The Town (2010 film)

The Town
The Town
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ben Affleck
Screenplay by	Peter Craig; Ben Affleck; Aaron Stockard;
Based on	Prince of Thieves; by Chuck Hogan
Produced by	Basil Iwanyk; Graham King;
Starring	Ben Affleck; Rebecca Hall; Jon Hamm; Jeremy Renner; Blake Lively; Titus Welliver; Pete Postlethwaite; Chris Cooper;
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Edited by	Dylan Tichenor
Music by	David Buckley; Harry Gregson-Williams;
Production; companies	Legendary Pictures; GK Films; Thunder Road Pictures;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September 8, 2010 (Venice); September 17, 2010 (United States);
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$37 million
Box office	$154 million

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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