Live by Night (film)
2016 film by Ben Affleck / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Live by Night is a 2016 American crime drama film written, directed, produced by and starring Ben Affleck. Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, the film follows an ambitious Ybor City bootlegger (Affleck) who becomes a notorious gangster.[5] The film also stars Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldaña, and Chris Cooper.
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Directed by | Ben Affleck |
Screenplay by | Ben Affleck |
Based on | Live by Night by Dennis Lehane |
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Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
Edited by | William Goldenberg |
Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 129 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Box office | $22.7 million[4] |
Produced by Warner Bros., 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 $22 million against its net budget of $65 million. The film lost around $75 million, according to insiders and rival studio executives.[6]