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Kill the messenger [dvd]

2015
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Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (‘The Bourne Legacy’) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. 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. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. - and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
Main title:
Kill the messenger [dvd]
Author:
Cuesta, Michael, 1963-Landesman, PeterStuber, ScottDespres, NaomiWebb, Gary, 1955-2004Schou, NickRenner, Jeremy, 1971-DeWitt, RosemarieLiotta, RayNelson, Tim BlakePepper, Barry, 1970-Platt, OliverSheen, Michael, 1969-Williams, Michael KennethWinstead, Mary ElizabethGarcia, AndyFocus FeaturesBluegrass Films
Work:
Kill the messenger (Motion picture : 2014)
Imprint:
Australia : Transmission Films Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment (Australasia), ©2015.©2014
Collation:
1 DVD-video (107 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Catalogued from container.Paramount : DVD9753.DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.Based upon the books 'Dark alliance' by Gary Webb and 'Kill the messenger' by Nick Shou.Special features : Deleted scenes ; Kill the messenger: All star cast ; Crack in America ; Filming in Georgia ; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta.English. English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired].
Credits:
Directed by Michael Cuesta ; written by Peter Landesman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner.
Performers:
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia.
Audience:
Classification : M.
System details:
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1, PAL, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, 2.40:1.
Shelving notes:
36266 0000050647 1 21-03-2015 99 DVD nyctro 24-03-2015 7
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
English
Added title:
Kill the messenger (Motion picture : 2014)Dark allianceKill the messenger
Subject:
Webb, Gary, 1955-2004 -- DramaUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Corrupt practices -- DramaVideo recordings for the hearing impairedDrug traffic -- DramaJournalists -- DramaInvestigative reporting -- United States -- DramaFeature filmsFilm adaptationsCrime filmsBiographical films
BRN:
113244
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=113244
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