The first clip has arrived for writer/director Scott Cooper’s intense revenge thriller OUT OF THE FURNACE, which features an incredible all-star cast led by Oscar-winner Christian Bale. The film is Cooper’s follow-up to his Academy Award-winning directorial debut CRAZY HEART. It centres on a struggling factory worker pushed to breaking point when his brother, who has just returned from a tour-of-duty in the US military, disappears after getting mixed up with the local organised crime kingpin.
From Scott Cooper, the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so—with nothing left to lose—Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.
OUT OF THE FURNACE co-stars Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard and Zoe Saldana. It’s released in the US on the 6th December and the UK 31st February 2014.
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
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Glorious_Cause
Nov 8, 2013 at 6:36 am
Hard to take any movie seriously when Woody Harrelson is the villian.
Glorious_Cause
Nov 8, 2013 at 6:36 am
Hard to take any movie seriously when Woody Harrelson is the villian.
Such a goofball actor.