HEIST (2001)

MORGAN'S RATING

Gene Hackman plays cool-fire Joe, Delroy Lindo portrays his long-time sidekick and Danny DeVito plays the manipulative fence who saddles Joe with one last, difficult job in this ensemble-driven caper centered on an elaborate, split-second snatching of gold ingots by Joe and his crew. For edgy synapse-searing entertainment, go where the money is: Heist.

Gene Hackman (Joe Moore), Danny DeVito (Mickey Bergman), Delroy Lindo (Bobby 'Bob' Blane), Sam Rockwell (Jimmy Silk), Rebecca Pidgeon (Fran Moore), Ricky Jay (Don 'Pinky' Pincus), Patti LuPone (Betty Croft), Alan Bilzerian (Fast Food Clerk), Richard L. Friedman (Counterman), Robert Lussier (Fast Food Cook), Mark Camacho (Jewelry Store Guard), Michelle Sweeney (Waitress), Elyzabeth Walling (Jewelry Saleswoman), Mike Tsarouchas (Coffee Cart Man), Jim Frangione (D.A. Freccia), Christopher Kaldor (Laszlo), Danny Blanco (Bartender), Zodia McLean (Pool Player at Bar), Andreas Apergis (State Trooper), Tony Calabretta (Coffee Man), Ted Whittall (Customs Officer), Guy Sprung (Pilot), Richard Zeman (Co-Pilot), Don Jordan (Supervisor in Tower), Pierre LaBlanc (Controller in Tower), Greg Goossen, Richard Robitaille (Officers), Charles S. Doucet (Mechanic).

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND...LOVE OF GOLD.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: David Mamet (Spartan). WRITER: David Mamet. PRODUCERS: Art Linson, Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens. CO-PRODUCERS: Cas Donovan and Scott Ferguson. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Don Carmody, James A. Holt, and Tracee Stanley. LINE PRODUCER: Josette Perrotta. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Theodore Shapiro. DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

QUOTES

FACTS

Jimmy: So, this Joe, is he cool? Pinky: My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him.

RELEASE DATE: November 9th, 2001 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: March 12th, 2002 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $7.8 ?million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $23.5 million (USA) WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $28.5 million BUDGET: $39 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: August 2000 -- ??? - In the opening scene, Ricky Jay's character is carrying a stack of books. The title of one of those books is 'The Magic of Barcelona'. Ricky Jay is widely considered the best slight of hand magician in the world today. Jay tweaks his reputation with his jewelry cache in a biblophile's bundle of old books and his illusionist's trick of appearing to be seriously hurt when "hit" by an automobile.

Bergman: Don't you want to hear my last words? Joe: I just did.

Bergman: Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

Bergman: I hate to do anything as dramatic as count to three, but one, two, three.

Joe: He isn't gonna shoot me, then he hadn't oughta point a gun at me. It's insincere.

Bobby: You know why the chicken crossed the road? Because the road crossed the chicken.

Joe: What made *you* a criminal? Bergman: Nothing made me a criminal. I *am* a criminal.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

Joe: She could talk her way out of a sunburn.

"Endlessly clever. Full of action and suspense." -- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Joe: What do you want me to do? Just pull up a chair while you rape me?

"Heist strikes gold." -- Jay Carr, The Boston Globe

Bobby: Your weight and your fate, right here. Your weight and your fate.

"Exhilarating. The cast is brilliant." -- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune