Heist Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2001
109 min
$23,287,872
Website
1,326 Views


-Walk away.

-Hey, you! Hold on!

Situation is pristine.

Cut him off.

I didn't see him.

Oh, my God!

How is he?

It's his road game.

-Your man does good work.

-That's why I use him.

Yeah, these will pass anywhere.

Why don't you take advantage of it?

No.

I need somebody to throw me

in the briar patch.

Yeah, give the gentleman a call.

-I need some walking-around money.

-That's reasonable.

And I'm gonna need my men's share

on the last job.

-Give it to me.

-Now?

You got it in your pocket.

You're ahead of me every turn.

Stunning.

The plan holds,

you get your shipment on the 14th.

The plan has changed.

We split it 50/50 on the site.

So be it.

-Now what's your surprise?

-My boy comes with you on the job.

-He's got terrible manners.

-Which of us is perfect?

So be it.

Wait a sec. If it's about

your wife, why didn't you--?

Will you wait? If the whole thing

is about your wife--?

You know what?

The hell with it!

Not a happy camper, huh?

I'm not a camper at all, stud.

Pour it.

See anything you Like?

I'm busy.

-Pour it!

-Hope you're not driving.

I hope I am, and I run into

some f***ed abutment.

-Take me off, will you?

-That'll rot your stomach lining.

Yeah, but I get to drink it first.

-That's all I need.

-What?

There goes my job.

You see his badge?

Do you know where that guy is from?

And he caught me drinking on shift.

End of a perfect day.

-That's Betty Croft.

-What's her problem?

-She's a drunk.

-She's a drunk.

You bet she is.

-Why is she important?

-She gets us in the door.

She gets us in the door, how?

I want you to Leave the uniforms

on the porch 3 or 4 days.

Get the dry-cleaning smell

out of them.

When we do the switch, the highway--

-Nobody can hear.

-If you don't say it.

I'm as quiet as

an ant pissing on cotton.

I don't want you as quiet as that ant.

I want you as quiet as an ant not

even thinking about pissing on cotton.

Hello. I gotta report

a breakdown here.

I got one of your rentals.

I need a tow truck.

Oh, come on, don't tell me that.

-Yeah, all right.

-What's the story on your pal?

He was born, he suffered, he died.

-Can he do the thing?

-He was doing it before you were born.

See, that's what troubles me.

Maybe you want to pray about it?

-No, I'm not a religious man.

-That's a shame.

-How's the leg?

-Never better.

-How long has he been with that girl?

-Who?

-His wife.

-How long is a Chinaman's name?

How long is a Chinaman's name?

You ever notice that?

Got the uniforms?

Yeah, I got them.

I got them all aired out.

-Rental trucks?

-Yeah.

What do we got?

Gotta redo some of these figures.

-I gotta start from scratch.

-Worked out on the plan. Why now?

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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