"The Old Man and the Gun" A Cowboy Who Never Gives Up

Dexter 2022-12-24 07:18:00

A cowboy who regards robbing the bank as his life's career! A robber with high IQ and gentlemanly demeanor! A legend of sixteen escapes! A story that has been laughing at life! Robert Redford, an old man with super high acting skills and glamorous charm, has created a myth that will never give up and cannot be copied!

Is this an adaptation of a true story? It is unimaginable, how can a person successfully escape 16 times? If someone wants to write a history of prisons, then this person's story can be said to be the existence of godfather!

From the first time in 1936...

By the 16th time in 1979, for such a high IQ escape, a textbook should really be compiled as the "Prison Management Manual" or "Guide to the Action of Prison Break"!

Is this an adaptation of a true story? It is unimaginable, how can a person rob more than 30 banks in his lifetime? Can you rob four banks in one day after being released from prison for the 17th time? Such a high-level and high-return robbery should really compile a "Bank Robbery Collection", what "Sunflower Collection" and what "Nine Yin Zhenjing"? What "criminal psychology", what "success", all give way!

If you are a Jiangyang thief, you dare to take the initiative to run to the detective and tell him: Brother, can you catch me? If you can, then you have passed the level of mental quality and can prepare a hood and a beard...

So if you really think this movie is telling you how to escape from prison? How to grab a bank? Then you're done...Because a legend is a legend, don't try to copy it! What the movie tells you is:

Smile...No matter what kind of life you live, what kind of road you are walking (of course, the best way is the right way! Unless you can escape from prison!) The most true truth is to laugh at life and never give up!

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The Old Man & the Gun quotes

  • Jewel: 'Cause you think about... ten years from now, where will you be, what'll you be doing? Now, whenever I close the door, I think: "Oh, is this the last time I'll ever have a chance to do whatever that thing was?"

    Forrest Tucker: You know what I do when the door closes?

    Jewel: What's that?

    Forrest Tucker: I jump out the window.

  • Forrest Tucker: If I ever wonder what I'm doing or where I'm going, I just think to myself: "Is that little kid I was when I was just about this tall," I say, "well now, would he have been proud of me?" And if the answer is "no", well then I just keep walking on through. But if the answer is "yes", then I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

    Jewel: So is he proud of you? That little boy?

    Forrest Tucker: Oh, he's getting closer every day.

    Jewel: But you're never exactly where you're supposed to be, are you? I mean, 'cause if you are, you're dead. And little ten year-old you, he's... y'know, he might have hopes and dreams, but he doesn't understand time or the world like you do. So, I think you gotta keep on keeping on, just living your life, trying new things, just gotta keep on pushing.