Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

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:

Remake of I soliti ignoti (1958)

Soundtrack:

Via Con Me

Crime, violence and death in a Walt-Disneyish format.

This movie was recommended to me by a friend. I never saw an ad or a trailer, so I didn't know Clooney was in it and was not bothered by the fact that his role was so small. I thought the whole cast was suitable, and found the film pretty enjoyable, all in all. The opening scene, with the small crew of bandits standing at the side of the road, looking whipped and haggard, caught my attention immediately. It had a way of telling you, "don't go away; this won't be boring", and it really wasn't. It turned out to be an interesting, light-hearted comedy with enough twists and turns to keep you in your seat to the very end, but when the ending did arrive, I felt a little bit cheated....just a little bit. The events kept building up so that you expect them to continue building, but at a point that I can't define, it sort of levels out, making the ending a slight disappointment. I reckon I expected a bigger bang of a climax, but it turned out sort of low-key. If you watch the movie with that in mind and you can live without high dosages of George Clooney, you should find this flick very entertaining and well worth watching. Now I'd like to see the original (Big Deal on Madonna Street), but it's probably a rare find in the United States.