The Hot Rock

Robert Redford heads up a team of criminals who can't seem to hold on to the diamond they stole in "The Hot Rock," a 1972 film that also stars George Segal, Ron Liebman, Paul Sand, and Zero Mostel. It seems... Full review

**** MILD SPOILERS ****This is a heist movie with a difference . You know how every heist movie is runs with a the set up followed by the job itself followed by a double cross followed by the end credits... Full review

The story is simple. Redford, Segal, Liebman, and Sands work on various criminal activities with each other. Redford and Segal are approached by Moses Gunn, who (for political reasons) wants them to steal a jewel from a museum and give... Full review

This has many of the same ingredients of other heist films such as a rare diamond in a museum and the assorted characters needed to steal it but it's also unique in the way that they lose it and attempt... Full review

A valuable gem is in a museum in N.Y. which is of great value to Dr. Amas. played by Moses Gunn, who approaches Dortmund, played by Robert Redford, because of its significance to his people in Africa which was stolen... Full review

I saw this film for the first time when I was a kid of about 4th grade age. It hooked me then and has stuck with me ever since as an enjoyable, fun, light caper movie. Granted it is not... Full review

There is always a risk with these 'period' pieces that it will become dated very easily with changing tastes & expectations. Fortunately, caper movies are still getting made ('Entrapment'), Redford is still a sex-symbol, & crime still pays. So 'Hot... Full review

This film is taken from one of a series of books by Donald E. Westlake about John Dortmunder & his various cronies who try to pull off big capers but never quite succeed. Anyone who likes this movie should try... Full review

Robert Redford has one of his best, but under-rated roles in this forgotten 1972 comedy-thriller. He's a recently released convict who goes in on a caper to steal a diamond from a museum and retrieve it to it's rightful owner,... Full review

The Hot Rock is so much unadulterated fun....A disarmingly good 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer atones for the visually incoherent pan-and-scan presentation that's become a late-night TV staple.....This is the single most entertaining heist movie I've ever seen....People who keep telling you they haven't seen a good movie in ages..... ... Full Review

Like Cops and Robbers it's a lightweight film, but enjoyable nonetheless. Redford and Segal are both good, parodying their normal images, as the thieves who steal the Sahara Stone from the Brooklyn Museum and spend the rest of the film chasing after it. ... Full Review

I wasn't convinced by the ending.The hypnotism thing just didn't work for me.So I'll stay away from this articles for at least a week, I guess. ... Full Article

I got the e-mail two days ago by now, and chances are you've also heard about it by now: Sleater-Kinney, the best rock band in the world, is breaking up. ... Full Article

In a lean time for american rock bands, Sleater-Kinney show how you can thrive by staying on your toes and calling your own shots. This Olympia, Washington, trio won legions of loyal fans with two of the decade's finest albums,... ... Full Article

Peter Yates directs the early '70s comedy caper The Hot Rock, based on the Donald Westlake novel and adapted for the screen by William Goldman. ... Full Article

The hot rock in question is a priceless diamond temporarily on display at the Brooklyn Museum.It is owned by an African nation - and the ambassador of another African nation wishes it stolen and returned to its original home. ... Full Article