• Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Ensemble Film, Crime Comedy
• Themes: Bank Robbery, Hostage Situations, Unlikely Criminals
• Director: Tamra Davis
• Main Cast: Dean Cain, Andy Dick, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mitchell Whitfield, Luke Wilson
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: US
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Former music-video director Tamra Davis (Guncrazy) created strong characters in this bank-robbery tale, a crime/comedy/drama somewhat reminiscent of the anti-establishment attitudes seen in early '70s films. After three years in a California prison, Jesse (Luke Wilson) is ready to marry his girlfriend Hope (Drew Barrymore) in the town of Independence (the original working title of this film). Joining Jesse is a odd assortment -- the buzzcut ex-Green-Beret Buzz (Dean Cain); ex-lawyer Sol (Mitchell Whitfield); geeky Teddy (Andy Dick); and Shakespeare-quoting Billy (Sean Patrick Flanery), aka Hamlet on the FBI's most-wanted list. Then they're off to the wedding. Billy, however, asks to be dropped off at a nearby bank, and after it's evident that Billy is pulling off another Hamlet heist, the others join him inside. Billy's father, Sheriff Phillips (Fred Ward), up for re-election, begins hostage negotiations, but the media arrives, along with psycho FBI agent Hoover (Raymond J. Barry) and his partner Carter (Art Edler Brown). Wearing her wedding dress, Hope goes inside the bank. Soon various friends and locals gather outside to offer support as the hostages take the side of their captors. In addition to portraying agent Carter, Art Edler Brown is the film's co-producer and co-scripter. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Dean Cain - Sgt. Buzz Thomas
• Andy Dick - Teddy Pollack
• Sean Patrick Flanery - Billy Phillips
• Mitchell Whitfield - Sol Jacobs
• Luke Wilson - Jesse Reilly

Fred Ward - Sheriff Bud Phillips; Raymond J. Barry - Agent Hoover; Drew Barrymore - Hope; Brad Dourif - Lt. John G. (Gonzo) Coleman; Tracy Fraim - Cuervo; Biff Yeager - Mayor Boar; Art Edler Brown - Agent Carter; K.K. Dodds - Cindy Vargas; Jeff Phillips; Kathryn Joosten; Dee Maaske; Cal Gibson; David Wells

Credit

Tracy Fraim - Co-producer; Tracy Fraim - Screenwriter; Brad Jenkel - Producer; Steven Stabler - Producer; Jim Wilkey - Stunts Coordinator; Toby Corbett - Production Designer; Tamra Davis - Director; James Glennon - Cinematographer; Brad Krevoy - Producer; Mark Mothersbaugh - Composer (Music Score); Paul Trejo - Editor; Debra Ridpath - Producer; Tony Adler - First Assistant Director; Jeffrey D. Ivers - Executive Producer; Peter Bentley - Sound/Sound Designer; Kimberly Davis - Casting; Art Edler Brown - Co-producer; Art Edler Brown - Screenwriter; Christopher Buchanan - Executive Producer; Sheryl Schwartz - Co-producer

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