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Going in Style (1979)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1979 Wide

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Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony; why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during

PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Martin Brest

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1979 Wide

On DVD: Mar 30, 2004

Cast

George Burns
Joe
Art Carney
Al
Lee Strasberg
Willie
Charles Hallahan
Pete
Reathel Bean
FBI Agent
Anthony Call
Tony di Benedetto
Prison Guard
Tito Goya
Gypsy Cab Driver
Constantine Hartofolis
Boy in Park
Siobhan Keegan
Colleen
James Manis
Hot Dog Vendor
Mark Margolis
Prison Guard
Bob Maroff
Cab Driver
Brian Neville
Kevin
William Pabst
Bank Guard
Pamela Payton-Wright
Kathy
Jean Shevlin
Mrs. Fein
Margot Stevenson
Store Cashier
Joseph Sullivan
Moon
Mary Testa
Teller
Paul L. Smith
Radio Announcer
Karen Montgomery
Hooker
Betty Bunch
Cashier
Christopher Wynkoop
Bank Manager
Alan Brooks
FBI Agent

Critic Reviews for Going in Style

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Two things about the film are frankly remarkable, however: the richness of its imagery and George Burns' understated performance.

March 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Three veterans in a spotlight performance.

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Michael A. Smith

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A funny and deeply moving film, the three stars are a joy to watch. Strasberg says so little, and yet he is often the center of the scene. Carney straddles comedy and drama as brilliantly as he did in Harry and Tonto. Burns is the real surprise here, holding his own, hysterically funny, coldly calculating, heartaching in his poignency.

March 16, 2008

James A

One of my favorites as a kid, it's about three senior citizens who want to stage a bank robbery before they die. When they start to pass away,that's when it becomes a tearjerker.

March 24, 2007