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| Foolproof | |
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| Directed by | William Phillips |
| Produced by | Colin Brunton Bill House Seaton McLean |
| Written by | William Phillips |
| Starring | Ryan Reynolds David Suchet Kristin Booth Joris Jarsky James Allodi Mif (Anthony J. Mifsud) |
| Music by | Jim McGrath |
| Cinematography | Derek Rogers |
| Editing by | Susan Shipton |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CAD $7,800,000 |
Foolproof is a 2003 Canadian heist film directed by William Phillips and starring Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky, and James Allodi. It was the first attempt by a Canadian studio to create a heist movie, in the same vein as Ocean's Eleven. The film was a major financial failure and received mostly mediocre reviews.
The movie was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and produced by Alliance Atlantis Communications and Ego Film Arts and released theatrically on October 3, 2003, by Odeon Films in Canada and Momentum Pictures of the United Kingdom.
In Canada, it was released in 204 theatres, more than any other movie in the past. Under Telefilm Canada rules stating the movie producers must have a good script and firm distribution deals to get a grant of more than C$1,000,000, Telefilm granted Foolproof C$3,400,000. The entire budget was C$7,800,000.
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[edit] Plot
The movie centres around a group of friends: Kevin (played by Reynolds), Sam (Booth) and Rob (Jarsky). They play a game, known as "Foolproof", in which they create working plans to infiltrate and burgle various targets. They do not actually execute these heists, preferring to simply simulate them.
All is fine until a famous criminal, Leo Gillete (Suchet), steals the trio's plans to burglarize a jewelry company and accomplishes the heist. He then blackmails the group into designing and executing a plan to steal $20 million in bonds from a bank. Tension escalates within the group as Rob befriends Leo, while Kevin and Sam attempt to hinder his plans.
[edit] Cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Kevin
- Kristin Booth as Sam
- Joris Jarsky as Rob
- Sean Sullivan as Stan
- Tara Slone as Maggie
- Soo Garay as Hamish Receptionist
- William House as Stanley Q. Hamish
- Wai Choy as Harry
- James Allodi as Detective Mason
- Mif as Kenny
- Duff MacDonald as Harlon
- David Suchet as Leo Gillette
- David Hewlett as Lawrence Yeager
- Laura Catalano as Sandi
- Philip Craig as Albert Humphrey
[edit] Reception
The movie was a major financial failure. Despite its C$7,800,000 budget, the movie grossed in Canada slightly less than C$460,000 and grossed virtually nothing in the US, where it was released direct-to-video.
