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Going in Style (1979)
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Joe (
George Burns
), Al (
Art Carney
), and Willie (
Lee Strasberg
) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony; why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during the war"), but just planning the bank robbery puts a new spring in their step. Al surreptitiously borrows some pistols from the collection of his nephew, Pete (
Charles Hallahan
), and the trio, disguised with novelty
Groucho Marx
-style glasses, pulls off their heist to the tune of 35,000 dollars. Unfortunately, the excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal heart attack the same day. At his funeral, Joe and Al decide to give the bulk of the dough to Pete and his family, and attempt to blow the rest of it on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the eccentric robbery has become a colorful news story for the media and the police are closing in on the amateur criminals. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide
Cast
George Burns
Joe
Art Carney
Al
Charles Hallahan
Pete
Lee Strasberg
Willie
Production Crew
Fred R. Price
Art Director
Gary Weist
Art Director
Billy Williams
Cinematographer
Michael Small
Composer (Music Score)
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Designer
Martin Brest
Director
C. Timothy O'Meara
Editor
Robert Swink
Editor
Leonard Gaines
Executive Producer
Fred T. Gallo
Producer
Tony Bill
Producer
Stephen Hendrickson
Production Designer
Martin Brest
Screenwriter
Herb Mulligan
Set Designer
Edward Cannon
Short Story Author
Edward Cannon
Short Story Author
James J. Sabat
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1979
Runtime: 97
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Crime
Produced by
Warner Brothers
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.