The Hot Rock
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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: January 26, 1972 |
Starring:
Charlotte Rae, George Segal, Graham Jarvis, Harry Bellaver, Moses Gunn, Paul Sand, Robert Redford, Ron Leibman, Topo Swope, William Redfield
Summary:
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
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Yates paces the fast-moving thrills with precision. [25 Apr 2009, p.53]
Laid-back caper movie, adapted by William Goldman from a Donald Westlake novel and directed with the lightest of touches by the perennially underrated Peter Yates. There's lovely footage of early 1970s New York and Quincy Jones provides the ultra-cool soundtrack. [09 Jul 2011, p.30]
The dialogue is often painfully hip-cute, but the actors manage to be funny anyway.
Director Yates, critically hailed for BULLITT (1968), seems to have little idea what to do with Redford, and the slowest parts of the film are the scenes developing his character into someone the audience still doesn't especially care about. The rest of the film, though, is quite enjoyable as the gang commits elaborate caper after elaborate caper, always finding their objective has just eluded them.
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Sep 3, 2022
"The Hot Rock" is an oldie and a goodie. It's sad that it so seldom gets broadcast on TV. I love this movie because its more than a "caper movie". It's a well-written, well-directed and well-acted story of a man trying to change his luck.
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