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Kill the Messenger
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
2014 · Directed by Michael Cuesta · 112 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller · History · 12 frames
Tagline
Can you keep a national secret?
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Landesman
- Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt
- Edited by: Brian A. Kates
- Music: Nathan Johnson
- Production design: John Paino
- Produced by: Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber
Cast
- Jeremy Renner as Gary Webb
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Simons
- Michael Sheen as Fred Weil
- Ray Liotta as John Cullen
- Robert Patrick as Ronny Quail
- Andy Garcia as Norwin Meneses
- Paz Vega as Coral Baca
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Ricky Ross
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Sue Webb
- Tim Blake Nelson as Alan Fenster
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: The Combine, Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity, Bluegrass Films
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $5,200,000
- Themes: central intelligence agency (cia), drug trafficking, biography, crack cocaine, government conspiracy, investigative journalism, american journalist, san jose, california
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