Masterminds
Masterminds is a 2016 American comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo Robbery in North Carolina. Directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Emily Spivey, the film stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis.
Plot
In March 1997, Loomis Fargo & Company was robbed of $18.8 million in Jacksonville by company security guard Philip Noel Johnson. This gives Steve Eugene Chambers (Owen Wilson) and Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig) the idea to also rob Loomis. They involve Loomis armored car driver David Scott Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis). After some awkward training in preparation for the robbery, the team has David go inside Loomis' vault and load the entire money supply into the company's van. Before he leaves, David takes out three CCTV tapes, but misses one. The next day, David flees to Mexico with $20,000 and takes the cover name "Michael McKinney", which is the name of a friend of Steve's. Meanwhile, Steve takes most of the heist, around $17 million.
More details
| author | Chris Bowman Emily Spivey Hubbel Palmer |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | North Carolina |
| director | Jared Hess |
| editor | David Rennie Keith Brachmann |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | armored car attack bank account bmw car driver cctv fbi federal bureau of investigation id interpol loomis loomis fargo & company march 1997 march 1997 loomis fargo robbery mexico prime suspect security guard serve south america special agent |
| musicBy | Geoff Zanelli |
| producer | John Goldwyn Lorne Michaels |
| productionCompany | Relativity Media |
| publisher | Relativity Media |
| recordedAt | North Carolina |
| theme | crime comedy heist |