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Masterminds

Masterminds

What Would You Do With $17 Million?

20165.81h 35m

Overview

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

Directed by Jared Hess
Written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Emily Spivey
Produced by Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $29.2M

Top Cast

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis

David Ghantt

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Steve Chambers

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Kelly Campbell

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

Jandice

Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones

Agent Scanlon

Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis

Mike McKinney

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Michelle Chambers

Ken Marino

Ken Marino

Doug

Karsten Friske

Karsten Friske

Cort Chambers

Dallas Edwards

Dallas Edwards

Ken Chambers

Themes & Keywords

southern usanight watchmanarmored carsecurityarmored car robberybank heist

About Masterminds

Masterminds is a action, comedy, crime film released in 2016 exploring themes of southern usa, night watchman, armored car, security, armored car robbery, bank heist. Directed by Jared Hess, it stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig. A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

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