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Stand Up Guys

Fisher Stevens

Opens December 14! Director Fisher Stevens in person at 7:20pm on Friday, December 14 and at 3:30pm on Sunday, December 16!

A pair of aging con men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment — to kill his comrade.

DIRECTOR
Fisher Stevens
YEAR
2012
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
95 minutes
LANGUAGE
English
FORMAT
DCP
START DATE
December 14, 2012

Opens December 14! Director Fisher Stevens in person at 7:20pm on Friday, December 14 and at 3:30pm on Sunday, December 16!

Stand Up Guys stars Academy Award® winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in a tough but touching action comedy as retired gangsters who reunite for one epic last night.

Val (Al Pacino) is released from prison after serving 28 years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend Doc (Christopher Walken) is there to pick him up, and the two soon reteam with another old pal, Hirsch (Alan Arkin). Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on freedom lost and gained, loyalties ebbed and flowed, and days of glory gone by. And despite their age, their capacity for mayhem is still very much alive and well – bullets fly as they make a hilariously valiant effort to compensate for the decades of crime, drugs and sex they've missed. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret—he's been put in an impossible quandary by a former mob boss, and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys' legendary reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate and they finally confront their past once and for all.

“A raunchy and touching comedy about three over-the-hill mobsters led by the stellar trio of Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin, Stand Up Guys lubricates its old joints—of the plot, genre and actors—quite entertainingly.” – Hollywood Reporter

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