Comedy ·Crime ·Romance · United States of America · 1987 · 1h 25m

Happy New Year

Happy New Year poster
Director
John G. Avildsen
Cast
Peter Falk as Nick Charles Durning as Charlie Tom Courtenay as Edward Saunders Tracy Brooks Swope as Nina Ruben Rabasa as Maitre D' Wendy Hughes as Carolyn
Crew
James Crabe — Director of Photography Jane Kurson — Editor Bill Conti — Original Music Composer Warren Lane — Screenplay Nancy Dowd — Screenplay Jerry Weintraub — Producer
Synopsis

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.

Mood & Themes
new year's everobberyjewelryrobberantiquarynew year's dayantiquejeweljewel thiefjewelry storejewelry heistjewel theft
Key Collaborators
John G. Avildsen Director James Crabe Director of Photography Jane Kurson Editor Bill Conti Original Music Composer Warren Lane Screenplay Nancy Dowd Screenplay Jerry Weintraub Producer William J. Cassidy Production Design Jodie Lynn Tillen Costume Design
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