'The Old Man and the Gun' trivia and fun facts
Oscar winners in the same year
Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford won an Academy Award in the same year. Spacek won Best Actress for 'Coal Miner's Daughter' and Redford won Best Director for 'Ordinary People'.
Same typography
The opening scene credits has a typography that match with another film in which Robert Redford appears: 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.
A good ending
In an interview during 2018 in Toronto International Festival, Robert Redford talked about wanting to end his career with a fun movie, so this comedy might by a good end to his life as actor.
Last film
Robert Redford announced that he is now retired. This will be, possibly, his last picture as an actor.
Based on an article
The script is based on David Grann's 2003 article in The New Yorker titled "The Old Man and the Gun", which was later collected in Grann's book "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes".
Telluride Film Festival
This film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
Together again
Reunites director David Lowery and actor Casey Affleck. Their prior collaborations are 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' and 'A Ghost Story'.
So many awards
The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Casey Affleck, Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek and Keith Carradine.