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Film Details - BlumHansonAllen Films , 2012

Producers:

Michael Benaroya, Megan Ellison, Lucy Fisher, and Douglas Wick (producers).

Production Companies:

Annapurna Pictures (in association with).
Yucaipa Films (presents).
FilmNation Entertainment (presents).
Benaroya Pictures (presents).
BlumHansonAllen Films.

Director of Photography:

Benoît Delhomme.

Editors:

Dylan Tichenor.

Production Designers:

Chris Kennedy.

Music:

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Including Shia LaBeouf (Jack Bondurant), Tom Hardy (Forrest Bondurant), Jason Clarke (Howard Bondurant), Guy Pearce (Charlie Rakes), Jessica Chastain (Maggie Beauford), Mia Wasikowska (Bertha Minnix), Dane DeHaan (Cricket Pate), Chris McGarry (Danny), Tim Tolin (Mason Wardell), Gary Oldman (Floyd Banner), Lew Temple (Deputy Henry Abshire), Marcus Hester (Deputy Jeff Richards), Bill Camp (Sheriff Hodges), Alex Van (Tizwell Minnix), and Noah Taylor (Gummy Walsh).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia 6 September 2012.

Location:

  • Set in West Virginia, filmed in Georgia.

Post Production:

Wildfire Studios (post-production sound).

Awards:

  • Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Settings:
  • West Virginia,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • 1930s
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