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Lawless (19-May-2012)

Director: John Hillcoat

Writer: Nick Cave

From novel by: Matt Bondurant

Keywords: Western, Moonshine

Crime drama tells the story of the Bondurant brothers, three moonshiners in Prohibition-era rural Virginia.

ABSTRACT
The Bondurant brothers -- Forrest, Howard, and Jack -- are three men in charge of a "gas station" serving as a front for their illegal moonshining activities in Franklin County, Virginia, circa 1931. Their relatively-stable criminal enterprise's existence is threatened, however, when corrupt Special Deputy Charley Rakes visits the operation one day and demands a cut of the profits, touching off a series of events that threatens to shatter the Bondurant brothers' livelihood and sheer existences.

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Jessica Chastain
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Jason Clarke
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Tom Hardy
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Shia LaBeouf
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Gary Oldman
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Guy Pearce
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Noah Taylor
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Mia Wasikowska
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