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Crown Heights (film)

Crown Heights
Directed by Matt Ruskin
Produced by
Written by Matt Ruskin
Starring
Music by Mark De Gli Antoni
Cinematography Ben Kutchins
Edited by Paul Greenhouse
Production
company
  • Black Maple Films
  • Washington Square Films
  • Iam21 Entertainment
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date
  • January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23) (Sundance)
Running time
94 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Crown Heights is a 2017 American biographical drama film written and directed by Matt Ruskin. Adapted from This American Life podcast, the film tells the incredible true story of Colin Warner who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and how his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving Colin's innocence. The film stars Keith Stanfield as Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha as Carl King.

It premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017 and won the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film.

On August 6, 2015, it was announced that Matt Ruskin would direct a biographical film about wrongfully convicted prisoner Colin Warner based on his own script, which Lila Yacoub would produce along with Black Maple Films and iAm21 Entertainment.Keith Stanfield was added to the cast to play Warner who spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit in 1980, when he was just 18 years old.Nnamdi Asomugha would also star as Carl King, Warner's lifelong friend who fought to prove Warner's innocence. On September 15, 2015, newcomer Natalie Paul was cast in the film.

Principal photography on the film began on September 9, 2015 in New York City.

Crown Heights premiered in competition in the US Dramatic Category at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017. Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film.

The film received generally favorable reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film.


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