DVD Review

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

Reviewed in Issue 132 (June 2008) of Widescreen Review

Picture
3
DD Sound
3
DTS Sound
NR
Disc Information
Studio Image Entertainment
Catalog Number CAP48575DVD
MPAA Rating R
Rating Reason A scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence
Retail Price $27.98
DVD Type Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
Running Time 117
Release Date 04/15/08
Theatrical Year 2007
Genre Drama
Credits
Director Sidney Lumet
Screenplay Subscribers only
Story Subscribers only
Music Subscribers only
Cinematography Subscribers only
Stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne & Rosemary Harris
Audio & Video
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DVD Soundtrack Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Andy (Hoffman) is an overextended payroll executive working for a real estate firm, but he believes he has found the solution to his monetary woes. Andy hatches a plan to rob a mom-and-pop jewelry store in suburban New York, enlisting his younger brother Hank (Hawke) to aid him in the crime. The twist is that the store the brothers have targeted to rob belongs to their elderly parents. When the robbery is botched, the patriarch of the family, Charles (Finney), pursues the robbers at all costs, vowing to make them pray they are in heaven an hour Before The Devil Knows You

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