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Synopsis
Esteemed writer/director David Mamet fashioned this homage to the elegant, character-driven "tough guy" genre pictures of Warner Bros. in the 1930s and '40s, even using vintage scores in the soundtrack. Gene Hackman stars as Joe Moore, an accomplished thief whose career is jeopardized after he's caught on security cameras during a job. Broke, Joe and his associates Bobby (Delroy Lindo) and Pinky (Ricky Jay) are blackmailed by their longtime fence Bergman (Danny DeVito) into jacking Swiss gold bars from an airplane. As they plot the complicated score, Joe and his crew become suspicious of the relationship between Joe's young wife Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon) and Bergman's nephew Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell), who has been planted on the crew to keep an eye on them for his uncle. Betrayals and backstabbings are the order of the day as Joe gets closer to the payday of a lifetime. In an effort to reinforce the solid storytelling of classic crime dramas, Mamet eschewed the use of computers or high-tech gadgetry in the complicated plot. Heist (2001) co-stars Patti LuPone. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

Danny DeVito Bergman
Jim Frangione D. A. Freccia
Gene Hackman Joe Moore
Ricky Jay Don "Pinky" Pincus
Delroy Lindo Bobby Blane
Patti LuPone Betty Croft
Rebecca Pidgeon Fran
Sam Rockwell Jimmy Silk

Production Crew

Robert Elswit Cinematographer
Cas Donovan Co-producer
Scott Ferguson Co-producer
Theodore Shapiro Composer (Music Score)
Renee April Costume Designer
David Mamet Director
Barbara Tulliver Editor
Don Carmody Executive Producer
James Holt Executive Producer
Tracee Stanley Executive Producer
Josette Perrotta Line Producer
Andrew Stevens Producer
Art Linson Producer
Elie Samaha Producer
David Wasco Production Designer
David Mamet Screenwriter
Roy Anderson Stunts
Roy Anderson Stunts
Lorraine Jamison Unit Publicist
Year: 2001
Runtime: 107
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language and some violence
Category: Feature

Genre
Crime

Color type
Deluxe color

Sound
Dolby Digital/SDDS/DTS

Produced by
Franchise Pictures
Indelible Pictures
Morgan Creek Productions
Warner Bros UK

Release
November 09, 2001 (USA)
by Warner Brothers