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Lawless
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
2012 · Directed by John Hillcoat · 115 min · Crime · Drama · Western · 15 frames
Tagline
When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.
Crew
- Screenplay: Nick Cave
- Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
- Edited by: Dylan Tichenor
- Music: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
- Production design: Chris Kennedy
- Produced by: Lucy Fisher, Megan Ellison, Douglas Wick, Michael Benaroya
Cast
- Shia LaBeouf as Jack Bondurant
- Tom Hardy as Forrest Bondurant
- Gary Oldman as Floyd Banner
- Guy Pearce as Charlie Rakes
- Jason Clarke as Howard Bondurant
- Jessica Chastain as Maggie Beauford
- Mia Wasikowska as Bertha Minnix
- Dane DeHaan as Cricket Pate
- Lew Temple as Deputy Henry Abshire
- Chris McGarry as Danny
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Benaroya Pictures, Yucaipa Films, Annapurna Pictures, Pie Films Inc.
- Budget: $26,000,000
- Box office: $55,404,207
- Themes: corruption, based on novel or book, prohibition era, brother, gangster, great depression, appalachia, bootlegging, shootout, brutality
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