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A golden field of wheat waves serenely under a blue Montana sky. A congregation of just-plain-folks in a quaint wooden church listens intently to the preacher. Then, just when you begin to wonder if you’ve somehow wandered into a Norman Rockwell painting, a man steps through the door and begins spraying the pulpit with automatic pistol fire. Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star in this offbeat saga of a colourful group of bank robbers determined to “re-pull” a master heist of the fortress-like Montana Armoured Depository. In his directorial debut, Cimino injects the comedy-drama with an inventiveness and unpredictability rarely seen in the caper genre. Bridges received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance as Lightfoot.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
306364
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Action & Adventure → Action films
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Caper drama
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Caper drama
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)