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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Russell Gewirtz (written by)
Release Date:
24 March 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can't judge a crime by its cover.
Plot:
A cop has to talk down a bank robber after the criminal's perfect heist spirals into a hostage situation. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Bank
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Detective
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Hostage
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Safe Deposit
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Negotiation
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Awards:
4 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(91 articles)
A Serious Man and the odd movie out
(From The Guardian - Film News. 29 November 2009, 1:30 PM, PST)
Fuqua & Spike Lee Adapting 'Miss: Better Living Through Crime'
(From FirstShowing.net. 18 November 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 29 November 2009, 1:30 PM, PST)
Fuqua & Spike Lee Adapting 'Miss: Better Living Through Crime'
(From FirstShowing.net. 18 November 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)
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some clever idea and great cast
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Denzel Washington | ... | Detective Keith Frazier |
 | Clive Owen | ... | Dalton Russell |
 | Jodie Foster | ... | Madeleine White |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Arthur Case |
 | Willem Dafoe | ... | Captain John Darius |
 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | Detective Bill Mitchell |
 | Carlos Andrés Gómez | ... | Steve |
 | Kim Director | ... | Stevie |
 | James Ransone | ... | Steve-O |
 | Bernie Rachelle | ... | Chaim (as Bernard Rachelle) |
 | Peter Gerety | ... | Captain Coughlin |
| Victor Colicchio | ... | Sergeant Collins |
| Cassandra Freeman | ... | Sylvia |
| Peter Frechette | ... | Peter Hammond |
| Gerry Vichi | ... | Herman Gluck |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violent images.
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Runtime:
129 min | Turkey:116 min (TV version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R |
Ireland:15A |
UK:15 |
Germany:12 |
Australia:MA |
Netherlands:12 |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Denmark:11 |
Brazil:14 |
Argentina:13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Malaysia:18PL |
Malaysia:U (edited version) |
Sweden:11 |
Hungary:16 |
Italy:T |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Mexico:B15
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The shoot-out sequence between the police and the robbers was not in the original script. Spike Lee said he added it because he felt that "it was a good time to interject some action" in the movie. This scene was the last one, it was filmed on the last day so they could "shoot up" the bank movie set.
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Goofs:
Errors in geography: When the NYPD ESU is initially setting up around the bank at 20 Exchange Place, Manhattan, FDNY Engine 332 arrives on the scene. FDNY Engine Company 332 is based in Brooklyn, on Bradford St., not Manhattan.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Dalton Russell: My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison...
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Dalton Russell: My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison...
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Soundtrack:
Freeze
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What links are there to Dog Day Afternoon?What, exactly, is Ms. White's profession?
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It's curious to see Spike Lee do a straight caper movie. The movie is absent Lee's usual politics, though there are occasional glimpses of his sensibilities. At one point a Sikh has his turban taken away and complains at ends how Sikhs are not Arabs and he's tired of getting harassed all the time.
Anyway, the cast is great - Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, and Christopher Plummer are all top-drawer actors. Willem Dafoe has a smaller part that doesn't use all of his talents, unfortunately. The clever twist the plot adds is that the bank robbers dress everybody up in the same masks and jump suits that they themselves are wearing. So if the police raid the bank, they'll have a difficult time figuring who the bad guys are. (This isn't a spoiler - it's in the trailers.) Clive Owen and the robbers are clearly up to something that becomes apparent during the course of the film. They are particularly interested in the safety deposit box of the bank CEO, played by Christopher Plummer. Jodie Foster is brought in by him to protect "his interests". Her existence is amusing in that it reveals a bit about what Spike Lee thinks the corridors of white power are like. (Here's a hint, Spike: rich white folks don't swear at each other quite as much as you make them do, and in particular the word used by the Mayor to describe Jodie Foster's character is way beyond the pale. A real woman with as much influence as her character had would retaliate massively after being so described. But Spike Lee has never quite managed to capture any female character correctly, dating all the way back to Nola Darling. I digress.) The good parts of the film involve the interactions between Washington and Owen. Also, the many small man-on-the-street conversations are great. This aspect of observing street life has always been one of Lee's strongest points.
It was interesting watching a Spike Lee caper film. I kinda like the idea. It's better than the formulaic caper films that are the rage, and features some of Lee's trademark shots, like when he puts an actor on a dolly to create non-walking walking movement. I recommend the film.