Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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American film crime thriller film film

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet that follows two brothers whose plan to rob their parents’ jewelry store spirals into tragedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
cinematographer Ron Fortunato ⓘ
composer Carter Burwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception received positive reviews from critics ⓘ
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
distributor THINKFilm ⓘ
surface form: ThinkFilm
editor Tom Swartwout ⓘ
filmEditingStyle nonlinear narrative ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasCharacter Andy Hanson ⓘ
Charles Hanson ⓘ
Gina Hanson ⓘ
Hank Hanson ⓘ
language English ⓘ
metacriticScore 84 ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York ⓘ
notableFor being one of Sidney Lumet's final films ⓘ
plotSummary Two brothers plan to rob their parents' jewelry store, but the heist goes disastrously wrong and leads to tragedy. ⓘ
producer Brian Linse ⓘ
Michael Cerenzie ⓘ
Paul Parmar ⓘ
William S. Gilmore ⓘ
productionCompany Lenfilm ⓘ
surface form: Linsefilm

Unity Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 2007 ⓘ
releaseDate October 26, 2007 ⓘ
releaseEvent premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
rottenTomatoesRating over 80 percent ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 117 ⓘ
screenwriter Kelly Masterson ⓘ
starring Albert Finney ⓘ
Amy Ryan ⓘ
Ethan Hawke ⓘ
Marisa Tomei ⓘ
Michael Shannon ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
theme crime gone wrong ⓘ
desperation and greed ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ
titleOrigin derived from the Irish toast "May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead" ⓘ

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Philip Seymour Hoffman → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
Sidney Lumet → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
this entity surface form: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Ethan Hawke → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
this entity surface form: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Philip → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Ryan → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
this entity surface form: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Brían F. O'Byrne → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
THINKFilm → distributed → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
this entity surface form: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Kelly Masterson → notableWork → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ
Kelly Masterson → wrote → Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ