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Bandits is a 2001 comedy/crime/drama/romance movie directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. It helped Thorton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001. Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television. ...
Bruce Willis in Virginia Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and musician. ...
Billy Bob Thornton (born William Robert Thornton on August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, and also an occasional director, playwright and singer. ...
Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress. ...
For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...
October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ...
Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television. ...
Bruce Willis in Virginia Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and musician. ...
Billy Bob Thornton (born William Robert Thornton on August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, and also an occasional director, playwright and singer. ...
Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress. ...
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George McClennans revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. ...
Tagline: Two's Company, Three's A Crime.
Plot outline
Two friends and convicts, one charismatic (Bruce Willis), the other neurotic (Billy Bob Thornton) break out of Oregon State Penitentiary in a cement 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 a dim-witted would-be stunt man (Troy Garrity) as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off several jobs that gets them recognition on a TV show about America's criminals. Bruce Willis in Virginia Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and musician. ...
Billy Bob Thornton (born William Robert Thornton on August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, and also an occasional director, playwright and singer. ...
Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as mode of operation. ...
When a housewife with a failing marriage (Cate Blanchett) decides to run away, she ends up in the hands of the criminals. Initially attracted to Willis, she also ends up in bed with Thornton and a confused love triangle begins. Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress. ...
A love triangle refers to a romantic relationship involving three people. ...
Continuing their spree, the bandits hit the wall when the bank managers realize that they are non-violent and therefore no threat to them or their employees. This leads to one more big score at the Alamo Bank, where in the very opening scenes, things appear to go awry.
Filming Dates 11 October 2000 - February2001 October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ...
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February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Trivia - The film was originally meant to be an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel "Bandits", to which Bruce Willis owns the film rights, but the producers felt it was too weak and brought in writer Harley Peyton to write a new script from scratch.
- The interior of the reporter's house in which Joe and Terry film their interview was also used in The Big Lebowski (1998).
The little girl who belches during the dinner scene is Bruce Willis' daughter, Scout... and according to him, that belch was not enhanced. The other girl is another one of Willis' daughters, Tallulah. Elmore John Leonard Jr. ...
Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a research and degree-granting four-year public university located in Corvallis, Oregon. ...
The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...
Val Kilmer was originally considered for the part of Joe, and Bruce Willis was originally going to play the part of Terry, but due to scheduling conflicts, Kilmer backed out, and Willis took over the part of Joe.
Billy Bob Thornton has a phobia of antique furniture in real life, and the producers wrote it in as part of his character.
At the cabin right after they "pick up" Kate, Joe stretches a drape between the two sides of the bed, saying he saw it in a movie once. Kate asks, "How does [the movie] end?" Joe says, "With a wedding." At the end of the movie Harvey marries the Pink Boots girl.
Director Cameo: [Barry Levinson] The last staff to the right of the camera in the studio room from Darren's point of view when he presented "Criminals at Large" at the beginning of the film.
Hans Zimmer was the only choice for the music composing. However, Zimmer was just finishing Hannibal and Pearl Harbor at the time in London, and he already committed himself to Black Hawk Down, which was recorded in the US. Barry Levinson said that he would move the film for a later release, waiting for the German composer, since they are good friends since Rain Man. Zimmer politely refused it.
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