American Animals

2018
15
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

50K

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Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

50K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 22 nominations

Videos18

Trailer 2:25

Official Trailer

Clip 4:17

American Animals (Opening Scene)

Featurette 1:00

American Animals: Spencer (Featurette)

Featurette 1:00

American Animals: Eric (Featurette)

Featurette 1:01

American Animals: Warren (Featurette)

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Trivia
During 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.

Goofs
At 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 credits
Preceding 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."

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Amazing Movies You Missed This Spring (2018)

Soundtracks
Sound 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.

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Featured review

7/10

most underrated movie 2018

The bad ratings might result because this movie is a mix of documentary and fiction, implementing real protagonists with actors etc, but for me this movie was intense, emotional, stylish filming, good acting and garnished with a cool soundtrack. definitely a must watch and one of the most underrated movies of 2018.