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A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 2014

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

User Score

66%

Original Title

A Most Violent Year

Production Companies

Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films

Director

J.C. Chandor

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$12,007,070

Description

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.