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The crew

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Movie propaganda

It may be artificial but it's still their turf.

There's no place like home - even when it's the ratty Raj Mahal senior citizen residence hotel in yuppie-haven South Beach, Miami.

While sexy models cavort on the white sands posing for haute couture fashion magazine covers, four fossilised former wise guys: Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss), Joey "Bats" Pistella (Burt Reynolds), Mike "The Brick" Donatelli (Dan Hedaya) and Tony "The Mouth" Donato (Seymour Cassel), face eviction from the semi-squalor of the Raj on this otherwise posh strip of shore.

Management's plans for renovations of the building, to force higher rents and attract a classier clientele, are squeezing the geezers out. Although in the sunset of their years, it's not exactly sundown and they hatch a seemingly simple scheme to save their retirement residence. Comedy and chaos collide when the elderly goodfellas' caper goes awry and inadvertently entangles a paranoid drug lord who is convinced he's about to be rubbed out by a mysterious gangland rival.

Persons of interest

  • Richard Dreyfuss .... Bobby Bartellemeo
  • Burt Reynolds .... Joey "Bats" Pistella
  • Dan Hedaya .... Mike "The Brick" Donatelli
  • Seymour Cassel .... Tony "Mouth" Donato
  • Carrie-Anne Moss .... Detective Olivia Neal
  • Jennifer Tilly .... Ferris "aka Maureen" Lowenstein
  • Lainie Kazan .... Pepper Lowenstein
  • Miguel Sandoval .... Raul Ventana, Drug Lord
  • Jeremy Piven .... Detective Steve Menteer
  • Casey Siemaszko .... Young Bobby Bartellemeo
  • Matt Borlenghi .... Young Joey "Bats" Pistella
  • Billy Jayne .... Young Tony "Mouth" Donato
  • Jeremy Ratchford .... Young Mike "The Brick" Donatelli
  • Mike Moroff .... Jorge
  • José Zúñiga .... Escobar
  • Carlos Gómez .... Miguel
  • Louis Guss .... Jerry "The Hammer" Fungo
  • Joseph Rigano .... Frankie "Rash" Decuello
  • Ron Karabatsos .... Fat Pauly
  • Frank Vincent .... Marty
  • Manuel Estanillo .... Louis Ventana
  • Barry Fanaro .... Screenwriter
  • Dean Parisot .... Director

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Intelligence analyst

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Theatrical report

Grumpy old men meets Goodfellas. Sort of.

Four old farts want one last shot at glory. They find it in the opportunity to save their retirement home from being overrun by young, sexy, big-busted babes. You can't blame them really, imagine a whole building full of blondes, brunettes and redheads all with PMS.

Eek!

The only problem the blokes have is being old farts, which makes The crew a funny look at old geezers reliving their youth.

Media intelligence (DVD)

  • Disc: single side, single layer
  • Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1/ 16:9 enhanced)
  • Languages: English (5.1), French (5.1), Italian (5.1), Spanish (5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese
  • Talent profiles
  • Original movie trailers
  • Bonus movie trailers
  • Picture disc

Security censorship classification

M (Medium level violence)

Surveillance time

84 minutes (1:24 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

DVD rental: 12 September 2001

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