Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead with Ethan Hawke

Special

Series/Themes: Featured, Special Guests, Spotlight Screenings

Genre: Classics

Film Year: 2007

Locations: USA

Film Length: 117 min.

Languages: English

Director: Sidney Lumet

Featuring: Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney

Needing some quick cash, brothers Andy and Hank set up the perfect crime to rob their own parents’ jewelry store. Their plan is far from foolproof, and when the job goes amiss the furious family patriarch takes matters into his own hands, unaware that he is hunting down his own sons. The plot quickly shifts from classic crime to a drama that skillfully explores family dysfunction. The film’s quiet, subtle tones, combined with shifting points of view and expert acting, claim it a spot among the classics. Discussion with actor Ethan Hawke, moderated by Elizabeth Flock (PBS NewsHour)

Supported by Quirk Hotel 

Saturday, October 26
3:30 PM
The Paramount Theater
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Needing some quick cash, brothers Andy and Hank set up the perfect crime to rob their own parents’ jewelry store. Their plan is far from foolproof, and when the job goes amiss the furious family patriarch takes matters into his own hands, unaware that he is hunting down his own sons. The plot quickly shifts from classic crime to a drama that skillfully explores family dysfunction. The film’s quiet, subtle tones, combined with shifting points of view and expert acting, claim it a spot among the classics. Discussion with actor Ethan Hawke, moderated by Elizabeth Flock (PBS NewsHour)

Supported by Quirk Hotel 

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