Heist (2001) - Synopsis

Question: What makes the world go round?

Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) has a beautiful young wife, money owed to him, and a job he loves. He's a thief.

His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman (Danny DeVito) reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant (SAM ROCKWELL).

Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and their utility man, Pinky Pincus (Ricky Jay) find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do Bergman's one Last Big Job.

Will Bergman shop Moore to the police? Will Moore's wife trade him in for a younger model? Will Blane and Pincus cut their losses and get out? Who is to be believed, who is to be betrayed? Won't someone who's lied once, lie again?

Who's going to walk away smiling, and who's not going to walk at all?

Answer: Love makes the world go round. Love of Gold.

Warner Bros. Pictures, Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. and Franchise Pictures present, in association with Indelible Pictures, the riveting drama Heist, starring two-time Academy Award winning actor GENE HACKMAN, DANNY DEVITO and DELROY LINDO.

Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner and Oscar nominee DAVID MAMET, this smart, complex ensemble about a masterfully-minded gold robbery also stars SAM ROCKWELL, REBECCA PIDGEON and RICKY JAY.

Heist is produced by ART LINSON, ELIE SAMAHA and ANDREW STEVENS.

DON CARMODY, TRACEE STANLEY and James A. Holt are the executive producers. The cinematographer is ROBERT ELSWIT; the production designer is DAVID WASCO; the editor is BARBARA TULLIVER; and the composer is THEODORE SHAPIRO.

Heist will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL Time Warner Company.

This film has been rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language and some violence. "