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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 03/13/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Crime Comedy

In this dark comedy, a group of retirees wants to save their homes -- but they're not typical senior citizens trying to make the most of their Social Security checks. Four aging former mobsters -- Joey "Bats" Pistella (Burt Reynolds), Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss), Mike the Brick (Dan Hedaya), and Tony "The Mouth" Donato (Seymour Cassel) -- live in the same rundown Miami apartment complex, the Raj Mahal. New owners hope to clear out the current tenants and replace them with a younger, more lucrative clientele. But the veteran gangsters don't want to move, so to scrape up the extra rent money, they take a job executing the father of a Miami mob boss. They happen to know he's already dead, so all they have to do is make it look like they did the hit. Their problems start when loudmouthed ladies' man Tony tells too much to Ferris (Jennifer Tilly), a stripper, and soon she's talked him into murdering her mother (Lainie Kazan) in exchange for her silence. The Crew also features Carrie-Anne Moss as a detective and Jeremy Piven as a mob kingpin out to avenge his father's death. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Richard Dreyfuss - Bobby Bartellemeo
Burt Reynolds - Joey "Bats" Pistella
Dan Hedaya - Mike "The Brick" Donatelli
Seymour Cassel - Tony "Mouth" Donato
Carrie-Anne Moss - Det. Olivia Neal
Jennifer Tilly - Ferris Lowenstein

This comedy about a group of elderly gangsters pulling a caper to save their retirement home gets a fine presentation for its release on DVD. The Crew has been given a letterboxed transfer at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. The dialogue is in English, with no multiple-language options, though closed captioning in English has been included. This edition features bonus materials, including a short documentary on the production, text biographies of the cast members, and the film's original trailer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide