Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
- ku klux klan
- slavery
- based on true story
- period drama
- revolt
- confederate
- resistance fighter
- american civil war
- deep south
- mississippi
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Matthew McConaughey
Newton Knight
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Rachel
Mahershala Ali
Moses Washington
Keri Russell
Serena Knight
- Jacob Lofland — Daniel
- Sean Bridgers — Sumrall
- Brad Carter — Lieutenant Barbour
- Jane McNeill — Miss Ellie
- Gary Grubbs — Prosecuting Attorney
- Christopher Berry — Jasper
- Joe Chrest — Amos Deason
- David Jensen — Quitman
- Kurt Krause — Injured Soldier
- Carlton Caudle — Confederate Color Guard
- Martin Bats Bradford — Freedman 1
- Directed
- Gary Ross
- Written
- Gary Ross, Leonard Hartman
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 1,684 ratings
- Studio
- STXfilms, Huayi Brothers Pictures, IM Global, Route One Entertainment, Union Investment Partners, Vendian Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
