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The Town
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
2010 · Directed by Ben Affleck · 125 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.
Plot
Four lifelong friends from Charlestown, Boston—mild-mannered Doug MacRay, volatile James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden—rob a bank wearing latex skeleton masks. Against Doug's wishes, Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey hostage, but later releases her unharmed.
After discovering Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug surveils her to find out what she has told authorities, against the wishes of Jem, who believes they should simply kill her.
Doug introduces himself to Claire at a local laundromat. Claire does not recognize Doug's voice from the bank heist. Doug tells Claire of his missing mother, who probably lives with his aunt in Tangerine, Florida, and of being drafted as a professional ice hockey player. She tells him of the Fighting Irish leprechaun tattoo on the neck of one of the bank robbers (Jem); knowing that Jem will kill her if she reports this, Doug dissuades her from telling the FBI about the tattoo.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, Aaron Stockard
- Cinematography: Robert Elswit
- Edited by: Dylan Tichenor
- Music: Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley
- Production design: Sharon Seymour
- Produced by: Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Doug MacRay
- Jeremy Renner as James "Jem" Coughlin
- Rebecca Hall as Claire Keesey
- Jon Hamm as FBI S.A. Adam Frawley
- Blake Lively as Krista Coughlin
- George Carroll as Albert "Gloansy" Magloan
- Pete Postlethwaite as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- Owen Burke as Desmond "Dez" Elden
- Titus Welliver as Dino Ciampa
- Chris Cooper as Stephen MacRay
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Legendary Pictures, GK Films, Thunder Road, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $37,000,000
- Box office: $154,026,136
- Themes: drug dealer, based on novel or book, ambulance, boston, massachusetts, money laundering, irish-american, bank manager, massachusetts, florist, flower shop
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