Project Detail

The Wages of Fear

Synopsis

English language adaptation of Georges Arnaud’s novel, about a group of desperate men hired to transport a shipment of highly explosive nitroglycerin across the jungle.
(The original film version of the story was famously directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1953).

Details

Year
2020
Type of film
Features
Director
Ben Wheatley
Producer
David Lancaster
Screenwriter
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump

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Production Status

Production Company

US, France, UK coproduction

Rumble Films (US), TF1 (France), eOne (UK)

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