Wednesday, June 5, 2013

List #28: Cons, Capers, and Heists on Screen --- Part 2

See Part 1 here.


Cons! Capers! Heists! Here is the second part of an incomplete list of some you may have forgotten about:



Fitzwilly

Featured Players: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Sam Waterston

The Mark: Various department stores, who don't even know what hit them.

Quote:
"Good morning, Mr. Fitzwilly. Beautiful morning, sir."
"Thank you, Oliver. I do my best."



Happy, Texas

Featured Players: Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam, William H. Macy, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas

The Marks: The Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. And a bank.

Quote:
"The last man in that safe who didn't work here, my dad shot in his tracks."
"I understand that's the most painful place to be shot in."



How to Steal a Million

Featured Players: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach

The Mark: A certain statue in a Paris museum.

Quote: "American millionaires must be all quite mad. Perhaps it's something they put in the ink when they print the money."

For more information: See Rec. #205.


Continue with Part 3 here.

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