Kill the Messenger

Name: Kill the Messenger
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History
Released: 2014-10-09
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick

Can you keep a national secret?

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Video for the film Kill the Messenger — Official UK Trailer

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Release date

2014-10-09

Country

United States

Production

Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity, Bluegrass Films, The Combine

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History

Budget

$5 000 000

Box office

$5 200 000

Website

Director

Michael Cuesta

Actors

Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick, Andy García, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Blake Nelson
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Scenario

Producer

Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Pamela Abdy, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman, Peter Landesman

Camera operator

Sean Bobbitt

Composer

Nathan Johnson

Artist

John Paino

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

Brian A. Kates
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Short description

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

What's left behind the scenes

In the early stages of production, negotiations were held with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise regarding the role of Gary Webb.
Before a contract was signed with director Michael Cuesta, Spike Lee expressed his interest in heading the project.
In the film, Jeremy Renner's character drives a Triumph TR6 convertible.
The film mentions the National Press Association, which does not actually exist.