Stand Up Guys

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Stand Up Guys

film by Stevens [2012]

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Alan Arkin
Arkin later appeared in Stand Up Guys (2012), Million Dollar Arm (2014), and Going in Style (2017). In 2019 he played a Wall Street tycoon in Dumbo, Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the 1941 Disney classic. During this time Arkin continued to appear on television, and in the
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Arkin later appeared in Stand Up Guys (2012), Million Dollar Arm (2014), and Going in Style (2017). In 2019 he played a Wall Street tycoon in Dumbo, Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the 1941 Disney classic. During this time Arkin continued to appear on television, and in the
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Al Pacino
Academy Award and later films
…played an aging gangster in Stand Up Guys (2012). He evinced the isolation of a small-town locksmith in Manglehorn (2014) and the late-life epiphany of a rock star in Danny Collins (2015). After a series of roles in unremarkable movies, Pacino joined a cast of colorful characters in Quentin Tarantino’s…
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…played an aging gangster in Stand Up Guys (2012). He evinced the isolation of a small-town locksmith in Manglehorn (2014) and the late-life epiphany of a rock star in Danny Collins (2015). After a series of roles in unremarkable movies, Pacino joined a cast of colorful characters in Quentin Tarantino’s…
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Christopher Walken
Film and television work
…opposite John Travolta—as well as Stand Up Guys (2012), Seven Psychopaths (2012), and Jersey Boys (2014). Walken portrayed Captain Hook in the 2014 TV movie Peter Pan Live! and provided the voice of King Louie in the Disney film The Jungle Book (2016). He next appeared in the comedy
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…opposite John Travolta—as well as Stand Up Guys (2012), Seven Psychopaths (2012), and Jersey Boys (2014). Walken portrayed Captain Hook in the 2014 TV movie Peter Pan Live! and provided the voice of King Louie in the Disney film The Jungle Book (2016). He next appeared in the comedy
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