Promised Land

20122012
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1h 46min

Promised Land (2012)

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

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A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Director
- Gus Van Sant
Writers
- John Krasinski(screenplay)
- Matt Damon(screenplay)
- Dave Eggers(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations

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Making Of

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Rosemarie DeWitt in Promised Land (2012)

Frances McDormand in Promised Land (2012)

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John Krasinski in Promised Land (2012)

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Hal Holbrook in Promised Land (2012)

Matt Damon in Promised Land (2012)

John Krasinski in Promised Land (2012)

Matt Damon in Promised Land (2012)

Matt Damon and Rosemarie DeWitt in Promised Land (2012)

Matt Damon and John Krasinski in Promised Land (2012)

Matt Damon and Frances McDormand in Promised Land (2012)

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The Adjustment Bureau

Corporate salesman Steve Butler (Matt Damon) arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason (McDormand). With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (Krasinski) who counters Steve both personally and professionally. —Focus Features

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Taglines
- What's your price?
Genre
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language
Parents guide

Trivia
Originally, this movie was supposed to be Matt Damon's directorial debut. But due to short time to prepare for the movie and also some creative conflicts, Damon dropped out as the director (but remained as an actor) and Gus Van Sant came aboard to direct.

Goofs
Yates is said to have an M.A. from MIT, but MIT does not grant Master of Arts degrees.

Quotes
Alice: Let me guess: 40, married, marketing, two kids.
Steve Butler: 38, stripper/waitress,but born to be a singer.
Alice: Fuck you, I'm a teacher!
Steve Butler: No, I was talking about me. You wanna see a dance? It's 100 bucks.

Crazy credits
Through most of the end credits, the camera zooms out to a wide shot of the town where the film takes place.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.54 (2012)

Soundtracks
Waterfront
Written by Dave Palmer and Brian Reitzell
Performed by Dave Palmer
Courtesy of Maryannis Music Inc.

Top review

8/10

Surprisingly Good Movie

I really enjoyed this film. Acting is superb (obviously, look at the cast), beautifully shot, engaging confident storytelling. Very will scripted by Krasinski and Damon.

People seem a bit split on this movie, I think that partly has to do with a 'hot button' subject, but I don't think the film overly politicized the issue, in fact it did a good job of not making it to preachy, and showed that it is a very complicated issue.

Also the movie isn't an action film, it's a drama, that is nonetheless thoroughly engaging. Highly recommend. would give it 10/10 but third act issues lowered the score for me just a bit. Still a great watch!

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Mar 13, 2013

Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $7,597,898
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $173,915
- Dec 30, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $11,039,031

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Runtime
- 1h 46min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Datasat
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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