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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

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Release Date: October 26, 2007 (LA/NY)
On DVD: April 15, 2008
Genre: Drama, Suspense
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Kelly Masterson
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei
Studio: THINKFilm
Running Time: 117 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for a scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language.

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all – itself. Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hank's actual mom and pop and, when the...

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A movie playing in theaters right now that few have heard of, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as two financially strapped brothers whose botched burglary attempt triggers a series of fatal fiascos. Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei also star.

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