Bandits is a 2001 American crime-comedy drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Filming began in October 2000 and ended in February 2001. It helped Thornton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001. Thornton and Blanchett were nominated for Supporting Actor and Actress Golden Globes for their performances in this film.
Two friends and convicts, one charismatic (Joe, played by Bruce Willis), the other neurotic and hypochondriac (Terry, played by Billy Bob Thornton), break out of Oregon State Penitentiary in a concrete mixing truck and start a bank robbing spree, hoping to fund a dream they share. They become known as the "Sleepover Bandits" because of their modus operandi: they kidnap the manager of a target bank the night before a planned robbery, then spend the night with the manager's family; early the next morning, they accompany the manager to the bank to get their money. Using dim-witted would-be stunt man Harvey Pollard (Troy Garity) as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off a series of robberies that gets them recognition on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.
Plot
A tale set in World War II Philippines about how a rich family copes with the war and how the people change amidst violence and death
Keywords: 18th-birthday, aristocrat, band, bandit, betrayal, birthday, birthday-celebration, bleeding-to-death, blood, blood-splatter
Did you ever want to be overrun by bandits;
to hand over all of your things and start over new?
while we were out hunting for food
our house was being robbed
I caught an apple and she caught a fox
so I caught a rabbit but she caught an ox
so upon our return, we found everything gone
which for us was no loss
and we started over
with a rabbit and an ox
so they came down from the north
carrying all they owned
with a basket full of food and clothes
they were stopped by a weekend raid
traveling the woods one day
they tried to put up a fight, but lost
so we asked for them to stay
with us on their way
to have a drink and rest
and regain their strength
did you ever want to run around with bandits;
to see many places and hide in ditches?
it's not always easy, it's not always easy
when the winter comes and the greenery goes
we will make some shelter
when the winter comes and the greenery goes
We know most people, they get tiresome.
We gotta find a way to get around them.
The open road, it ain't my home,
But when you get close everyone else looks lonesome.
Let's hitch a ride, just somewhere stark where the love won't recognise your face.
I hold you close, we'll find new names and then forget why we are running.
Tell me,
We're in this together.
Relax,
I won't let them near you.
I heard they got a sun of gold that shines down on Mexico.
When we get there, all tired and broke,
We'll leave the Camaro in the desert.
If we get caught I wouldn't turn you in,
I would pretend like I don't know you, if I had to.
It'd break my heart but if I knew you got away,
It'd give me peace of mind till the day I died.
Tell me,
We're in this together.
Relax,
I won't let them near you.
But I awoke to blaring sirens so I covered you with my jacket.
They bound my hands with metal bands but I screamed to be distractin'.
I drove away in their back seat, saw your crying eyes behind the tumble weeds.
When I get out, I'll come to find you, cause you're my other half, I never told you that,
Never told you that.
Tell me,
We're in this together.
Relax,
I won't let them near you.
Tell me, (Tell me)
We're in this together.
Relax, (Relax)
I won't let them near you.
O-oh oh.
Tell me, (Tell me)
That we're in this together, together, together, together.
O-oh. Relax, (Relax) relax,
cardboard crown across the side says fragile
shirt unbuttoned, pleasure fool, I'm agile
ripped up forms, men with swords tear the flesh
eyes like shadows one way ticket marakesh
no doors or windows caught on fire high speed train
smashed up lives torrential downpour I need pain
stuntman's wife back-alley mattress wrath of addicts
underwater second language mathematics
run like a racehorse outright madness under the bridge we'll make out like bandits
make a stop
hurry up
go away
fight it off
hit it hard
dig a hole
show the way
take a dive
break it up
make it bleed
dry now
call it off
kick it out
let it breathe
die down
Motion sickness dry and yellow heaven beckons
tornado warning target practice seven seconds
cemetere du mont pranass(?) fair decision
russels viper 3am midair collision
silly girls and beat up boys all goin fast
lightin fires killin music blowin glass
whispered fury deepest secrets separate treasures
If I were God I would do
all the things I'd like to do
I would never go to work
or pay attention to some jerk
I would jump from every mountain
I would sail the seven seas
I would fly up in the sky
if God was me
If I were God I would see
all the things I never see
I would always be with you
and make all your dreams come true
I would fill your days with laughter
I would live a million years
We'd be happy ever after
They would never see our tears
Guess how wonderful it would be
if God was me
yea...
I would save the seals from dying
I would rip down all my chains
I would always stop your crying
and make sunshine when it rains
There won't be no thing as time
I would find the perfect rhyme
everyone would love this song
there won't be no right or wrong
I'd uncover every liar
talk to birds and walk on fire
print my picture in the paper
I would have my private baker
how wonderful it would be
if God was me
hmm...
how wonderful it would be
Don't know what you're doing to me - but I like it
You don't know how you're teasing me - but I like it
Like it ...
You came and ripped me up inside
It's a longing I can't hide
I don't know what you do, but I think I like it
Like it
The way you make me feel inside - I can't hide it
I'm burning up but I don't know why - but I like it
Like it
Falling into million pieces
Falling into million pieces
Take me up and put me back together
Well I'm sitting alone
with my guitar slidly out of tune
and it's a lovely night in June.
And I try to write a song
With a happy slomo melody
like I have tried so many times before
But I can't really tell you, what is wrong
but all that comes out is another sad song
maybe it's because I slept too long
and nobody called me on the phone.
Maybe I should hit town, have some fun
to smalltalking drink to the morning sun
maybe I should buy a brandnew dress
or learn up a usefull game like chess.
No I can't really tell you,
what is wrong
but all that comes out is another sad song
maybe it's because I slept too long
and nobody called me at the phone
Maybe I should hit town have some fun
to smalltalking drink to the morning sun
maybe I should buy a brandnew dress
or learn up a usefull game like chess.
Another lonely night, turns to day
with another hair of mine, turning grey
No I can't really tell you
just what is wrong, my dear,
but still what comes out is
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
I heard she drove a silvery sportscar
along the empty streets last night
hanging around with hairdos like mine
no, I haven't seen the kids for some time
Picked up her shoes from the red-brick stairway
just like a harpsichord as she moves
and back upstairs at half past two
with a paper folded outside the loo
Rain falls like elvis' tears
oh no, no sugar tonight
out on the highstreets
dim all the lights now
bright colour tears again
Baby, don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
Hold on princess, don't you think that it's time
on the platform with a drizzle in my eye
I had a friend from over the harbour
he said he stayed with a neighbourhood girl
and sometimes when it won't go right
I can hear his voice inside me at night
Rain falls like elvis' tears
oh no, no sugar tonight
out on the hightstreets
dim all the lights now
bright colour tears again
Baby, don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
Hold on princess, don't you think that it's time
on the platform with a drizzle in my eye
Baby, don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
don't forget to catch me
Hold on princess, don't you think that it's time
the ticket in my hand,
Stupid scatterbrained
too much pressure in my vein
Shithead, silly pain
maybe I just went insane
You could be me
if you have the eyes to see
Way high in the sky
the old man sits an wonders why
Blinded
hope that you can see
All the things that I can be
I'm blinded
do you hear my call
tell me will you catch my fall
Slowpaced arrid space
Guess my life has been a waste
Wet cat in the rain
noone knows about my pain
Bullshit - waste of time
listen to your stupid lie
Everytime we say good-bye
I just hang my head and cry
Blinded
hope that you can see
All the things that I can be
I'm blinded
do you hear my call
As we walkin to the mall
people staring dropping jaws
cant belive just what they saw
two dudes with a fanny pack
makin a phone call
so i ask him why you frontin
dont you see my star wars button
he asked me what i got inside
and so i pulled out omtomise prime
what happened next he couldnt belive pokemon on DVD
Then he called me a little girl
i dont care im on top of the world
(course)
Cut me some slack
and get off of my back
its called a fanny pack
Strap it up
zip it up
click up
now were havin fun
and were lovin life
with our fanny packs
summer time
all the time
feelin fine
Check it
as we walkin to the school
people talkin like were fool
dont you know were stinkin cool
two dudes with fanny packs makin our own rules
as were flexong lookin fly
theres someone who caught our eye
theres somthing different i dont know why
oh sweet lord its a red head guy
hi im daneil
call me danny
and im sportin a hot pink fanny
i just moved here from montana
for lunch today i packed a banana
you guys are neat and supper smarty
your both invited to my bierthday parite
you can hang we got your back
well cruise around with our fanny packs
instead of dose we are three
we are dancing around with glee
nothin here that can steal our dreams
listen up while the nation screams
I don't care what shirt you wear
And I don't want you to know my show?
You make me feel so nice
Get off your horse and kiss me twice
You taught me how to ride at night,
And quite alright...
My big city smile, won't last that long?
You gonna need a while, to cut my tongue
But instead we try, we say goodby
You are so cute, crystal cowboy cute
You are so neat, so street so sweet
You are a gun and I better run
We are here for you
just to tell you the truth
Yeah, we know it's not new
But we're here from the start
And that'll break you apart - uuuhhh...
You've got to light a candle to be with me
'cause you know I am so high above you, I can't see
But if you put a fire in your window
I can show you where the wind blows
It's allright ...
Let's go, the wind has changed, it blows so wild
Now hit the fear and sing a song, yeah, sing it like a child
Don't you see, we are flying like batman
We are going to the promised land
It's allright ...
We're on the way to somewhere, we don't know
but the time will show us where we stand, where we can go
Don't you see we are burning like the sunball
Yeah, we like it when the rain falls
Picture me while I'm jumping out the window
Picture me while I'm flying over you
Picture me with a flower as my uhhhh-uh
Picture me while I'm standing on the rooftop
Picture me what do you want me to do
Picture me a looking into you
looking into you
looking into you
Photograph, Photograph
I'll never be the same
Photograph
Just for a laugh
Picture me counting raindrops on the meadow
Picture me while I'm dancing on the moon
Before, between and while and after noon
Picture me telling stories to a river
Could it be I can see although I'm blind
Picture me getting smaller by the hour
Slowly losing my mind (slowly losing my mind)
Photograph, Photograph
I'll never be the same
Photograph
Just for a laugh
Photograph, Photograph
I'll never be the same
Photograph
What is that look up on your face,
a simple mood,
have I fallen from grace.
Don't you tell me nothing is wrong,
for just have more,
should this be going on.
Is the sky too grey,
did your milk taste bad today?
Did I fade it bad, was it something I have said, was it something I have said?
There we go on and on again,
the same old game,
of me to blame, of me to blame.
Here I go jumping round the bed,
a stupid me,
'cause you're the king,
and I'm your puppet on a string, and I'm your puppet on a string.
Is it so hard to understand,
this situation is getting out of here,
but maybe there's something I've missed,
a brandnew love,
that's why you look so pissed.
Did I drive you mad in my wearing that old hat,
tell me what to do,
should I paint the grey sky blue, the grey sky blue?
I wish I could look into your head,
and read your thoughts,
they're so instead, they're so instead.
Here we go on and on again,
the same old game,
when you're the king,
and I'm your puppet on a string,
I'm your puppet on a string,
I'm your puppet on a string.
Ouhou..
Should I leave or stay,
should I kiss your blues away,
tell me what to do,
I do anything for you,
do anything, 'cause I'm not.
I#m just like your puppet on a string,
you've cupet me,
just hanging on,
now hear my song,
I'm just like a puppet on a string,
oh can't you see,
you're killin' me.
Ouhou... well I've had the thought to leave...
I'm just like your puppet on a string,
for in this game,
you always win,
Moon in shadows, hiding faces in a blue-eyed dead-end-night
Broken dreams and colded heart-beats standing tender by my side
Light is fading into darkness, time to kiss your soul good night
Waiting for the everlasting, god-allmighty golden light
Where the sun burns, I will be there, once upon in former time
All the laughter, all this fighting, seem to be a part of mine
People
Oh you people
You people here I am
Take me, keep me, claim me now
Punish me - I smile somehow
Yeah, I stay, I'll never look back
I know how it feels, when red turns to black
Stars and stripes behind the window, colourful against the sky
Streetcars passing towards nowhere, watching me to say good-bye
Where the sun burns, I will be there, once upon in former time
All the laughter, all this fighting, seem to be a part of mine
I am over, high above
I'm falling like I felt in love
I am high, far in the air
Come on, geef me een break
Hoe jij nu beweegt, brengt me van streek.
'T is niet te geloven, het lijkt alsof je zweeft
Hee hee
Maar dit is verkeerd, dus hou ermee op, ik doe niet mee.
This game is over, ik heb me'n les geleerd
hee hee
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan, het is nu gedaan
Stop, stop, houd ermee op
Alle zinnen die je zegt, spoken door me'n kop.
Je hebt geen idee: hee, hee, hee
Ik hoor niet bij jou
Dit loopt uit de hand, wat we doen is fout
Je hebt al een ander, dus kijk toch niet zo stout
Hee hee
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan, het is nu gedaan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Stop, stop, houd ermee op
Alle zinnen die je zegt, spoken door me'n kop.
Je hebt geen idee: hee,hee,hee.
Stop, stop houd ermee op
Laat maar zitten, ja die week die word toch een flop.
Ik doe niet meer mee: hee,hee,hee.
Nee is nee...
..nee is nee
(ooh ee oo)
Nee is nee
(Stop, stop. Stop, stop)
Nee is nee
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan
Oo ho
Wa doe je me aan, het is nu gedaan
Wa doe je me aan...
...het is nu gedaan.
When you're killed by your thoughts like a suicide
When you're a running for your life like in a marathon ride
When you're a longing for someone to keep you warm
When you don't know where's my hatred coming from
When it's over what will happen in case I'm dead
Go to hell - guess it's not to bad, it's not to bad
Take a shotgun, I will kill you until you die
Look inside me, try to find me and say good-bye
Is there still that need to fill
Are you there and do you care
Time is now - it's time to break the vow
Time is right - it's time to start the fight
Time is now - somewhere, someway, somehow
Break the vow - you tell me how, you tell me how
When you love it do you hate it getting into it
When you like it do you break it getting into it
When you loose it do you choose it to get used to it
When you fuck it do you suck it to get all of it
When you need it do you feel it getting trough you
If you don't get it - just hit it, you don't know what to do
Would you kill it just to chill it, get a new one
You think you rock it like a rocket and then you're done
Is there still that need to fill
Are you there and do you care
Time is now ...
When you're burning like a fire in the desert sun
When explosions hit body while you're on the run
When you're screaming like a siren deep down in the sea
When you're asking for the reason why I'm here to be
huuuuaaagh!!!!!!
get em buck
get out yo ass
where yall at
yeah
some bandits
some bandits
i dont play shawty muthafuckaz swang my way
everythang i say be real dats treal i feel
thats these bitch niggaz sometimes twist nigga
no rhymin rich niggaz dont deserve shit nigga
i heard u waz a herb nigga
sissy butt girl nigga
give a ho a world nigga
u make me wanna hurl nigga
dont talk like Earl da Pearl nigga
whenit come to hittin ladies naw dis aint no curl nigga
(i love you boo)
sho nuff baby
niggaz sholl been trippin lately
hatin cause im makin dough
listen i got plenty bitches nigga
i dont need yo ho
dont u know da shit dat i got
make dem ho wanna give me dat twa
pluck em pluck em
hard as rock
damn when i start its hard to stop
aint no nigga out dere better
im tighter than wool an leather
fuck u now ill take yo sweater
now bitch git yo shit together
my cheddar is my main focus
????????
we smoke all yall fuckin roaches
(hey muthafucka)
[chorus x2]
we some bandits baby (baby)
i know its hard to understand it baby (baby)
somebody unhand us baby (baby)
cuz we some mutha fuckin bandits baby
a cru brought it in keep it crunk shit
whacha wanna do fake nigga dat bump yo trunk shit
see i don fucked round an told yall niggaz
ridin round in yo hilfiger
i snatch you out yo ???
niggaz gettin slizza
i dont drank dat don
im chillin everyday
when i spendin fo my son
went and got me dirty
hait kinda cutty
me and my niggaz we neva eva wake up early
get up bout two cause i got yo gurl through
she wanted to pat me down when i seen her in blue
in dem bootie shorts (damn) her potna looked fine
if she wanna do it let shawty drank up some wine
so she can git slizza
we can cut her up
take her to one oak and pine tree
nigga wassup
bandit baby
[chorus]
neva put my drank down we havin som ??
boy tell her put dat put dat stamp on it and mail it
record it press it up and sell it
boy u just been approved
put some freedom our plan
we tried to make shit move
we make these beatz like a slave
tell yo ho to behave
git yo blunt and u blaze
i say we real nigga we peal
burnin rubber fo dayz
and it dont stop cuz it wont stop
had a freak but u got cot cause da do locked
hola to dese spanish broads
all da dogz some bandits yall
strait up while u stranded
leave u slizzad like some geritol
over all
we gon ball
neva fall
when u call remember nigga we some banditz bandits bandits
[chorus to end]
(Reverend)
Spin for feature or I hold for fruit
I need two more nudges and I'll drop the loot
Sure I'll jack it almost anytime
Here's a voice creeping from behind
(Tim)
No, no mate you wanna' hold the pears
Cos I've been watching you from over by the stairs
Turbocash is cool you wanna' let ‘em spin
But if the hoppers full you're guaranteed a win
(Reverend)
No, no mate why don't you understand
I've got a scheme a plan I've got it all in hand
I need a no-lose or an extra life
And me mobile's ringing. It's me wife
(Laura)
Where are you Jon what time will you be home
I've been trying to call just get your answerphone
I've told you once, I've told you times before
I can't get to sleep until you're through the door
Are you listening to anything I say?
We need the money, we got bills to pay
Don't get drunk and make sure you're not late
And don't be gambling please for goodness sake
(Reverend)
Back inside a frown adorns my face
Because I see this bloke's stepped in and took me place
What takes the biscuit, really tops it off
Is when the jackpot lights up, he's took the lot
(Anon)
Haha lad you see what I just did?
I just dropped the bandit, only spent a quid
Oh were you playing mate?
I didn't realise…
(Reverend)
I'm so skint and demoralised
(Tim)