The Crew | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Dinner
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-anne Moss
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 38693
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D21652D
ISBN: 0788826867
UPC: 786936144734
EAN: 9780788826863
ASIN: B000056VOZ
Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 2000
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Call them "Grumpy Old Goodfellas," old mobsters who trade in their rods for a retirement home. Fast-talking Richard Dreyfuss is the nominal leader of the quartet of retired Jersey wiseguys, and thick-headed softy Dan Hedaya, silver-haired lady's man Seymour Cassel, and Burt Reynolds, an enforcer with a pacemaker, round out the group. When their Florida apartment house threatens to go condo with young, upscale tenants, they flex their creaky muscles and scare off investors with a devious bit of mob theatrics. Their success spirals out of control, and soon they're up to their toupees in blackmail, murder for hire, a homicide investigation by a cop who just may be Dreyfuss's character's long-lost daughter (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a mob war with a Hispanic drug lord. Jennifer Tilly costars as a scheming stripper, and Lainie Kazan is terrific as a brassy widow. The script, by Kingpin cowriter Barry Fanaro, flirts with leering sexual humor and outrageous gags while turning unrepentant killers into a cute and cuddly bunch of snappy-dressing codgers. Leave it to director Michael Dinner to transform that into a warm, sweet, good-natured film that explores the way the aged lose dignity in their later years and celebrates the strength of four guys who draw on their skills, their courage, and their spirit to take their dignity back. --Sean Axmaker
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Loaded with laughs, THE CREW features Academy Award(R)-winner Richard Dreyfuss (MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS) and Burt Reynolds (MYSTERY, ALASKA) in a sidesplitting story about a set of golden-year goodfellas fighting to protect their last piece of turf! Back in the days when mobsters were larger than life, none lived bigger than Bobby (Dreyfuss), "Bats" (Reynolds), "The Brick" (Dan Hedaya, SHAFT), and "Mouth" (Seymour Cassel, RUSHMORE). But now well into retirement, the old crew find themselves suddenly facing eviction from their run-down Miami Beach hotel -- The Raj Mahal. That's when they decide there's only one thing left to do -- turn back the clock and pull one last hit in order to save their home! As their wacky plot unfolds, you'll happily laugh along when these grandfatherly gangsters set off a hilarious chain of events that quickly spins outrageously out of control.
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The stars are out when the sun is gone May 3, 2008
An action film in which old timers, ex baby boomers and other senior citizens who are more or less trying to live in various varicose-infected institutions can project themselves and identify with the main heroes who are just the same as them, old timers who are more or less trying to survive and have some fun in a fun-less varicose-cursed institution in Florida. A touch of Jewish-ness, a dose of sexual fascination, a couple of pairs of boobs, a lot of denuded breasts and chests, but no more than that, a little star of a dumb drug lord who is trying to shine in a world where all the sunshine has retired, and you have it. A funny film for an afternoon of enjoyment at the old people's home as an alternative to checkers or bridge. It is true there are some funny elements, like the arsonist rat or the real true skeleton of the lady next door burned in the arson of her house and that carries the dog tag of her little identity, made in Taiwan. Enjoy it and don't expect to remember it one hour later, except if you already have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. Then the recollection would come from the back of your brain.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Movie "The Crew" August 17, 2007
I thought this movie was great! So much fun watching these guys interact with one another. And Danny Hedaya! Great! They really knew what they were doing when they put these four together. My husband and I will be watching this one again!
 Fun film to watch. January 7, 2007
American audiences need more movies like "The Crew." The cast played their parts perfectly. The story was funny & light-hearted. It is a truly enjoyable movie. No drugs, no blood & guts, no sex - great for most of the family to watch & have a few laughs.
 The crew needs to retire January 3, 2007
Having read some very good reviews about this movie. I decided to purchase a copy! O-K we have moved on & times change, however the plot is a good one the players just do not perform to the script. Not least the main players are supported by the supporting cast to such a degree that it is they who make the script work.O-K I am English but I have a sense of humour unlike this movie Sorry!!!
Old gangsters never die -- they just move to Florida November 27, 2006
You'll find The Crew sitting outside of a rundown beachfront hotel, complaining about all of the young folks increasingly taking over their new territory. Old age has not been kind to Joey "Bats" Pistella (Burt Reynolds), Mike "The Brick" Donatelli (Dan Hedaya), Tony "Mouth" Donato (Seymour Cassel), and Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss), especially Bats, who has a habit of getting so upset that his pacemaker starts having conniptions. He has his best ideas when he's unconscious, though - which is how the guys come up with their plan to scare off some of the younger folks who are threatening to displace them. There's nothing like an old dude with his head blown off in a hotel lobby to keep the old rent down. The guys don't kill anybody, though - they just abscond with a dead body and use it for their purposes. Unfortunately, the stiff turns out to be the old man of local druglord Raul Ventana (Miguel Sandoval), who vows revenge on the perpetrators. Even more unfortunately, Mouth (who never says anything) talks like Joan Rivers on a caffeine high after spending some quality time with his favorite stripper (Jennifer Tilly). She, in turn, threatens to blab on the guys unless they kill her step-mother (Lainie Kazan), and that's when things really start to tumble out of control. Did I mention that the detective investigating the case turns out to be Bobby's long-lost daughter?
Lest you wonder, The Crew is pure comedy which viewers of most ages can enjoy (parents may not want little Johnny to see Jennifer Tilly threatening to burst out of her skimpy outfits at any given time). Don't make the mistake of looking at this as a true gangster film, as the limited violence is of the 3 Stooges variety, there's a minimum of cursing, and Joe Pesci is nowhere to be seen (although he does perform one of the songs accompanying the end credits). The plot's somewhat circuitous yet pretty easy to follow - although you have to jump a number of plot holes along the way and the ending is quite implausible. None of that really matters, though, because this is all about enjoying the ride as these seemingly washed-up old guys rediscover the bravado and swagger that made them big shots back in the day. By the time all is said and done, The Crew is a veritable celebration of the elderly fighting back against the youthful society threatening to marginalize them. This is one crew I would gladly ride with any day of the week (as long as the car hasn't been hotwired by the Brick).
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