patti Lupone | |
Directed by | David Mamet | |
Edited by | Barbara Tulliver | |
Screenwriting by | David Mamet | |
Composition by | Theodore Shapiro | |
Produced by | Art Linson, Elie Samaha & Andrew Stevens | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Elswit | |
Executive Production by | Don Carmody, James Holt & Tracee Stanley |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Tight, snug and lovingly constructed....Mr. Mamet allows his eye to follow his ear and never lets his camera get in the way of the actors....It would be hard to imagine an actor more intelligent than Mr. Hackman...
New York Times
Rating: B --
This is a world not unlike superhero comics, only in this world the heroes have the superhuman ability to knock down buildings with a split-second comeback line.
Looking Closer
Rating: B+ --
It's one of Mamet's best. It's also one of Hackman's best, most mercurial performances.
Full Review
Good Morning America
...Mamet gives the plot more twists than a bag of pretzels....HEIST delivers the kick of a job well done...
Rolling Stone
I couldn't believe any of it on any level, though it could be described as 'fun.'
Full Review
Observer
...Mamet loves language, but he also admires the guys-doing-stuff beauty of well-executed, precisely timed physical maneuvers. Hackman and DeVito, in particular, savor their roles like medium-rare steaks...
Los Angeles Times
There's something offensive about how Mamet continues to win praise as a serious filmmaker with such a joyless picture, a picture that -- intentionally -- gives the audience so little.
Full Review
Salon.com
Product Description:
Written and directed by David Mamet, HEIST is a crime thriller that follows aging master thief Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) as he plans one last robbery before literally sailing off into the sunset. What seems like the perfect heist gets complicated, however, when Joe's "business" partner, Bergman (Danny DeVito), insists that his shifty nephew, Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell), join the crew--consisting of Joe's young wife, Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon), and longtime associates Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and Don "Pinky" Pincus (Ricky Jay). A tense battle of wits and wills ensues, leading to plenty of twists and turns before the grand finale.
HEIST works wonderfully as a fast-paced, slight-of-hand caper flick. By focusing on dialogue over violence, Mamet allows his excellent script and remarkable cast to shine. Hackman (who seems incapable of giving a bad performance) and Lindo are particularly outstanding and carry the film as deftly as their characters plot their crime. Although the one-last-robbery tale has been told hundreds of times before, it's rarely been told better than this.
HEIST works wonderfully as a fast-paced, slight-of-hand caper flick. By focusing on dialogue over violence, Mamet allows his excellent script and remarkable cast to shine. Hackman (who seems incapable of giving a bad performance) and Lindo are particularly outstanding and carry the film as deftly as their characters plot their crime. Although the one-last-robbery tale has been told hundreds of times before, it's rarely been told better than this.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 126,485
- UPC: 085392132126
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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