3/19/2018 0 Comments Going In Style [2018]![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() Contents • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Joe (), Al (), and Willie () are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Queens,. Their days are spent on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It is a dull life, and Joe is desperate to break the monotony. After their monthly visit to their local bank to deposit their checks, Joe suggests: 'How would you guys like to go on a stick-up?' They have no experience as criminals, but Joe puts together a plan. 'Do you think it'll work?' 'I feel like I'm 50 again!' They pick a suitable bank in Manhattan; Al surreptitiously borrows three pistols from the gun collection of his nephew, Pete (), who lives with his wife and children a few miles away. Pete is an honest, hard-working guy who dreams of opening his own gas station, but his living expenses consume his entire modest salary. The trio, disguised with –style novelty glasses, pulls off the heist, netting 35,000. The excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal later that day. At his funeral, Joe and Al give $25,000 to Pete and his family, claiming it is the proceeds from Willie's life insurance policy.
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