The Art of the Steal Page #9

Synopsis: Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off one final lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother, Nicky (Matt Dillon). Reassembling the old team, Crunch comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the successful heist leads to another far riskier plan devised by Nicky. They fail to realize each other's separate agendas when their plan goes awry in this con movie about honor, revenge and the bonds of brotherhood.
Director(s): Jonathan Sobol
Production: Radius-TWC
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2013
90 min
Website
376 Views


- You did it, Dennis.

- One for the ages, eh?

Either write something

worth reading about,

or do something

worth writing about.

Don't spend it all

in one place.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

[SAM] Seasoned crooks swear

there's only two days

you remember

about your stretch in prison:

The day you get in...

[DOOR BUZZING]

...and the day you get out.

And you'll

only remember your last

so long as you've got

something waiting for you.

- One wallet. One watch.

- As of the day you're released,

they can't inspect your mail.

Oh, and this arrived this

morning. Just cleared.

Who's it from?

Doesn't say.

I could never be certain,

but I had faith.

I had trust.

And if you've got no trust...

...then what do you got?

[ SOUL MUSIC]

Stop me, baby

Ooh

I'm feelin' awful, baby

Like I'm locked up

in a cage

Like a dog

who lost his collar

A show without a stage

I gotta move

Gotta pack my bags and go

Gotta move

Gotta pack my bags and go

I can't stay around here

And baby I'm sure you know

This love

This love...

- What painting?

- The Seurat.

Whoa. Whoa. What?

The Georges Seurat,

you ignorant f***.

The seminal post French

"Impressionalisht".

- The father of f***ing... F***!

- [ALL LAUGHING]

The seminal founder of

"Post-Impressionalism".

- The father of pointillism.

- [FRANCIE] Seminal French

- Post-Impressionist.

- Seminal French Post-Impressionist.

- [FRANCIE] And father of pointillism.

- And father of pointillism.

The seminal French

"Post-Impressionalist".

The founder of f***in', f***in'

and the f*** line-ups. [LAUGHS]

- [LAUGHS] - Arr, matey!

- The Georges Seurat, you ignorant f***.

The seminal father of

"Post-Impressionalism".

The founder of f***in'...

That guy!

The Seminal French

"Post-Impressionalist".

The father of pointillism.

That Georges Seurat,

you f***in' baboon.

[CREW APPLAUDS]

He's the seminal French

"Post-Impressionalist"!

My God, you're a downer.

What the f***,

what are you, Eeyore?

What are you, Morrissey?

What are you,

f***in' Willy Loman?

A f***in' boner killer.

[CRUNCH LAUGHS] A boner-killer?

Even for you, Francie,

I refuse to be a boner killer.

So, should I get the door?

[ALL LAUGHING]

I'll get the door.

I'll get it.

Hoo hoo!

- I'm in a play.

- Yeah?

- What's it called?

- Amish Cats.

- [MAN] What's it called?

- Punch My P*ssy.

Punch My P*ssy?

- Wait. What's it called?

- Cats.

The... The Cats?

The Cats. Cats or The Cats.

- All rightee. With the beard?

- Yeah.

I gotta move

Gotta pack my bags and go

Gotta move

Gotta pack my bags and go

I can't stay around here

Baby, I'm sure you know

This love

This love

This love ain't big enough

for the two of us

I'm off to see the country

And breathe the ocean air

I can't take your whining

But how, I just don't care

I gotta get moving

By road or in the street

This love is like

Hell's Kitchen

And I just can't

take the heat

This love

This love

This love ain't big enough

for the two of us

You used to be so sweet

Well, all the good

loving's gone

I tried to understand

But a man can only

take so much, girl

Hey, baby!

Come on

If you're looking

for me baby

I'll be roaming

in the streets

Be roaming

in the street, baby

Come on

It's f***in' slow, man.

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Jonathan Sobol

Jonathan Sobol is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Citizen Duane, A Beginner's Guide to Endings and The Art of the Steal.Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Sobol is currently based in Toronto. more…

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