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A 1966 heist film with romantic comedy elements directed by william wyler, starring peter otoole and audrey hepburn after discovering simon dermott otoole attempting to steal a van gogh from her home, nicole bonnet hepburn enlists his aid in stealing her familys cellini sculpture from a gallery in paris before anyone realises it is a fake, made by her grandfather. Luckily, a dashing gentleman burglar had just broken into her home and although shed ended up shooting him, they parted ways on good terms because its that kind of movie. Unfortunately, the venus was not sculpted by cellini but by nicoles grandfather. Watch how to steal two million dollars on boxoffice. See the full list of how to steal a million cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Unlike most other south african movies, this movie is not dealing with some huge, serious issue, does not deal with mandela and is. They bring an easy charm, and two of the most beautiful pairs of eyes in the history of cinema, to a lightweight, romantic, crimecaper comedy. How to steal a million offers a lot of eye candy in the form of two gorgeous and talented stars its almost impossible not to fall in love with. Jul 06, 2011 when producer jeremy nathan gave me charlie vundlas script to read, i was impressed by the minimalist writing style. How to steal 2 million 2011 charlie vundla synopsis. How to steal 2 million in this south african film, a robber gets out of jail after five years, to find that his partner, who never got caught, has married his girlfriend.
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The film is directed by andy muschietti, returning from the first film, with a screenplay by gary dauberman. An opportunity presents itself when twala suggests they do a home invasion with a take worth two million south african rand. His former buddy twala offers him a job he cant refuse, but can he trust his new partners in crime. Set in 2016, 27 years after the first film, it stars jessica chastain, james mcavoy, bill hader, isaiah mustafa, jay ryan, james ransone, andy bean. Not because they dont produce films there nigeria, in particular, has a thriving industry but because nobody outside the continent ever saw any of them.
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