Masterminds

David Gant is an ordinary man stuck in a monotonous routine of life. But he manages to get to know a real adventure that goes beyond his wildest dreams. Every day, Gant carries millions of dollars belonging to the rich in an armored car. The only joy is Kelly Campbell, a flirtatious colleague, with whom he is in love. It is she who involves David in a criminal scheme. Together with a group of fools, he manages to turn an incredible plan and steal $ 17 million in cash. But inexperienced thieves leave too much evidence at the crime scene. In addition, they have a long and bright trail of crazy purchases. Read more The plot of the film "Instigators" is based on real events. In March 1997, in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, Philip Noel Johnson, the driver of an armored car, managed to steal about $ 17.3 million. For the director, this is the first film in which he did not participate in writing the script. Before that, Jared Hess directed the short film "The Wig", the popular comedy "Napoleon Dynamite", "Supernacho" with Jack Black and the adventure comedy "Mr. Bronco" with Sam Rockwell. Originally, Jim Carrey was supposed to play the main role in the film, but he was replaced by Zach Galifianakis. The name was also different - "Loomis Fargo". It is part of the name of the bank where the robbery actually took place. Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis met for the second time on the set. Before that, they could be seen in the comedy of the Farrelly brothers "Wedding Week". The release date of "The Initiators" was moved from August to October because Relatively Media had financial problems. The famous John Goldwyn acted as one of the producers of Jared Hess's film. He worked on the series "Dexter", the drama about Bob Dylan "I'm not there", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by Ben Stiller and others.