Bandits (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Produced by | Barry Levinson Michael Birnbaum |
| Written by | Harley Peyton |
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Bruce Willis Billy Bob Thornton Cate Blanchett |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Edited by | Stu Linder |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75 million |
| Box office | $67.6 million |
Bandits is a 2001 American criminal comedy film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Filming began in October 2000 and ended in February 2001. It helped Thornton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001. Thornton and Blanchett's performances earned praise, as each was nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress Golden Globe Awards for their performances in this film, while Blanchett was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. It first opened in theaters on October 12, 2001.
Two friends and convicts, Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton), break out of Oregon State Penitentiary in a concrete mixing truck and start a bank robbing spree, hoping to fund a dream they share. They become known as the "Sleepover Bandits" because of their modus operandi: they kidnap the manager of a target bank the night before a planned robbery, then spend the night with the manager's family; early the next morning, they accompany the manager to the bank to get their money. Using dim-witted would-be stunt man Harvey Pollard (Troy Garity) as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off a series of robberies that gets them recognition on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, and ultimately the reward for information leading to their capture is increased to $1 million.
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