American Animals
Synopsis
Taking the thrill of the heist genre and turning it inside out, this film blurs the line between truth and fiction in a wild story of money, movies and the search for meaning.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - US Dramatic Competition - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 116 mins
- Director
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Bart Layton
- Producer
- Derrin Schlesinger, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Mary Jane Skalski
- Executive Producer
- Daniel Battsek, David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Len Blavatnik, Aviv Giladi, Toby Hill, Piers Vellacott, Tory Metzger, Darren Demetre
- Editor
- Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart, Luke Dunkley
- Screenwriter
- Bart Layton
- Director of Photography
- Ole Bratt Birkeland
- Production Designer
- Scott Dougan
- Sound
- Andrew Stirk
- Composer
- Anne Nikitin
- Principal cast
- Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Udo Kier
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, UK coproduction
AI Films
85 Tottenham Court RoadLondon
W1T 4TQ
Sales Company
Sierra/Affinity
9378 Wilshire Blvd. #210 Suite 210Beverly Hills
CA 90212
USA
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