Crackers (1984 film)
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Crackers is a 1984 American comedy-crime film directed by Louis Malle. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
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Crackers | |
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Directed by | Louis Malle |
Written by | Jeffrey Fiskin |
Produced by | Robert Cortes Edward Lewis |
Starring | |
Cinematography | László Kovács |
Edited by | Suzanne Baron |
Music by | Paul Chihara Michael McDonald (theme song "More Than We Need") |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 17 February 1984 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[1] |
Box office | $129,268 |
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Written by Jeffrey Fiskin, the film is about a group of small-time out-of-luck thieves, led by the unemployed Weslake (Donald Sutherland), who attempt to rob the neighborhood pawn shop owned by the greedy Garvey (Jack Warden). It is a remake of the Italian film Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) directed by Mario Monicelli.[3]