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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Crime & Punishment • Crime, Drama, Thriller, R

Legendary Hollywood director Sidney Lumet’s final film is as blistering as any young director’s. In desperate need of money, brothers Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke rob a ‘mom and pop’ jewelry store – only it belongs to their own mom and pop. Murder and time-tripping editing ensue; and Albert Finney’s paterfamilias is as displeased as in any Greek tragedy. Lumet’s 50s-TV-forged naturalism finds its Jacobean alter ego.

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Robberies
Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman Andy Hanson
Ethan Hawke Hank Hanson
Marisa Tomei Gina Hanson
Albert Finney Charles Hanson
Michael Shannon Dex
Crew
Sidney Lumet director

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