Disorganized Crime

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Disorganized Crime
Movie poster for Disorganized Crime
Directed by	Jim Kouf
Written by	Jim Kouf
Starring	Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Corbin Bernsen, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Roebuck, Hoyt Axton
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	1989
Running time	98 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Released in 1989, Disorganized Crime is a movie set in Montana, which was written and directed by Jim Kouf. It stars Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Corbin Bernsen, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Roebuck and Hoyt Axton. It is a comedy revolving around a bank heist.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Quotes
5 Goofs
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story begins in a small town in western Montana where New Jersey based bank robber Frank Salizar has been hiding out from the law after a series of bank robberies in Newark. Upon realizing that the local bank contains a large amount of cash, Salizar recruits four former accomplices to come to town and help him rob the bank. Among them are Nick Bartkowski, a nervous and possible alcoholic safecracker; Max Green, an old school explosives expert with a heart condition; Ray Forgy, a wisecracking auto thief and getaway driver; and Carlos Barrios, a well-manicured lookout and weapons expert.

Before they can arrive however, two New Jersey detectives (George Denver and Bill Lonigan) catch up with Salizar, arrest him, and extradite him back to New Jersey. Salizar soon escapes however and becomes hopelessly lost in the Montana wilderness as he flees George and Bill's custody.

Unaware of Frank's arrest and escape, the four accomplices arrive and begin to argue among themselves when they realize that Frank is nowhere to be found. They finally decide to take down the bank on their own but must go through several humorous ordeals before they can complete their plan.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Fred Gwynne	Max Green (crook)
Lou Diamond Phillips	Ray Forgy (crook)
Ruben Blades	Carlos Barrios (crook)
William Russ	Nick Bartkowski (crook)
Corbin Bernsen	Frank Salazar (crook)
Ed O'Neill	George Denver (cop)
Daniel Roebuck	Bill Lonigan (cop)
Hoyt Axton	Sheriff Henault

[edit] Trivia

Tagline: Five crooks without a plan. Two cops without a clue. And one bank vault without a scratch.
( Spoiler Warning!) In the first draft of the film, the gang actually meet their leader Frank, which they never do in the final version of the movie. Thus the movie poster (see above) gets an ironic touch.
In Jim Kouf's first draft, the ending was actually the exposition of the film.
The movie was filmed on location in Hamilton, Montana in the Bitterroot Valley.
There are two different cover versions on the DVD. On the American one (cp. poster above), we see all the crooks in front of the cabin, which does not exactly fit because they never meet there.
The (somewhat inappropriate) German title of the film is Im Tresor ist die Hoelle los, which translates into All Hell Breaks Loose in the Strongroom.
Jim Kouf also wrote the screenplay of Stakeout, a movie which is very similar in regard to its mixture of comedy and action. However, in Stakeout the cops are the good guys.
Hoyt Axton, the actor and country musician who played Sheriff Henault, owned a ranch in Victor, Montana just a few miles from the movie's filming location.
George and Bill's unmarked police car is refered to as a Chrysler by both the cops and the crooks even though it is obviously a Ford LTD Crown Victoria.

[edit] Quotes

RAY: This is one helluva hideout. We can't even find it.
NICK: This is a bad sign Frank not bein' here. A bad sign. I don't like startin' jobs with bad signs.
MAX: The smartest thing I ever did was to stop workin' with stupid people.
CARLOS: Let me ask you a really stupid question: Did Frank show up?
BILL: Look at me George! Am I wearing a coonskin cap? No! Do you know why? Because my name ain't Davy Crockett, and you are not Daniel Boone!
CARLOS: The only reason I'm goin' through with this is so I can kick Nick's ass once we've got the money. Then I'm gonna run over him with the new car. - MAX: It's good to have a goal in life.
The deputy looks at Carlos and rolls down his car window. CARLOS: Hi. (the officer remains silent.) - I'm kinda lost.
CARLOS: (After chasing Nick on foot) ...and I never want to walk again!

[edit] Goofs

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Nick Bartkowski (aka William Russ) buys a cold Coca Cola can and holds it close to a bruise next to his eye. We never learn what that is supposed to refer to. However, in the first draft of the movie Nick is roughed up by some cops, one of which punches him in the face. This scene may have been shot but was obviously excluded from the final film.