Kill the Messenger(Movie, 2014)

Name: Kill the Messenger
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History
Released: 2014
Duration: T01:52:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 52min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 423 votes)

Kill the Messenger is a 2014 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Michael Cuesta and written by Peter Landesman. It is based on the book of the same name by Nick Schou and the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb. The film stars Jeremy Renner, who also produced the film. The film was released on October 10, 2014, and depicts a reporter's suppressed attempts to cover the CIA involvement and secret support of large scale cocaine sales to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. ()

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About Kill the Messenger

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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Trailer for Kill the Messenger + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official UK Trailer(Trailer, 2:14)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Atlanta (Georgia), Georgia

Plays in: California

Made by: Focus Features, Sierra / Affinity, The Combine

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/10/2014 (World premiere: 10/09/2014)

Appearing Characters: "Freeway" Rick Ross, Gary Webb

Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo, Lucas Hedges, Rosemarie DeWitt, Matt Lintz, Joshua Close, Paz Vega, Barry Pepper, Yul Vazquez, Tim Blake Nelson, Michael K. Williams, Oliver Platt, Andy Garcia, Brett Rice, Michael Sheen, Gil Bellows, Steve Coulter, Dan Futterman, Susan Walters, Richard Schiff, Rhoda Griffis, E. Roger Mitchell, Ray Liotta, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Richard Nixon

Director: Michael Cuesta

Producer: Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber, Michael Taccetta

Screenwriter: Peter Landesman, Gary Webb

Executive Producer: Peter Landesman, Don Handfield

Film Editor: Brian A. Kates

Director of Photography: Sean Bobbitt

Composer: Nathan Johnson

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Matar al mensajero"

"Maten al mensajero"

"Ο Αγγελιοφόρος Πρέπει Να Πεθάνει"

"Jobb ha hallgatsz"

"Maten al mensajero"

Keywords: san jose, california, central intelligence agency (cia), biography, investigative journalism, drug trafficking, crack cocaine, government conspiracy, american journalist

Budget: 5,000,000 USD

Revenue: 5,200,000 USD (= 104%)

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