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Stander is a 2003
2003 in film

The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
 biographical film about Captain André Stander
Andre Stander

Andre Stander was a police Captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s, and later became known in popular media as the head of the Stander Gang in the early 1980s....
, a South African police officer
Police officer

A police officer is a Warrant employee of a police force. Police officers are generally responsible for apprehending criminals, maintaining public order, and preventing and detecting crimes....
 who turned into a bank robber, starring Tom Jane
Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane is an United States actor, known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaption The Mist ....
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Stander is a 2003
2003 in film

The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
 biographical film about Captain André Stander
Andre Stander

Andre Stander was a police Captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s, and later became known in popular media as the head of the Stander Gang in the early 1980s....
, a South African police officer
Police officer

A police officer is a Warrant employee of a police force. Police officers are generally responsible for apprehending criminals, maintaining public order, and preventing and detecting crimes....
 who turned into a bank robber, starring Tom Jane
Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane is an United States actor, known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaption The Mist ....
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Reception

Stander received mostly positive reviews from critics. Movie magazine Empire gave it four stars out of five saying "a star turn that shifts Jane up a notch or two". Nev Pierce of the BBC gave it four stars as well. It is rated Fresh at 72% and received a Fresh rating of 75% on "Cream of the Crop" on the Rotten Tomatoes
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 website.

Cast

  • Thomas Jane
    Thomas Jane

    Thomas Jane is an United States actor, known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaption The Mist ....
     - Andre Stander
    Andre Stander

    Andre Stander was a police Captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s, and later became known in popular media as the head of the Stander Gang in the early 1980s....
  • Deborah Kara Unger
    Deborah Kara Unger

    Deborah Kara Unger is a Canada actress....
     - Bekkie Stander
  • Ashley Taylor - Cor van Deventer
  • David O'Hara
    David O'Hara

    David Patrick O'Hara is a Scotland actor.O'Hara was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Martha and Patrick O'Hara, a construction worker. He has appeared in many movies and TV series, including a featured role in the U.S....
     - Allan Heyl
    Allan Heyl

    Allan Heyl was a member of the Andre Stander in the late 1970s in South Africa. Heyl originally met Stander and another inmate, Lee McCall, while they were in Zonderwater maximum-security prison together....
  • Dexter Fletcher
    Dexter Fletcher

    Dexter Fletcher is an English people actor, best known for his lead role as Spike Thomson in the British TV comedy Press Gang alongside Julia Sawalha....
     - Lee McCall
    Lee McCall

    Lee McCall was a member of the Stander Gang, a group of three escaped convicts who went on a bank robbing spree in South Africa from October 1983 until February 1984....


Ratings

  • The MPAA rating is rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and nudity.
  • The BBFC rating is rated 15 for strong language, sex and violence.


Trivia

  • Thomas Jane initially turned down the role.
  • The filmmakers were able to talk to Allan Heyl, one of Andre Stander's accomplices who was still in prison; Cor van Deventer, his police partner; and the warden of the prison where Andre was incarcerated.
  • Allan Heyl was released on parole on May 18th, 2005.


Awards and nominations (2005)

  • The film was nominated for a Genie Award
    Genie Award

    Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. The awards were originally named the Canadian Film Awards which ran from 1949 to 1979 but in 1980 were renamed The Genie Awards....
     for Best Achievement in Direction.
  • The film was nominated for a Golden Fleece Award
    Golden Fleece Award

    The Golden Fleece Award is presented to those public officials in the United States who the judges feel waste public money.Established in 1975 by former United States Senate William Proxmire , and issued until 1988, it was revived by the Advisory Board of the Taxpayers for Common Sense in 2000....
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