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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	comment	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 Crime Drama directed by Sidney Lumet in his last film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, and Amy Ryan, scored by Carter Burwell.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_11cac491	type	Tragedy
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_11cac491	comment	Tragedy: With Andy as the protagonist and Hank as the deuteragonist, their tragedies unfold accordingly: Andy - who plotted and instigated the robbery and coerced Hank - is murdered for the death of Nanette by Charles, while Hank - who, while attempting to cope with his guilt, contemplated over-dosing - escapes the final crime scene with most of the money to an unknown future.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_19df659c	type	Gone Horribly Wrong
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_19df659c	comment	Gone Horribly Wrong: Andy's plan to rob his parent's jewellery store, trusting them to collect insurance afterwards so that, essentially, they lose nothing falters because, firstly, he doesn't consider the possibility of Hank (the one he tasks to perform the crime) requesting help from a fourth party; secondly, he doesn't expect Hank to involve a gun (neither does Hank - it's introduced by the fourth party); and, thirdly, he doesn't anticipate his mother to retaliate. Actually, he doesn't expect his mother to even be there. His parents' elderly employee Doris was supposed to be working that day.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_1b73fada	type	The Dandy
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_1b73fada	comment	The Dandy: Andy's drug dealer, a 20-something man who dresses and wears his hair in an effeminate style, insinuating that he's gay.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: Andy being shot by Bobby's widow while threatening to shoot Hank is similar to the beginning where Bobby is shot by Nanette during the robbery.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Hank, of the deadbeat sort. He's three months behind in child support and fails at his promise to pay for a special school outing his daughter wants to go on, resulting in her being humiliated in front of her classmates. Sadly, unlike most examples, he actually loves his daughter, he's just incapable of providing for her.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_35b241c0	type	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Occasionally, Albert Finney's British accent shines.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_372bc105	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: It's about as far from idealism as you can get and still be considered realist.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: At one point during their disastrous escape attempt, Hank is about to let Andy shoot him dead. But then Chris shoots Andy from behind.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_42c186e	type	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_42c186e	comment	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Man, if Hank had only stuck to the plan....
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Andy and Hank's mother is dead, Andy murders three people, Charles smothers Andy to death with a pillow, and everybody who's still alive is facing a bleak, meaningless existence for the rest of their lives.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_607d4ada	type	Run for the Border
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_607d4ada	comment	Run for the Border: Andy plans to go to Brazil to escape prosecution for stealing from his business.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_65c49e05	type	The Villain Knows Where You Live
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_65c49e05	comment	The Villain Knows Where You Live: Dex subtly demonstrates this when he takes Hank's driver's license.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: Dex might be a menacing bully towards Hank, but, when all is said and done, he's looking out for his sister.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Andy kills Dex after truthfully deducing that he would have never stopped harassing him and Hank for money. And as cited above, nearly everyone, as bad as they are, says something completely valid at some point
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_716cdf08	type	Vorpal Pillow
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_716cdf08	comment	Vorpal Pillow: Charles performs this on Andy.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: Andy trusting Hank to handle the robbery, given what a screw-up he clearly is, and Hank bringing in someone else kicks off the downfall of the plot.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_88933ad4	type	Parental Favoritism
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_88933ad4	comment	Parental Favoritism: At Nanette's (Hank and Andy's mother's) funeral, Charles tries to apologize to Andy for preferring Hank because he didn't want the former to end up like him.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Andy and Hank qualify, with Andy as the instigator and Hank as the executor of the robbery.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: The film portrays its chronological events in order of sequential, unraveling reveals after the robbery.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Andy performs this within his car next to Gina, openly, angrily, and tumultuously declaring his animosity, bitterness, pain, and grief towards Charles in a heated display. Gina initially attempts to calm him, then she scolds him.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_9645fcf2	type	Plethora of Mistakes
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_9645fcf2	comment	Plethora of Mistakes: It's all contained within the first event portrayed - the robbery that completely, utterly, and spitefully misfired.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_9e622f84	type	Stealing from the Till
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_9e622f84	comment	Stealing from the Till: Andy sets everything in motion because he faces an upcoming audit that will reveal his having embezzled from his employer to fund a heroin addiction.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_a8c7bf13	type	Sickbed Slaying
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_a8c7bf13	comment	Sickbed Slaying: Andy dies this way at Charles' hands.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_b0a529cb	type	Extreme Doormat
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_b0a529cb	comment	Extreme Doormat: To say that Hank's a pushover would be an understatement.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_b0e81c37	type	A Simple Plan
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_b0e81c37	comment	A Simple Plan: Robbing your parent's store, attended by a harmless elderly woman. A victim-less crime because insurance will fully compensate their parents for the stolen items.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_bdc0a18e	type	Idiosyncratic Wipes
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_bdc0a18e	comment	Idiosyncratic Wipes: The events transition via strobing and accelerating back-and-forth cuts of the current scene with the upcoming one.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Hank Hanson.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Andy and Gina. Strangely, she's the Insecure Love Interest in need of his assurance that he loves her. And with good reason, as he's so pre-occupied with his problems that he's completely oblivious to how unhappy she is, and that she's having an affair with Hank.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_c2e77f17	type	Siblings in Crime
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_c2e77f17	comment	Siblings in Crime: Andy schemes the crime, but Hank performs it, as Andy fears he might be recognized.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: "Did you touch anything?" "I don't think so." "You don't THINK SO?" very closely echoes a similar conversation in Lumet's Family Business.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_ca3a6dbd	type	Informed Ability
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_ca3a6dbd	comment	Informed Ability: Bobby is supposedly an experienced thief, but he does a crappy job during the robbery and gets shot by Nanette.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_d965507b	type	Tragic Mistake
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_d965507b	comment	Tragic Mistake: In the overall scheme of things, it's the robbery and, within that, bringing in Bobby Lasorda to do the actual robbery.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Deconstructed: all the main cast (excluding Nanette) qualify, but each is given a scene in which their despicability is explained as stemming from very natural, existential concerns.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: Andy is Cain to Hank's Abel.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_f9ab4501	type	R-Rated Opening
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_f9ab4501	comment	R-Rated Opening: The opening shot is a sex scene between Marisa Tomei and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: After all the chaos at Chris' place, Hank hands her a wad of money.
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