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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Sidney Lumet, Director

2007 | 116 | Feature

After a career creating more than 40 notable features, director Sidney Lumet (SERPICO; NETWORK) produced "one of his greatest achievements" (Roger Ebert), a masterfully told, award-winning crime thriller with the resonance of a Greek family tragedy. When brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) botch a "victimless" robbery at their parents' jewelry store, a chain of catastrophes is set in motion that eventually claims countless victims. "A tense anti-caper … extremely angry but deeply humanistic" — Los Angeles Times.