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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 03/30/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Caper, Buddy Film

Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony; why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during the war"), but just planning the bank robbery puts a new spring in their step. Al surreptitiously borrows some pistols from the collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), and the trio, disguised with novelty Groucho Marx-style glasses, pulls off their heist to the tune of 35,000 dollars. Unfortunately, the excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal heart attack the same day. At his funeral, Joe and Al decide to give the bulk of the dough to Pete and his family, and attempt to blow the rest of it on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the eccentric robbery has become a colorful news story for the media and the police are closing in on the amateur criminals. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

George Burns - Joe
Art Carney - Al
Lee Strasberg - Willie
Charles Hallahan - Pete

Martin Brest's charming comedy drama Going in Style comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a nearly seven-minute clip of stars Art Carney and George Burns on the Dinah! & Friends talk show. This amusing segment features both men telling humorous stories about working with each other. The original theatrical trailer rounds out this decent release from Warner Bros. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide