Live by Night (2016)

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers:

Ben Affleck (screenplay by), Dennis Lehane (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck	...	Joe Coughlin
Elle Fanning	...	Loretta Figgis
Remo Girone	...	Maso Pescatore
Brendan Gleeson	...	Thomas Coughlin
Robert Glenister	...	Albert White
Matthew Maher	...	RD Pruitt
Chris Messina	...	Dion Bartolo
Sienna Miller	...	Emma Gould
Miguel	...	Esteban Suarez (as Miguel J. Pimentel)
Zoe Saldana	...	Graciela
Chris Cooper	...	Chief Figgis
Titus Welliver	...	Tim Hickey
Max Casella	...	Digger Pescatore
Christian Clemenson	...	Ritz Investor
J.D. Evermore	...	Virgil Beauregard (as JD Evermore)

Storyline

Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying...

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Plot Keywords:

organized crime | prohibition | love | revenge | kkk | 

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Taglines:

The American Dream has a price

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Faceboook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

13 January 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vivir de Noche

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$108,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$33,000, 23 December 2016

Gross USA:

$10,377,558

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,706,524

Company Credits

Production Co:

Appian Way, Pearl Street Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Adam Driver and Jon Bernthal were considered for roles in the film.

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Goofs

When Chris Cooper's character is sitting in his chair repeating the word "Repent", the camera pans past a picture of Jesus. That picture, called "The Head of Christ", or The Sallman Head", was painted by Warner Sallman in 1940.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Joe Coughlin: [narrating] In 1917, I signed up to fight the Huns in France. Good men died all around me, and I saw no reason for it. The rules we lived by were lies. And they didn't apply to those who made them. I swore If I made it home, I would never follow orders again. I left a soldier, I came home an outlaw.

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Connections

Featured in Angels with Dirty Faces: The Women of 'Live By Night' (2017)

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Soundtracks

Moonglow
Written by Edgar De Lange (as Eddie De Lange), Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Performed by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Gangster Movie

I went to the theater to watch a Gangster/Mafia movie, and I got one. Mafia movies are by far my favorite type of movie. Live by Night delivered that 1920's gangster look. Ben Affleck does an amazing Irish Mafia member persona. The story was very moving and the characters were likable. There was just enough action in the movie. The tommy gun fight scenes felt like a real 1920's gang shoot out. Live by Night shows a true gangster movie look. Most Mafia movies rely on the story to make their movie good. Live by Night uses action and an amazing story. I had a little trouble with keeping up with the names of the characters but later on I started memorizing their names. Defiantly go see this movie if your a gangster/mafia movie fan. Live by Night will not disappoint you.