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Released
2012 · FILM

Stand Up Guys

Paroled gangster Val seeks one last night of freedom with his old partners, only to discover that his trusted friend Doc has been ordered to eliminate him before the clock runs out.

“They don't make 'em like they used to.”

Directed by
Fisher Stevens
Written by
Noah Haidle
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
95 min
ComedyCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

After spending 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days, and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc has orders to kill Val, and time is running out for him to figure out a way out of his dilemma.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 32

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mark LivolsiShot by Michael GradyScored by Lyle WorkmanDesigned by Maher Ahmad

Box Office

2012 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$5.1M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$5.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Stand Up Guysde
  • Les Derniers Affranchisfr
  • Uomini di parolait

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