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Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising from college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until Simpson died in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Dangerous Minds, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, as well as the Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises. At the helm of his self-titled production company, he has produced films distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney. At the same time, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios have co-produced his television works. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honoured by Variety as the first in Hollywood history to produce the first and second-highest-grossing films of a single weekend: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Bad Boys II. In 2023, Top Gun: Maverick earned him a nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. His best-known television series are television dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Lucifer and reality competition series The Amazing Race, which would spawn a franchise with international versions. For the latter, he won ten Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2003, three of his television productions—CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and CSI: Miami—ranked among the top ten in the US ratings, making him the first producer to achieve this. Bruckheimer is also the co-founder (with the late David Bonderman) and majority owner of the Seattle Kraken, the 2021 National Hockey League expansion team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Bruckheimer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A naive young man named Chester taking a long distance Amtrak from NYC to his home in rural New Mexico. He carries with him his life savings of $250k. The naive yet good natured young Chester loudly tells his friend how much money he has on him and talks about how people are good and refuses to believe in a world of thieves. As such, he attracts the attention of Mitch and Paula, lovers who are also 2 expert thieves. Paula, newly pregnant, wants to leave the criminal world behind, but Mitch convinces her that they should take this last score off an easy mark before retiring. The pair sit with Chester and make small talk, but Chester foolishly takes his cash out & shows them. Something changes in Paula as she listens & changes her mind, convincing Mitch that he is too good hearted & they instead vow to protect him from becoming disillusioned in the world. Complications arise as Warren “Smiley” Johnson, and his band of pro thieves board the train. Smiley’s crew steals the money, only to have their pockets picked by Mitch & the money returned. This exposes Mitch as a master thief to Smiley, who tries to recruit him. When Mitch declines, the contest between the couple and Smiley’s gang quickly escalates, with Chester still completely unaware of the danger surrounding him.
