![]() ![]() Out of it emerges Arthur Shaw ( Alan Alda), the self-satisfied Tower owner and investment king known for the handsome returns he always delivers to his clientele. Shaw's last scene shows him going into his cell in horror, with prisoners shouting at him.The opening shot is a stunner, a view straight down at Ben Franklin’s $100 face gracing the bottom of the swimming pool atop the Tower, Manhattan’s most expensive residential spire (played by Trump Tower Columbus Circle, formerly the Gulf + Western Building). With this proof, Denham will be able to put Shaw in prison for a long time. Josh, through his lawyer (the girl who works in the complex), provided they are all acquitted, gives them Shaw's notebook. But when Josh reveals him he knows about the details of his notebook, Shaw begs him to not tell this to the police, in exchange of a lot amount of money, only to fail. In the truck, Shaw, who is also in the truck for not reporting the safe to the FBI, taunts them, telling they are easily replaceable and they will rot in jail. In the car, Josh finds a notebook who contains all the embezzlements Shaw committed during all his life.įBI agent Claire Danham, who found out everything, finds them all and puts them in jail. It turns out that the Ferrari is made of solid gold and, according to Fitzhugh's calculations, is worth around $45 million. In the brawl between Slide and Fitzhugh, a gunshot accidentally occurs and a bullet hits Shaw's favorite car, which was kept in the penthouse. Slide then betrays the gang and decides to take all for himself. With all his team, he succeeds to break in Shaw's apartment but discovers his safe is empty. He recruits also the veteran financier Fitzhugh, the elevator operator Devreau and the guard Charlie. Josh then recruited the former thief Slide to seek revenge for his colleagues' losses. However, the gang tricks the FBI by giving fake reports which postponed to Thanksgiving Shaw's trial. Shaw wants to frame and pursue Josh along with Charlie and Enrique for destroying his. Josh begins to suspect that the millionaire is keeping his "stash" somewhere in the skyscraper and begins to devise a plan to return all of his savings to all of his employees. ![]() The FBI holds Arthur Shaw for financial fraud, but the pension fund money is nowhere to be found. However, this fails and he is arrested, being put on house arrest.Īt first, Josh, the protagonist of the movie, is convinced Shaw wasn't involved, but when his friend Lester, the doorman of The Tower, almost threw himself under the NYC subway, he came to Shaw and crashed his favorite car, for which he was fired. Upon learning the FBI has discovered his embezzling scheme, he attempts to flee in a situation disguised as a kidnapping. However, when Josh says he knows about his embezzlements, Shaw becomes desesperated and is reduced to plea a deal with the hero for not going to jail.Īrthur Shaw steals all pension funds of the tower's employees. He is also arrogant, thinking he will be unpunished for his crimes and taunting Kovaks's gang when they are arrested. This coldness is revealed when Josh angrily tells him Lester attempted suicide, by feigning hypocritical concern. His politeness is indeed just an act to hide his cold nature. In reality, he is a scheming con-artist who only cares about himself, ready to ruin people's lives to settle his financials problems and enjoys the former, having no remorse for it whatsoever. But later in the movie, his true nature is revealed. He shares a warm friendship with Kovaks, playing chess online with him and enjoys having conversation and making some jokes with the employees. Shaw is initially portrayed as a friendly and charismatic Wall Street businessman who owns the luxury apartment complex known as The Tower. Arthur Shaw is the main antagonist of the 2011 comedy film Tower Heist.
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