Drive

20112011
RR
1h 40min

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.

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An action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlighting as a getaway driver finding himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.An action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlighting as a getaway driver finding himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.An action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlighting as a getaway driver finding himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.

Director
- Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers
- Hossein Amini(screenplay)
- James Sallis(book)
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 79 wins & 180 nominations total

Carey Mulligan in Drive (2011)

James Biberi and Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

Ron Perlman and Bryan Cranston in Drive (2011)

Carey Mulligan in Drive (2011)

Albert Brooks in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling and Tim Trella in Drive (2011)

Carey Mulligan in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

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This action drama follows a mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic boss is trying to set up a race team using gangland money, which implicates our driver as he is to be used as the race team's main driver. Our hero gets more than he bargained for when he meets the man who is married to the woman he loves. —shin

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Taglines
- Some Heroes Are Real
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity.
Parents guide

Trivia
The Driver and Irene actually say very little to each other, primarily because Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan felt that their scenes should be more focused on the mood and refused to say many of the scripted lines. Mulligan summarized making the film as "staring longingly at Ryan Gosling for hours each day."

Goofs
When Driver crashes into Nino's car and pushes him off the cliff, the car at the top of the cliff has all front end lights working. There is no chance the lights would have survived such an impact.

Quotes
[first lines]
Driver: [on phone] There's a hundred-thousand streets in this city. You don't need to know the route. You give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that and you're on your own. Do you understand?
[pause]
Driver: Good. And you won't be able to reach me on this phone again.

Alternate versions
The preview version of the movie has slightly different dialogue in the telephone conversation between Bernie Rose and Driver preceding the meeting at the Great Wall restaurant. Regular theatrical cut Driver: [to Bernie] You know the story about the scorpion and the frog? Your friend Nino didn't make it across the river. Preview version Bernie Rose: Where's Nino? Driver: He's Gone. The reference to the story about the scorpion and the frog was left out of the preview version.

Connections
Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.19 (2011)

Soundtracks
Tick of the Clock
Written by Johnny Jewel
Performed by Chromatics (as The Chromatics)
Courtesy of Italians Do It Better Records

Top review

Drive through LA

A haunting movie with a stilted atmosphere reminiscent of Mulholland Drive though in an altogether different genre. The pink credits beginning the movie and the music throughout are pure eighties and set an offbeat tone against the contemporary LA streets and skyline. Great character studies punctuated by violent action scenes keep the audience immersed in this blood bath of a movie. Some powerful performances, stylish direction and intricate plotting complete this strangely understated production. Drive may not deliver box office gold in the short term though will certainly be paying long term dividends as a reference point for future film noir writers, directors and fans.

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Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $35,061,555
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,340,461
- Sep 18, 2011
Gross worldwide
- $77,187,281

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Runtime
- 1h 40min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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