Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Written by	Kelly Masterson
Produced by	Paul Parmar; Michael Cerenzie; Brian Linse; William S. Gilmore;
Starring	Philip Seymour Hoffman; Ethan Hawke; Marisa Tomei; Albert Finney;
Cinematography	Ron Fortunato
Edited by	Tom Swartwout
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production; companies	Unity Productions; Linsefilm; Funky Buddha Group; Capitol Films;
Distributed by	ThinkFilm
Release dates	September 6, 2007 (Deauville); October 26, 2007 (United States);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Box office	$25 million

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet.^[4] The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. The title comes from the Irish saying: "May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you're dead". The film unfolds in a nonlinear narrative, repeatedly going back and forth in time, with some scenes shown repeatedly from differing points of view. It was the last film directed by Lumet before his death in 2011.

The film appeared on 21 critics' end-of-the-year top ten lists indexed by Metacritic and was selected as one of 2007's ten best American films by the American Film Institute, at the 2007 AFI Awards.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
^ Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 176-178
^ Berkvist, Robert (April 9, 2011). "Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^ Afi.com Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; AFI Awards 2007, American Film Institute. Retrieved October 7, 2012.

[afi-1] "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

[mojo-2] "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 7, 2012.

[nat-3] Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 176-178

[4] Berkvist, Robert (April 9, 2011). "Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.

[5] Afi.com Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; AFI Awards 2007, American Film Institute. Retrieved October 7, 2012.

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