Heist
by David Mamet
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Actor: Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam RockwellDirector: David Mamet
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: David Mamet
Producer: Andrew Stevens
Producer: Art Linson
Producer: Cas Donovan
Producer: Don Carmody
Producer: Elie Samaha
Producer: James A. Holt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Heist
Movie Review: Hackman great; quadruple crosses greater
Summary: 4 Stars
Gene Hackman soars in this double-triple-quadruple cross theft caper. You've gotta love how he is leveraging his age into these perfect film roles, which are really very scarce in Hollywood. Lots of tension and suspense here. The David Mamet dialogue is always fun, too. The supporting cast may be the weakest link. You can't really take the dwarfish Danny DeVito too seriously as a bad guy. I'd never heard of this movie, but I recommend it.
Summary of Heist
Gene Hackman plays the veteran ringleader of a gang of theives (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife) that 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 son (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. Mistrust runs rampant as double-crosses threaten the split-second operation.DVD Features:
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David Mamet's Heist is--not unlike many of his previous films--amusing, manicured, and fraught with an awkward tension. If you've seen The Spanish Prisoner or House of Games, you're by now familiar with the plot-subverting gambit of the double-cross turned triple- and then quadruple-cross. Heist sticks to the formula. Likewise, the quips and laconic wit that adorn what can most accurately be called "Mametspeak" are again on display: "Cute as a pail full of kittens," for instance, and "Everybody needs money; that's why they call it money." What you haven't yet seen in a Mamet film is the magisterial charm of Gene Hackman. In the role of Joe Moore, an aging criminal out for one final score before cashing in, Hackman shows us all (Mamet included) how it's done, embodying tough-but-clever effortlessly. Delroy Lindo, as Joe's partner Bobby, picks up on Hackman's ultra-cool and gives plenty in return. While the script and the remaining cast (Danny Devito, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Rockwell) are serviceable, Heist is entirely Hackman's show to steal. --Fionn Meade
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