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The Resource Kill the messenger, Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta

Kill the messenger, Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta

Label
Kill the messenger
Title
Kill the messenger
Statement of responsibility
Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta
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Actor
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Director of photography
Film director
Film distributor
Film editor
Film producer
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Costume designer, Kimberly Adams ; music by Nathan Johnson ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; production designer, John Paino ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; language and drug content
Language note
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.K555 2015
PerformerNote
Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia, Lucas Hedges, Richard Schiff, Josh Close, Robert Patrick, Yul Vazquez, Gil Bellows, Dan Futterman
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  • 1965-
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  • 1976-
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  • Cuesta, Michael
  • Landesman, Peter
  • Abdy, Pamela
  • Handfield, Don
  • Bederman, Michael
  • Stuber, Scott
  • Despres, Naomi
  • Renner, Jeremy
  • DeWitt, Rosemarie
  • Liotta, Ray
  • Nelson, Tim Blake
  • Pepper, Barry
  • Platt, Oliver
  • Sheen, Michael
  • Vega, Paz
  • Williams, Michael Kenneth
  • Winstead, Mary Elizabeth
  • Garcia, Andy
  • Hedges, Lucas
  • Schiff, Richard
  • Close, Joshua
  • Patrick, Robert
  • Vazquez, Yul
  • Bellows, Gil
  • Futterman, Dan
  • Adams-Galligan, Kimberly
  • Johnson, Nathan
  • Kates, Brian A.
  • Paino, John
  • Bobbitt, Sean
  • Webb, Gary
  • Schou, Nick
  • Focus Features
  • Bluegrass Films
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
112
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  • Schou, Nick
  • Drug traffic
  • Journalists
Technique
live action
Label
Kill the messenger, Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta
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Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2014
  • Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou
  • Special features: Deleted scenes; Kill the messenger : the all-star cast; Crack in America; Filming in Georgia; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192218538
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
62130347
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 2062596
  • (OCoLC)900739439
  • (OCoLC)ocn900739439
  • 2083150
  • 2093333
  • 2094121
System details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Kill the messenger, Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2014
  • Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou
  • Special features: Deleted scenes; Kill the messenger : the all-star cast; Crack in America; Filming in Georgia; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192218538
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
62130347
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 2062596
  • (OCoLC)900739439
  • (OCoLC)ocn900739439
  • 2083150
  • 2093333
  • 2094121
System details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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