| Note |
Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou. |
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Special features: Deleted scenes; "Kill the messenger": the all-star cast; Crack in America; Filming in Georgia; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta. |
| NOTE |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014. |
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In English dialogue with English, Spanish, or French subtitles. |
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SDH - subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Credits |
Costume designer, Kimberly Adams ; music by Nathan Johnson ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; production designer, John Paino ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt. |
| Cast |
Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia, Lucas Hedges, Richard Schiff, Josh Close, Robert Patrick, Yul Vazquez, Gil Bellows, Dan Futterman. |
| Summary |
A compelling political drama based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. A hard-charging investigative reporter, stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he uncovers a link between US government intelligence agencies and Central American drug smugglers. Determined to prove the CIA used cocaine profits to fund the Contra rebels, Webb endangers his career and family when he ignores the warnings of agency operatives in his relentless pursuit of the truth. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R ; for language and drug content. |
| System details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 ; dual layer. |
| Subject |
Schou, Nick -- Film adaptations.
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Drug traffic -- Drama.
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Journalists -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Add'l Names |
Cuesta, Michael, 1963- film director.
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Landesman, Peter, 1965- film producer, screenwriter.
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Abdy, Pamela, film producer.
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Handfield, Don, film producer.
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Bederman, Michael, film producer.
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Stuber, Scott, film producer.
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Despres, Naomi, film producer.
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DeWitt, Rosemarie, actor.
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Liotta, Ray, actor.
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Nelson, Tim Blake, actor.
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Pepper, Barry, 1970- actor.
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Platt, Oliver, actor.
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Sheen, Michael, actor.
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Renner, Jeremy, film producer, actor.
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Vega, Paz, 1976- actor.
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Williams, Michael Kenneth, actor.
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Winstead, Mary Elizabeth, actor.
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Garcia, Andy, actor.
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Hedges, Lucas, 1996- actor.
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Schiff, Richard, 1955- actor.
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Close, Joshua, 1981- actor.
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Vazquez, Yul, actor.
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Patrick, Robert, 1958- actor.
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Bellows, Gil, actor.
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Futterman, Dan, 1967- actor.
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Adams-Galligan, Kimberly, 1963-
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Johnson, Nathan, 1976- composer (expression)
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Kates, Brian A., 1972- film editor.
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Paino, John, production designer.
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Bobbitt, Sean, director of photography.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Webb, Gary, 1955-2004.
Dark alliance.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Schou, Nick.
Kill the messenger.
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| Other corporate author |
Focus Features, production company.
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Bluegrass Films, production company.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
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| STANDARD # |
025192218538 |
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62130347 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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