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Directed by | Ben Affleck |
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Based on | Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan |
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Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
Edited by | Dylan Tichenor |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $37 million[2] |
Box office | $154 million[2] |
The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves.[3][4] The film stars Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine. Its plot follows a Boston bank robber who begins to develop romantic feelings for a victim of one of his previous robberies, while he and his crew set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park.
The Town premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2010, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 17, 2010. Based on actual events, the film received positive reviews from critics for its direction, screenplay, editing, and the performances of the cast (particularly Renner) and grossed $154 million worldwide. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2010, while Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[5] and Postlethwaite was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.[6]
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