Live by Night (film)
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| Directed by | Ben Affleck |
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| Screenplay by | Ben Affleck |
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Live by Night by Dennis Lehane |
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| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | William Goldenberg |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $21.7 million |
Live by Night is a 2016 American crime drama film written, directed, co-produced and starring Ben Affleck, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film also stars Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper, and follows an Ybor City bootlegger who becomes a notorious gangster.
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film premiered in New York City on December 13, 2016. It began a limited release in the United States on December 25, 2016 before going wide on January 13, 2017. It received mixed reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just $21 million against its $65 million budget.Variety estimated the film lost $75 million.
In the 1920s, Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck), a World War I veteran of Irish descent and the prodigal son of Boston police captain Thomas Coughlin (Brendan Gleeson), falls in love with Emma Gould (Sienna Miller), the mistress of notorious gangster Albert White (Robert Glenister), the boss of the Irish Gang of Boston. Thomas objects to the relationship and advises Joe against his criminal activities, warning him that his wrongdoing will catch up to him eventually.
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