Out of the Furnace

Theatrical - Limited 2013-11-27

Cast Christian Bale Zoe Saldana Woody Harrelson Sam Shepard Willem Dafoe
Directed by Scott Cooper
Written by Scott Cooper Brad Ingelsby

Box Office Gross: $15,400,000

Running Time: 116 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Energy Entertainment, Appian Way, Relativity Media, Red Granite Pictures, Scott Free Productions

Genres: Crime Drama Thriller

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9/10

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Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

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