Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead
Crime, Drama
ThinkFilm  (9/25/2007) 117 mins R

7.4 (24,466 votes)
Loyalty. It's all relative.

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet (The Verdict, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico) scores big with this absorbing suspense thriller. Oscar-winner* Philip Seymour Hoffman is Andy, an overextended payroll executive 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 real mom and pop, and when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage sends them hurtling toward a shattering climax....

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Cast and Crew
Ethan Hawke  ......  Hank
Philip Seymour Hoffman  ......  Andy
Albert Finney  ......  Charles
Marisa Tomei  ......  Gina
Rosemary Harris  ......  Nanette
Brian F. O'Byrne  ......  Bobby
Director  .....  Sidney Lumet
Producer  .....  William S. Gilmore; Michael Cerenzie; Belle Avery; Jane Barclay
Writer  .....  Kelly Masterson
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: There is a repeat of the scene showing Andy answering Hank's pay phone call after the robbery. In one, the receptionist says "...sounds like some kind of nut case" and Andy says "Yeah, I'll take it". In the repeat, the receptionist says "Sounds like a nut case" and Andy says "I got it." (more)

Trivia:
In the original script, Gina and Andrew Hanson had a child. Sidney Lumet removed this character from the final script. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Andrew 'Andy' Hanson: The thing about real estate accounting is that you can, you can, add down the page or across the page and everything works out. Everyday, everything adds up. The, the total is always the sum of its parts. It's, uh, clean. It's clear. Neat, absolute. But my life, it, uh, it doesn't add up. It, uh... Nothing connects to anything else. It's, uh... I'm not, I'm not the sum of my parts. All my parts don't add up to one... to one me, I guess.
Justin: Get a shrink or a wife.
Andrew 'Andy' Hanson: Uh, I got a wife.
Justin: Get a shrink.
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Awards:
6 wins & 12 nominations (more)