Bandits
Two's company, three's a crime.
Bandits (2001)
Timing:
2:3 (123 min)
6.267/10
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6.918/10
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21651
6.5/10
74000
74000
Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Crime
Budget
$75 000 000
Revenue
$67 631 903
Director
Actors
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity, William Converse-Roberts, Brían F. O'Byrne, Stacey Travis, Azura Skye, Peggy Miley, January Jones
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Barry Levinson, Paula Weinstein, Arnold Rifkin, Ashok Amritraj, Michael Birnbaum, Michele Berk, David Hoberman, Paula Weinstein, David Willis, Harley Peyton
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Ellen Chenoweth
Editing
Stu Linder, Kate Kelly
All team (138)
All team (138)
Short description
After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate, who runs into them with her car. She joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too: their hearts.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the true story of two American robbers, Joseph V. Doherty and Terry Lee Conner, who robbed a bank in 1985 using the same method as the film's protagonists. They were arrested a year later.
- Willis’s two daughters, Scout and Tallulah, appeared in cameo roles in the film.
- In real life, Billy Bob Thornton suffers from a fear of antique furniture, and the screenwriters added this rare phobia to the character of his persona.
- Barry Levinson greatly hoped that German composer Hans Zimmer would write the original music for the film, but he was heavily committed to "Hannibal" and "Pearl Harbor." Levinson was prepared to wait for the composer to finish his current projects and delay the release of "Bandits" accordingly, but Zimmer still declined.
- The setting of the house where Terry and Joe give their interview was also used for the film "The Big Lebowski" (1998).
- Initially, Val Kilmer was planned to play the role of Joe, and Bruce Willis was to play Terry. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Kilmer turned down the role, and Willis ultimately played Joe instead of Terry.
- The song "Kill The Rock" by Mindless Self Indulgence can be heard in the film, but it was not included on the soundtrack.
- The film was originally intended to be based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, but the producers decided it was too weak and hired a screenwriter to completely rewrite the story.
- The song “Kill The Rock” by Mindless Self Indulgence can be heard in the film, but it was not included on the soundtrack.
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