This is about the film; Bandits as a general term refers to outlaws.

Bandits
Directed by	Barry Levinson
Produced by	(multiple)
Written by	Harley Peyton
Starring	Bruce Willis Billy Bob Thornton Cate Blanchett
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 12, 2001
Running time	123 min.
Language	English
Budget	$80,000,000 (est.)
IMDb profile

Bandits is a 2001 comedy/crime/drama/romance movie directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. It helped Thorton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001.

Tagline: Two's Company, Three's A Crime.

Two prestigious friends named Tim and Tom A.K.A Timbo and Hardman attended st.igs and had an uncanny ability for sucking balls. Through out their time at the college they have succesfully sucked millions of balls including ham and cheese sandwiches which they would toast in the cafeteria.

Filming Dates

currently in progress

Trivia

• The film was originally meant to be an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel "Bandits", to which Bruce Willis owns the film rights, but the producers felt it was too weak and brought in writer Harley Peyton to write a new script from scratch.

• When Terry wakes up saying "Beavers and Ducks", it's a reference to two arch-rival Oregon college football teams, the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks.

• The interior of the reporter's house in which Joe and Terry film their interview was also used in The Big Lebowski (1998).

• The little girl who belches during the dinner scene is Bruce Willis' daughter, Scout... and according to him, that belch was not enhanced. The other girl is another one of Willis' daughters, Tallulah.

• Val Kilmer was originally considered for the part of Joe, and Bruce Willis was originally going to play the part of Terry, but due to scheduling conflicts, Kilmer backed out, and Willis took over the part of Joe.

• Billy Bob Thornton has a phobia of antique furniture in real life, and the producers wrote it in as part of his character.

• At the cabin right after they "pick up" Kate, Joe stretches a drape between the two sides of the bed, saying he saw it in a movie once. Kate asks, "How does [the movie] end?" Joe says, "With a wedding." At the end of the movie Harvey marries the Pink Boots girl.

• Director Cameo: [Barry Levinson] The last staff to the right of the camera in the studio room from Darren's point of view when he presented "Criminals at Large" at the beginning of the film.

• Hans Zimmer was the only choice for the music composing. However, Zimmer was just finishing Hannibal and Pearl Harbor at the time in London, and he already committed himself to Black Hawk Down, which was recorded in the US. Barry Levinson said that he would move the film for a later release, waiting for the German composer, since they are good friends since Rain Man. Zimmer politely refused it.

External links

• Bandits at The Internet Movie Database
• The Curse of Homer & Eddie, an October 2001 review from Willamette Week