Bobby reveals a real gun and commits the robbery himself while Hank waits in the car. Without consulting Andy, Hank hires Bobby Lasorda, an acquaintance who is an experienced thief, to help him. Andy plans to fence the jewelry via a New York City dealer his father knows, and expects to net about $120,000 from the robbery. They assume that only Doris, an elderly employee, will be there, necessitating only a toy gun, and ensuring that insurance will make it a victimless crime. Andy argues that he cannot go himself because he has been seen in the neighborhood recently. Andy plans to rob their parents' jewelry store, to which Hank reluctantly agrees. Andy, in turn, resents his younger and more attractive brother, whom their parents favored. Hank is well-meaning but easily dominated by Andy, a ruthless schemer. Hank has been having an affair with Andy's wife, Gina. To raise the necessary funds, he enlists the aid of his brother, Hank, a divorced father who needs money to pay child support and tuition. Note: The story is explained here in its chronological order, rather than as it is presented in the film.įacing an upcoming audit that will reveal his embezzlement, finance executive Andy Hanson decides to escape to Brazil.
The film appeared on 21 critics' end-of-the-year top ten lists indexed by Metacritic and was selected as one of 2007's ten most influential American films by the American Film Institute, at the 2007 AFI Awards.
It was the last film directed by Lumet before his death in 2011. The film unfolds in a nonlinear narrative, repeatedly going back and forth in time, with some scenes shown repeatedly from differing points of view. The title comes from the Irish saying: "May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you're dead". The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet.
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