Crew, The (film) Four former wiseguys, Bobby Bartellemeo, Joey “Bats” Pistella, Mike “The Brick” Donatelli, and Tony “The Mouth” Donato, are now getting on in years and living at the ratty Raj Mahal senior citizen residence hotel in South Beach, Miami. Management’s plans for renovations of the building to force higher rents and attract a classier clientele are squeezing the geezers out so they hatch a seemingly simple scheme to save their retirement residence. Their caper goes awry and inadvertently entangles a paranoid drug lord who is convinced that he is about to be rubbed out by a mysterious gangland rival. Released on August 25, 2000. Directed by Michael Dinner. A Touchstone Pictures film. Stars Richard Dreyfuss (Bobby Bartellemeo), Burt Reynolds (Joey Pistella), Dan Hedaya (Mike Donatelli), Seymour Cassell (Tony Donato), Carrie-Anne Moss (Olivia Neal), Jennifer Tilly (Ferris), Lainie Kazan (Pepper Lowenstein), Miguel Sandoval (Raul Ventana), Jeremy Piven (Det. Steve Menteer). 88 min. Released on video in 2001.
