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F|f: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007)

24 October 2007

A foolproof heist goes wrong and its consequences take over in this intelligent New York thriller from Lumet and screenwriter Kelly Masterson. Pitch perfect, with expert performances from Hoffman and Hawke, it’s too easy to call its good chemistry a return to form. Try a creative explosion. Worth every penny.


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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ~ writ Masterson; cine Ron Fortunato; edit Tom Swartwout; with Hoffman, Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei ~ screened at the 45th New York Film Festival; in theaters October 26.

Photo Caption. Toast of the Town. Hawke and Hoffman as brothers on the skids in Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Photo courtesy of ThinkFilm.