This week, I spoke with filmmaker Tommy Reid about some of his current projects. Reid is known for his work on movies such as Kill the Irishman and Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman and has worked as a director/writer/producer for 13 years. His films have featured everyone from Christopher Walken to the voice of “Bender” in Futurama and his sister, Tara Reid. His latest flick is $uperthief: The Mastermind Behind America鈥檚 Biggest Bank Heist, a documentary about Mafia career criminal Phil Christopher, who is famed for a major bank robbery in 1972.
Q: Can you give our readers an overview of what $uperthief is about?
A: Gladly. $uperthief is a captivating documentary that goes inside the mind of one of America’s best bank burglars, Phil Christopher, and we learn about how they pulled off America’s Biggest bank score in 1972, getting away with more than $30 million dollars.
Q: What inspired you to make this film?
A: What inspired me to make this film was the ability to tap inside a criminal’s mindset to learn about the ins and out of pulling of America’s biggest bank heist, takes knowledge, bravado and courage, and somewhat of stupidity. I wanted to show all this.
Q: How did you go about arranging the interviews for this film?
A: I wanted to obtain both sides of the law. Getting both the police/FBI and then Phil’s side, would be the best way to show the film’s contrast.
Q: What was the most memorable part of filming $uperthief?
It was travelling to Cleveland to capture these interviews. We had a great time and then went to Putin Bay after. Good times.
A: Tell us about your upcoming projects.
I just finished a film that I produced called I KNOW THAT VOICE, a voice over documentary that puts a face to the voices we all know and love. My partners are John DiMAggio (Bender of Futurama) and Lawrence Shapiro. Our trailers have been viewed over 1 million times. Very cool doc.
This sounds really interesting, thank you for sharing.
I want to see this! It sounds like something my hubby would like too.
This film sounds fascinating! It’s just amazing to me that anyone would even conceive of doing something like a huge bank robbery, let alone follow through with it.
Sounds like an interesting documentary. I also wonder what goes through crooks minds.
Very interesting! I love documentaries that get inside of a criminal’s mind. It’s great to hear both sides, too!
Oh how cool! Thanks for sharing with us lucky peeps! I totally need to see $uperthief:, that is right up my alley!
How exciting! And sounds like it’s going to be good too!
That sounds so interesting!! I always really like the action packed bank robber movies. It would be fascinating to see how a bank robber thinks.
Sounds interesting, totally want to see it now and I know my hubby is totally up for it, too.. thinking maybe a date night…. thanks for sharing….glad I came over to visit or I would have missed this… 馃檪
In my school years, I couldn’t stand documentaries because the teachers used them too much and they were so boring, but now I’ve been watching them again and I am really loving them. This one sounds good too.
i love documentaries. they fascinate me.
and i have this huge love/hate attraction/repulsion to the criminal mind. it fascinates me but i hate giving attention to it.
I admit I find criminology or criminal psychology (whatever it is called!) very fascinating. How these people get these ideas into their head and elaborate schemes… shaking my head at THEM, but I’ll be watching this movie for sure!!
This does sound interesting! Sounds like something I would be interested in watching.
This sounds very interesting, thanks for sharing!
I have a love hate relationship with documentaries but this one sounds really good. thanks for sharing
This sounds interesting. I am sure it is something I would enjoy. I like docs like this.
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