How to Rob a Bank

The American comedy film How to Rob a Bank premiered Film Festival on 25 June 2007 at the Los Angeles. The premiere in movie theaters in the United States brought on 6 February 2008, a total box office of 820 USD. The film is the debut feature by Andrews Jenkins, who also wrote the screenplay. The main characters are Nick Stahl ( Jinx ), Erika Christensen (Jessica ), Gavin Rossdale (Simon ), and Terry Crews ( Officer DeGepse ).

Content

The Survivalist Jinx wants to withdraw his bank the rest of his account balance of $ 20 at the ATM. As a fee of $ 1.50 is required for takeoff, he receives no money. So he goes to the bank to withdraw money at the counter there. Here he is caught in a bank robbery and is included by mistake, together with Jessica in the vault of the bank. In addition to the lockers is there a central computer of the bank. Prior to the vault door, Simon is with his accomplices who not come by closing the safe door to the central computer. Meanwhile, the local police, the senior officer is DeGepse. While Jinx and Jessica get into conversation, the mobile phone rings of Jessica. Jinx takes over the call, the caller is the bank robber Simon. During the conversation, even the phone from Jinx to the recall of 911 ringing Thus Jinx has a conversation with Officer DeGepse and in the course of the talks he gives him the phone number of Simon.

In the further course of the film it becomes clear that the real reason for the bank robbery access to the central computer. This PIN can be generated that Nick, who pulled the strings of the bank robbery, needed to access accounts can on which he " diverted " collects fees for any account.

Production

The film is in 35 mm film format, the aspect ratio of 2.35:1 ( Panavision ), and was recorded in the Dolby Digital audio format in the Hollywood Center Studios and the Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, as well as in Los Angeles and Redlands in February 2006.

The German -language film version is seven minutes longer than the English-language film version of 81 minutes. In Germany the film was released on 19 June 2008 as a DVD.

Reception

For Nicole Kühn from the filmstarts.de editorial, the " writer and [ the ] Director [ ... ] it leaves so much to the attractiveness of that triggering moment that the other characters and their relationships to each other remain pale. Although very fast clear what the story boils down to the involuntary bank robber, the way but still waiting there with enough maneuvers on to talk about one and a half hours away at least decent. "

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