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Directed by | David Mackenzie |
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Written by | Taylor Sheridan |
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Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
Edited by | Jake Roberts |
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102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $37.6 million |
Hell or High Water is a 2016 American neo-Western crime thriller film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan. The script was on the 2012 Black List. The film follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, and stars Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster.
The film premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016. It received critical acclaim and grossed $37 million. The American Film Institute selected it as one of its ten Movies of the Year, and it has been nominated for numerous awards, including Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Bridges and Best Screenplay. It received four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.