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Going in Style

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Going in Style
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PG,1hr 37min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1979
Director:
Martin Brest
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg  ...more
Synopsis: Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony; why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during the ... Full Synopsis
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Fred Beldin, AMG Review
This bittersweet comedy-drama was the first major project for director Martin Brest, who would later hit blockbuster status with the very different Beverly Hills Cop. It's remarkable that the then 28-year-old Brest (who also wrote the screenplay) could forge a film that examined the dreams and lives of elderly men with such sensitivity, not to mention providing three veteran performers with such an ... Full Review
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