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After years of borrowing money from local crime bosses, two film executives discover that they have overstretched their privileges. Now owing a large sum to the mob, they scramble to create a plan to save themselves. Using the ailing star of their latest film, the filmmakers concoct an elaborate insurance fraud case to secure the funds to pay off their debts – until their target begins to turn the tables on them. Directed by George Gallo; co-starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Emile Hirsch.