The Anderson Tapes
Big Heist - Big Bucks - Big Stars
When Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) gets out of the cooler, he discovers the mother lode in his rich girlfriend's (Dyan Cannon) ritzy apartment building. With help from a safecracker (Christopher Walken), a decorator, and a thug, Duke might be able to pull off the greatest heist yet. What he doesn't know is that someone is watching his every move and beating him at his own game.
Oscar winners Sean Connery (1987, Best Supporting Actor, The Untouchables) and Christopher Walken (1978, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, The Deer Hunter) give first-rate performances in this suspenseful action flick directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Not PG - ShawnConnery
I didn't watch enough of the movie to tell you what I liked, but there is one thing that I do know: it cannot be rated PG. From the very first scene, Connery is comparing safecracking to rape and using a lot of foul language, including s**t quite a few times. Even just 15 minutes in, there was a lot of sexual overtones, to the point that we just shut it off. Definetely not for kids, and from what I saw in the first 15 minutes, not so interesting either.Poorly Written, Poorly Acted And Poorly Paced - revsdd
When this movie was made - in 1971 - Sean Connery was certainly best known for playing the ultimate good guy - super spy James Bond, who kept the world safe from every bad guy you could imagine. I can understand why Connery would want to re-image himself, especially since his time as James Bond was approaching its end. What I have a hard time understanding is why he would choose such a poor movie to do it with. Here, he plays Duke Anderson - a career criminal who has just been released from prison and immediately begins plotting his next job - robbing the six wealthy residents of the apartment house in which his prostitute girlfriend (played by Dyan Cannon, in a role that accomplished little except to give a sort of logical reason why this place would be targeted) lives. He puts together a team made up partly of guys he knew on the inside, partly of old cronies from the outside and one guy from the local mob. Throughout the movie, it seems as though everyone's being taped (thus, the title) - but to no end, since the tapes really end up playing no role whatsoever. And, in the end, I wondered about the police - it looked like half the NYPD was on this job!
I thought this movie was poorly written, poorly acted and poorly paced. It's hopelessly dated, reeking of the 70's and with an absolutely dreadful musical score. It lost me right from the beginning with the silly scene of Anderson's last group therapy session in prison. It was dull throughout - a total waste of time.
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Not PG - ShawnConnery
I didn't watch enough of the movie to tell you what I liked, but there is one thing that I do know: it cannot be rated PG. From the very first scene, Connery is comparing safecracking to rape and using a lot of foul language, including s**t quite a few times. ...Poorly Written, Poorly Acted And Poorly Paced - revsdd
When this movie was made - in 1971 - Sean Connery was certainly best known for playing the ultimate good guy - super spy James Bond, who kept the world safe from every bad guy you could imagine. I can understand why Connery would want to re-image himself, ...