‘The Old Man & the Gun’ Photos: Robert Redford and David Lowery Resurrect a Real-Life Bank Robber Tale
For his (rumored) last on-screen role, Robert Redford has teamed up with “Ghost Story” filmmaker David Lowery to tell a real-life bank robber tale, with a twist.
Based on the actual exploits of legendary robber Forrest Tucker, the film recently debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, where IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote in his review of the “charming” film that the film “culls from journalist David Grann’s 2003 New Yorker article about Tucker’s decade-spanning robberies and jail breaks, but it roots the story in a specific turning point. Now in his seventies, Tucker has returned to the game for the umpteenth time, storming one bank after another and coaxing tellers to hand over their cash in a genial tone that baffles his victims. When Texas detective John Hunt (a deadpan Casey Affleck) begins the process of interviewing witnesses, they all speak to Tucker’s persistent happiness. In not-so-subtle terms, the movie poses a question about Redford’s ongoing cultural appeal, and uses the mystery of Tucker’s outlaw career to mine for answers.”
Get a closer look at the film and its stars, from Redford to Sissy Spacek and Tom Waits, along with some behind-the-scenes making-of photos, with our exclusive gallery.
Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the film on Friday, September 28.
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