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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FilmPublisher number: 62130347 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]Distributor: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
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- Costume designer, Kimberly Adams ; music by Nathan Johnson ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; production designer, John Paino ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adapted from author Nick Schou's book Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb, director Michael Cuestra's fact-based drama stars two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner as the reporter whose life came to an abrupt and particularly suspicious end after revealing the CIA's involvement with the importing of cocaine into the United States in the 1980s. Paz Vega co-stars. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Kill the messenger : the all-star cast; Crack in America; Filming in Georgia; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta.
Costume designer, Kimberly Adams ; music by Nathan Johnson ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; production designer, John Paino ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.
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.
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.
MPAA rating: R; language and drug content.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.