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Henry's Crime
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
2010 · Directed by Malcolm Venville · 108 min · Crime · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 5 frames
Tagline
The real crime is not committing to your dreams.
Plot
Working as a toll collector on a lonely highway in Buffalo, New York, Henry is a man seemingly without ambition, dreams or purpose; a man sleepwalking his way through life. His wife Debbie is not happy with the situation.
One morning Eddie, a friend, drops by to ask Henry to join a baseball game. As they drive to the game in Henry's car, Eddie asks Henry to stop at an ATM. But Eddie, and two acquaintances also in the car, instead rob the Buffalo Savings Bank, and Henry is arrested as an accomplice.
Rather than give up the names of the culprits, Henry takes the fall and goes to jail. His cellmate is the irrepressible Max, a conman who has grown comfortable with the familiarity and security of his "idyllic" life behind bars, but who also helps plant an idea in Henry's mind that will change his life: for a man to find his purpose, he must first have a dream. Debbie divorces Henry and marries Joe, one of the men who carried out the robbery.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Sacha Gervasi, David N. White
- Cinematography: Paul Cameron
- Edited by: Curtiss Clayton
- Production design: Chris Jones
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Henry Torne
- Vera Farmiga as Julie Ivanova
- James Caan as Max Saltzman
- Judy Greer as Debbie Torne
- Fisher Stevens as Eddie Vibes
- Danny Hoch as Joe
- Bill Duke as Frank
- Peter Stormare as Darek Millodragovic
- Currie Graham as Simon
- David Costabile as Arnold
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Company Films
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $2,100,000
- Themes: vomit, food poisoning
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