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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Adaptation of
Cogan's Trade
1974
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2012...
2012
Killing Them Softly
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Film Details - Plan B Entertainment , 2012
Producers:
Jim Seibel, Adi Shankar, Spencer Silna, Bill Johnson, Megan Ellison, and Marc Butan (executive producers).
Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Steve Schwartz (producers).
Matthew Budman, Will French, Stephen Roberts, Douglas Saylor Jr., and Roger Schwartz (co-producers).
Scott Andrew Robertson (associate producer).
Production Companies:
Plan B Entertainment, 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Annapurna Pictures, Chockstone Pictures, and Inferno Entertainment.
Director of Photography:
Greig Fraser.
Editors:
John Paul Horstmann and Brian A. Kates.
Production Designers:
Patricia Norris.
Cast:
Primary cast members included Brad Pitt (Jackie), Scoot McNairy (Frankie), Ben Mendelsohn (Russell), James Gandolfini (Mickey), Richard Jenkins (Driver), Vincent Curatola (Johnny Amato), Ray Liotta (Markie Trattman), Trevor Long (Steve Caprio), Max Casella (Barry Caprio), Sam Shepard (Dillon), and Slaine (Kenny Gill).
Release Dates:
22 May 2012 (Cannes Film Festival).
11 October 2012 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in Louisiana.
- Set in Boston.
Post Production:
Wildfire Studios (post-production sound facility).
Awards:
- Hamptons International Film Festival, Breakthrough Performer (won), 2012.
- Special Award (San Diego Film Critics Society Awards), for Australian cinematographer Grieg Fraser's body of work in 2012 (including Snow White and the Huntsman and Zero Dark Thirty) (won), 2012.
- SDFCS Award (San Diego Film Critics Circle), Best Editing (nominated), 2012.
