Going in Style
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Theatrical release poster.
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| Directed by | Martin Brest |
| Produced by |
Tony Bill Fred T. Gallo |
| Screenplay by | Martin Brest |
| Story by | Edward Cannon |
| Starring |
George Burns Art Carney Lee Strasberg Charles Hallahan |
| Music by | Michael Small |
| Cinematography | Billy Williams |
| Edited by | Carroll Timothy O'Meara Robert Swink |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $29,900,000 |
Going in Style is a 1979 caper film written and directed by Martin Brest. It stars George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, and Charles Hallahan. The casino scenes were shot at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Queens, New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their summer days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children.
It is a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony. After their monthly visits to their local bank to deposit or cash their monthly social security checks, Joe privately suggests: "How would you guys like to go on a stick-up?" None has a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during the war"), but just planning the bank robbery fills them with energy and optimism. Joe points out that the plan is foolproof for even if they are caught and given three years in prison that would still be free room and board and they would have a large amount of cash in accumulated Social Security checks awaiting when they are released
After they agree on a bank to rob in nearby Manhattan, Al surreptitiously borrows some pistols from the gun collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), who lives with his wife and children a few miles away. During Al's visit, Pete tells him that he wants to open his own gas station, but the problem with his home's utility bills and mortgage hinders his expectations.
A few days later, the trio, disguised with novelty Groucho Marx-style glasses, pulls off their heist, despite some complications, to the tune of USD$35,000 dollars. Unfortunately, the excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal heart attack the same day. At his funeral, Joe and Al decide to give the bulk of the money ($25,000) to Pete and his family by telling them that it's a life insurance policy that Willie left them. Joe and Al decide to splurge the rest on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas.
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