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Sep 28, 2018 · The Old Man & the Gun stars Robert Redford as a charismatic bank robber and prison escape artist named Forrest Tucker. His real-life exploits were originally documented in a 2003 New Yorker...
- Wilder Davies
Sep 17, 2018 · Yes. The Old Man and the Gun true story confirms that Tucker's August 9, 1979 escape from California's San Quentin State Prison unfolded much like it does in the movie.
Sep 28, 2018 · But it also changes some key details and invents many others, as even the movie admits, saying in an opening title card that “this story is mostly true.”
Career criminal Forrest Tucker, a wanted man for two years since his daring escape from San Quentin State Prison in 1979, has just robbed another bank. While evading police, the 74-year-old charmer passes a woman on the side of the road with car trouble and stops to give the appearance of assisting.
Sep 28, 2018 · The Old Man & the Gun calls itself a “mostly true story,” and it’s a fitting description. The film stays mostly loyal to its source material, relying on details from Grann’s reporting.
- Wilder Davies
Sep 28, 2018 · Is The Old Man and the Gun a true story, or is it a work of fiction? The movie is indeed based on a true story. The "old man" in question was an actual person named Forrest Tucker.
With Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover. Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
