Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 22 nominations
Betty Jean Gooch
- The Real Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
- (as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch)
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
- Female Art Professor
- (as Karen Reynolds)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring filming the actors were not allowed to meet their real life counterparts because the director feared they would sympathise and/or play them in a certain light.
- GoofsAt the end of the movie, when it is explaining what each character is up to now, the text says that Charles Allen II is "writing a book on prison workout regimes." Some people regard this as a mistake and think the word should be "regimens". However, all major dictionaries recognize the use of "regime" to mean "regimen".
- Quotes
Warren Lipka: You're taught your entire life that what you do matters and that you're special. And that, there are things you can point towards that would... which'll show that you're special, that show you're different, when, in all reality, those things... don't matter. And you're not special.
- Crazy creditsPreceding the opening credits is this quote: "We must suppose that American animals...slowly migrated by successive generations from the outer world into the deeper and deeper recesses of the Kentucky caves." Attribution is to Charles Darwin, from his seminal work, "On the Origin of Species."
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- SoundtracksSound of da Police
Written by Showbiz (as Rodney Lemay), KRS-One (as Lawrence Parker), Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler (as Bryan Chandler), Alan Lomax
Performed by KRS-One
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Used by kind permission of Carlin Music Corp.
By permission of Concord Music Publishing
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Licensed by Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Featured review
Now here is one of the most unique films of 2018, both in the story itself and the way Bart Layton tells said story. The fact that they used the real life people for each of the four main characters to help propel the story forward in a documentary-style fashion is absolutely brilliant, and even hilarious at times. Unlike their real-life counterparts, these four actors seem to have a really great future, each having their own share of scenes to steal. Unsurprisingly, Barry Keoghan was the clear standpoint, constantly bordering the line of unsettlingly charismatic and offputting. Which, for a movie like this, is basically perfect. A certain part of me watching this kept going, are these kids complete idiots? Some of the things they decide to do and how they go about doing them are just mind-bendingly stupid, but the way these characters act create a definite believability in some regard. But undoubtedly, American Animals is one of the strangest and most interesting films of 2018.
7.6/10
7.6/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Jan 12, 2019
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Американські тварини
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,856,954
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $134,793
- Jun 3, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $4,080,073
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2:39 : 1
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