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Kill the messenger / Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 62130347 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]Distributor: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home EntertainmentDescription: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Webb, Gary, 1955-2004. Dark alliance
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Schou, Nick. Kill the messenger
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .K555 2015
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; music, Nathan Johnson.
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia.Summary: Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.
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DVD Wasatch County Library Audio Visual Area Movies DVD Kil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34301001346842
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DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.

English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia.

Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; music, Nathan Johnson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou.

MPAA rating: R; language and drug content.

Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.

Special features: Deleted scenes; Kill the messenger : the all-star cast; Crack in America; filming in Georgia; feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta.

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