Lay the Favorite

Lay the Favorite
Lay the Favorite
	UK theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Screenplay by	D.V. DeVincentis
Based on	Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling; by Beth Raymer
Produced by	Randall Emmett; George Furla; Paul Trijbits
Starring	Bruce Willis; Rebecca Hall; Catherine Zeta-Jones; Joshua Jackson
Cinematography	Michael McDonough
Edited by	Mick Audsley
Music by	James Seymour Brett
Production; companies	Wild Bunch; Emmett/Furla Films; Likely Story; Random House Films; Ruby Films; Jackson Investment Group; Lipsync Productions;
Distributed by	Radius-TWC
Release dates	January 21, 2012 (Sundance Film Festival); December 7, 2012 (United States);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14.7 million
Box office	$1,576,687

Lay the Favorite is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by D.V. DeVincentis, and stars Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson. Based on Beth Raymer's 2010 memoir of the same name, the film follows a young, free-spirited woman as she journeys through the legal and illegal world of sports gambling.

It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 21 and was released on December 7 by The Weinstein Company through its RADiUS-TWC distribution arm. Lay the Favorite garnered negative reviews from critics, praising the performances of Willis and Hall but felt there was unexplored development in the characters and the gambling world. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $1.5 million against a production budget of $14.7 million.

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