Review The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

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Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

 

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Photos: Redford’s Final Role In “Old Man”





Fox Searchlight has announced an October 5th release date and released the first photos from “A Ghost Story” director David Lowery’s “The Old Man and the Gun” which stars Robert Redford in his alleged final screen performance.

Redford stars in the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped prison at age 70 and went on an unprecedented string of heists. Casey Affleck plays the detective who becomes obsessed with Tucker. Sissy Spacek also stars.

The date suggests a Fall film festival debut at either Venice, Telluride, and/or TIFF. Searchlight had both “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” in Oscar contention earlier this year – the former winning Best Picture.

 

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Forrest Tucker (criminal)


Forrest Silva "Woody" Tucker (June 23, 1920 – May 29, 2004)[3] was an American career criminal first imprisoned at age 15 who spent the rest of his life in and out of jail.[4] He is best known as an escape artist, having escaped from prison 18 times successfully and 12 times unsuccessfully.

Personal life

Forrest Silva Tucker was born June 23, 1920 in Miami, Florida to Leroy Morgan Tucker (1890–1938) and Carmen Tucker (née Silva; 1898–1964).[3] Leroy Tucker, a heavy-equipment operator, left the family when Forrest was six years old. Forrest was raised in Stuart, Florida by his grandmother Ellen Silva (née Morgan). His first escape from detention happened in the spring of 1936, after he was incarcerated for car theft.[4]

Tucker married three times and had two children, a boy and a girl; none of his wives knew of his criminal career until they were informed by police.


Prison escapes

A former inmate of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (from which he escaped[5]), his most famous escape was in the summer of 1979 from San Quentin State Prison in California, when he and two confederates built a kayak and paddled away in full view of the guards. He was not apprehended for four years, during which he and a gang went on a crime spree.[4] Tucker's crimes of choice were bank robberies and it is estimated he stole over 4 million dollars during his career.[4] Tucker wrote a number of books about his life including Alcatraz: The True Story and The Can Opener,[4] although it is unclear if they were ever published.[6]

Tucker was profiled by David Grann in The New Yorker in 2003 in a piece titled "The Old Man and the Gun" which describes Tucker's most recent bank robbery.[4] Living in a retirement community in Florida, at the age of 79 and married for the third time, he robbed an estimated four banks by himself in the local community. He was finally caught in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years in jail, making him eligible for release in 2013.[4] Tucker died in prison on May 29, 2004.[7][8] David Grann reported him to be imprisoned in Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth (now known as Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Worth).

Film

In 2010, The Old Man and the Gun was optioned by Anthony Mastromauro of Identity Films [9] It had previously been in development at Warners.[9] Robert Redford will star and produce the film, while David Lowery will write and direct the film.[10] The film will be released in 2018.

 

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Matters are not helped here by there also being a Forrest Tucker who was a famous celebrity and absolutely nothing to do with the above Redford movie.


Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

Tucker in the title role of The Music Man, 1962
Born Forrest Meredith Tucker
February 12, 1919
Plainfield, Indiana, U.S.
Died October 25, 1986 (aged 67)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death Lung cancer
Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupation Actor
Years active 1940–1986
Spouse(s) Sandra Jolley
(m. 1940; div. 1950) (one child)
Marilyn Johnson
(m. 1951; her death 1960)
Marilyn Fisk
(m. 1961; div. 1985) (two children)
Sheila Forbes
(m. 1986; his death 1986)
Children Brooke Tucker (b. 1944)
Forrest Sean Tucker
Cindy Tucker
Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films.[1]

Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man, aged fifteen years old. A mentor provided funds and contacts for a trip to California, where party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test, based on his photogenic good looks, thick wavy hair and height of six feet, five inches - putting him into the same league as John Wayne, Chuck Connors, Fess Parker, James Arness, and Peter Graves, Arness's younger brother. Tucker was a sight reader who needed only one take.

His film career started well despite a perception in most Hollywood studios that blond men were not photogenic. After twenty years spent mainly in Westerns and action roles, he returned to his roots, showing versatility as a comedic and stage musical actor. In the TV show F Troop, he became identified with the character of Cavalry Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke (a manipulative character quite similar to Phil Silvers' role as MSgt Ernie Bilko). Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career.

 

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