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BANDITS

VISUAL AIDS
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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Strap yourself in for one hilarious "action-comedy with... great chemistry... great one-liners [and] expert direction" (New York Post)! Bruce Willis makes "all the right moves" (San Francisco Examiner) as the man with the perfect bank-robbing plan - and two imperfect partners - in this "terrific [film that's] as much fun as you'll have at the movies all year" (FOX-TV)!
    Busting out of prison, Joe (Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) are on the run and out of money. That changes when they devise a scheme to place bank managers under house arrest the night before they rob their banks. But success as the infamous "sleepover bandits" isn't the only change in store for them. As they cross state lines and federal laws, they meet Kate (Cate Blanchett), a sexy, eccentric housewife whose indecision as to which of the two bandits she wants could spoil their partnership for good!

STARRING:

Bruce Willis: Joseph "Joe" Blake
Billy Bob Thornton: Terry Lee Collins
Cate Blanchett: Kate Wheeler

SCREENWRITER: Harley Peyton

DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson

RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes

STUDIO: MGM

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: C

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) - Billy Bob Thornton
(nominated)

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) - Cate Blanchett
(nominated)
 
 
 

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This film is loosely based on a true story of two bank robbers who used the technique of the main characters in the film.
• This project started out being an adaptation of Leonard Elmore's book, Bandits, to which Bruce Willis owns the rights to, however producers of the film felt the story was too weak so they scrapped the project and brought in a screenwriter to write a brand new story.
• Bruce Willis was originally supposed to play the role of Terry and Val Kilmer was going to play the role of Joe, however Kilmer ended up having to drop the project. Willis then took over the role of Joe, and Billy Bob Thornton was cast as Terry.
• The majority of filming for this movie was done in the fine state of Oregon. A little Oregon reference can be seen in the move when Billy Bob Thornton's character wakes up form a nightmare screaming "Beavers and Ducks!" This is a reference to football rivals, The Oregon State Ducks and The University Of Oregon Beavers, who play a "Civil War" game every year.
• Billy Bob Thornton's character says he has a phobia of antique furniture, this is a real phobia of Thornton's and was added to the film because the producers thought it was an interesting quark.

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