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Details Edit. Release date June 21, United States. United States. Official site. English Spanish. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Bader Bros. Pictures Bader Brothers Films. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 26 minutes. Related news. Jul 7 SoundOnSight. Oct 26 The Wrap. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. What is the English language plot outline for Street Thief ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing.

Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. See the gallery. The Rise of Will Smith. Carr certainly fits the profile. For starters, he is quick and unassuming, has a dirty mouth but an obsessively clean workspace, and he smokes constantly-even while breaking into a safe. But getting close to the real Carr proves to be more of a challenge than Bader and Harrison had anticipated.

When the two directors innocently ask if he ever dreamt of another life, Carr shouts some colorful expletives before explaining, "You're here so people can see how things really go down, the two months before. You're not going to get a sob story from me. During his biggest score to date-a multiplex movie theater-Carr instructs the filmmakers to hide behind a sign for several hours before meeting him in front of a door with red tape on it.

The robbery seemingly goes well, but Carr mysteriously disappears, and both the filmmakers and the audience struggle to put the pieces together and figure out what really went down. He just recalls his grandmother walking into a grocery store with him on Halloween when he was young -- and instead of waiting for an employee to hand out one treat, the grandmother scooped entire boxes of candy into her purse.

Nobody noticed, nothing happened, and that was that -- Carr's career choice was made. Carr works the ethnic neighborhoods of Chicago, targeting mom and pop stores and non-chain grocery stores, but his biggest score involves an attempt to grab the weekend receipts of a suburban movie theater. Clearly the filmmakers did their homework on how career thieves actually go about their jobs, and though Carr is not presented as a hero or even an admirable guy, his techniques and extensive planning are depicted with fascinating accuracy.

The movie picks up steam in its second half, which attempts to stray into thriller territory, but much of that momentum is squandered in on an inconclusive ending.