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Family Business

  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
15K
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Matthew Broderick, Sean Connery, and Dustin Hoffman in Family Business (1989)
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An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?

  • Director
    • Sidney Lumet
  • Writer
    • Vincent Patrick
  • Stars
    • Sean Connery
    • Dustin Hoffman
    • Matthew Broderick
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Vincent Patrick
    • Stars
      • Sean Connery
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Matthew Broderick
    • 56User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast53

    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • Jessie
    Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    • Vito
    Matthew Broderick
    Matthew Broderick
    • Adam
    Rosanna DeSoto
    Rosanna DeSoto
    • Elaine
    • (as Rosana DeSoto)
    Janet Carroll
    Janet Carroll
    • Margie
    Victoria Jackson
    Victoria Jackson
    • Christine
    Bill McCutcheon
    Bill McCutcheon
    • Doheny
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Michele Dempsey
    Marilyn Cooper
    • Rose
    Salem Ludwig
    • Nat
    Rex Everhart
    Rex Everhart
    • Ray Garvey
    James Tolkan
    James Tolkan
    • Judge
    • (as James S. Tolkan)
    Marilyn Sokol
    Marilyn Sokol
    • Marie
    Thomas A. Carlin
    • Neary
    Tony DiBenedetto
    • Phil
    Isabell O'Connor
    • Judge
    • (as Isabell Monk)
    Wendell Pierce
    Wendell Pierce
    • Prosecutor
    James Carruthers
    • Clerk - 1st Court
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Vincent Patrick
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Sean Connery, who played Dustin Hoffman's father, is only seven years older than Hoffman.
    • Goofs
      When Vito leaves the lawyer's office in the parking lot he asks the attendant if he saw a Cadillac Fleetwood leaving. The car they were driving was actually an Eldorado.
    • Quotes
      • Vito: Ask him about the downside to his glamorous life. The couple years you sit in the cage and spend the rest of your life trying to hide it.
      • Jessie: Aww shit, anybody embarrassed about doing time is a goddamn snob. You do your time nice, don't rat anybody out, never take it in the ass, what's there to be embarrassed about huh?
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: She-Devil/Driving Miss Daisy/War of the Roses/Glory/Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Danny Boy
      Written by Frederick Edward Weatherly (as Frederick E. Weatherly)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 15, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Regency International Pictures (United States)
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ehrbare Ganoven
    • Filming locations
      • 2 Jericho Plaza, Jericho, Long Island, New York, USA(The laboratory where Jessie, Vito and Adam steal the plasmids, on the N. Marginal Road side of the building)
    • Production companies
      • Tri-Star Pictures
      • Gordon Company
      • Regency International Pictures
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,195,695
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,130,024
      • Dec 17, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,195,695
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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