Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public... Read allBased on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations
- Mechanic
- (as Tomas 'Dutch' Deckaj)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview he gave during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Robert Redford talked about this comedic film being a good note to end on, since the actor wanted his "last acting job to be fun."
- GoofsForrest is arrested in 1981 at the age of 74, which puts his birth year at 1907. But a flashback shows him as a tween breaking out of a juvenile center in 1936--when he would have been 29.
- Quotes
Stephen Beckley Jr., Esquire: I remember I sat down with him once and I said, "Forrest, surely there's an easier way for somebody in your position to make a living." And he looked at me and he said, "Brother, I'm not talking about making a living. I'm just talking about... living."
- Crazy creditsJade Healy is credited as Wallpaper Whisperer!
- ConnectionsEdited from The Chase (1966)
- Soundtracks30 Century Man
Written by Scott Walker (as Scott Engel)
Performed by Scott Walker
Used by permission of Carbert Music Inc.
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Despite the clichéd bank robbery motif, based on the real-life career of serial robber Forrest Tucker, his eighty robberies and 16 prison escapes reveal not a mean man but rather a charmer who robs because it makes him smile and who helps others when he doesn't have to.
Old Man hints at deeper emotional possibilities when it's discovered that his daughter, played by Elizabeth Moss, is unknown to him:
Jewel (Sissy Spacek): "Do you have any children?" Forrest Tucker: "I hope not." The film likes to keep these moments underwritten to suggest the depth as a richness he hasn't ignored but prefers to keep at bay. That spareness of emotion, dialogue, and sustained discourse adds to the mystery of a man who floats above daily intercourse to pursue a passion, albeit robbery.
Redford shuffles a bit like an old man, but he teases us with the wisdom he holds behind that killer smile and a youthful insouciance that makes him ageless.
You will not be revisiting the wisecracking of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or the sophistication of The Sting; you will get a fun heist film featuring a star who evidences the reason he has 78 entries in his filmography and originated a seminal cultural institution, The Sundance Institute. A bit like the underplaying but still prolific and passionate Forrest Tucker.
It's infectious: "I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life." Ryan Gosling
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- Oct 14, 2018
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- Also known as
- Un ladrón con estilo
- Filming locations
- Dayton, Ohio, USA(Liberty Tower, 120 W. 2nd St., Dayton, Ohio 45402)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,277,120
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $142,131
- Sep 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $17,860,397
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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