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ORIGINAL TITLE

Lawless (The Wettest County in the World)

YEAR

2012	Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME

115 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

John Hillcoat

SCREENWRITER

Nick Cave (Novel: Matt Bondurant)

COMPOSER

Warren Ellis

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Benoît Delhomme

CAST

Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Noah Taylor, Dane DeHaan, Eric Mendenhall, Chris McGarry

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Millennium Films / Nu Image / Annapurna Pictures

AWARDS

2012: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection
2012: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Song

GENRE

Thriller. Drama | Neo-noir. The 20s. The 30s. The Great Depression. Based on a true story

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

LAWLESS is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant’s family in his novel "The Wettest County In The World", the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave.

PRO REVIEWS

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"Every festival has the right to its duds, but I was surprised when I suddenly realized that 'Lawless' isn't a bad Cannes film - it's a bad Sundance film" (Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly)

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"Fueled by a brooding sense of dread, visceral bursts of violence, potent atmosphere and some juicy character portraits" (David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter)

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"A smug, empty exercise in macho-sentimental violence (...) As with all movies 'based on a true story', you wonder what the true story actually is (...) Rating: ** (out of five)" (Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian)

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"With a dynamite cast, an iconic screenwriter in rocker Nick Cave and an Aussie director in John Hillcoat, you assume a new classic. What you get is an ambitious try (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

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"Hillcoat and Cave give us more than an action story. They create a world" (Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle)

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