How to Rob a Bank (2007 film)

How to Rob a Bank
Directed byAndrews Jenkins
Written byAndrews Jenkins
Produced byRick Lashbrook, Darby Parker, Arthur Sarkissian, Tim O'Hair
StarringNick Stahl
Erika Christensen
Gavin Rossdale
Terry Crews
Adriano Aragon
David Carradine
Distributed byIFC First Take
Release dates
  • June 25, 2007 (2007-06-25) (Los Angeles Film Festival)[1]
  • January 25, 2008 (2008-01-25) (United States)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,006 (United States)[2]

How to Rob a Bank (and 10 Tips to Actually Get Away with It) is an American independent crime comedy film. It finished filming in March 2006. It premiered at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival,[3] and opened in limited release in the United States on February 8, 2008.[4] The film is about a man who gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery, ending up in the vault with one of the robbers he then treats as a hostage. After grossing $1,006 in the domestic market, the film was released on DVD on September 2, 2008.[5] The film makes many references to the famous British pop band Duran Duran.[6]

  1. ^ "Terry Crews, David Carradine and Nick Stahl during 2007 Los Angeles..." Getty Images. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "How to Rob a Bank (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ^ "How to Rob a Bank". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Stolen Laughs". New York Times. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ "How to Rob a Bank (2008) - Financial Information". The-numbers.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  6. ^ Stephen Holden (2008-02-08). "Stolen Laughs". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-12.