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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...atone, he made his latest picture a simplistic heist blockbuster that is sure to connect with audiences. Throwing out his classy suits, ultra fancy gadgets, and razor, he opts for a more disarming scruffy man’s man look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...gangster alights in a small town, meaning, somewhat reluctantly, to rob its bank. He takes a room at a reclusive schoolteacher's house. The recluse, naturally, becomes more gung-ho about the heist than does the professional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk of Love and Taxes | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...been stolen just days earlier from atop the castle of The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. Editors at The Harvard Crimson, the campus daily and longtime rival of the Lampoon, immediately claimed responsibility for the heist...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lampoon, Crimson Face Off in Intra-Collegiate Rivalry | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...Hong Kong-based director Johnnie To's Breaking News. A melodramatic critique of the media's connivance in glamorizing criminals (it's like a Survivor series with no survivors), the movie boasts a madly complex heist scene, captured in one incredibly fluid five-minute shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Cannes, Asia's star shines | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

With Spartan, Mamet continues his streak of ambitious failed thrillers, a list that includes Heist, which he wrote and directed, and an adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel, Hannibal. Yet, Spartan deserves a fair bit of praise for its occasional originality amidst the often tired trappings of the thriller genre. How many directors utilize slavery, spin, sultry sex and Soldiers Field (actually a likeness with a big red H) in a single film...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

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