Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 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 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.
- corruption
- based on novel or book
- prohibition era
- brother
- gangster
- great depression
- appalachia
- bootlegging
- shootout
- brutality
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jason Clarke — Howard Bondurant
- Jessica Chastain — Maggie Beauford
- Mia Wasikowska — Bertha Minnix
- Dane DeHaan — Cricket Pate
- Lew Temple — Deputy Henry Abshire
- Chris McGarry — Danny
- Tim Tolin — Mason Wardell
- Marcus Hester — Deputy Jeff Richards
- Bill Camp — Sheriff Hodges
- Alex Van — Tizwell Minnix
- Noah Taylor — Gummy Walsh
- Directed
- John Hillcoat
- Written
- Nick Cave
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 3,405 ratings
- Studio
- Benaroya Pictures, Yucaipa Films, Annapurna Pictures, Pie Films Inc., Red Wagon Entertainment, Revolt Films
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.
