American Hustle

"Everyone hustles to survive."

2013 2h 18m EN

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Synopsis

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A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

“Everyone hustles to survive.”

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Cast

Christian Bale
Irving Rosenfeld
Bradley Cooper
Richie DiMaso
Amy Adams
Sydney Prosser
Jeremy Renner
Mayor Carmine Polito
Jennifer Lawrence
Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Louis C.K.
Stoddard Thorsen
Jack Huston
Pete Musane
Michael Peña
Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David O. Russell
Writers: David O. Russell, Eric Warren Singer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David O. Russell, shot by Linus Sandgren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Crispin Struthers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everyone hustles to survive.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1800241 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

David O. Russell directs. Linus Sandgren behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Crispin Struthers cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 6.3× over at the box office.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by David O. Russell, shot by Linus Sandgren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Crispin Struthers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everyone hustles to survive.".
8IMDB entry: tt1800241 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "new jersey", "1970s", "fbi", "mayor".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Crispin Struthers
Production design: Judy Becker
Costume design: Michael Wilkinson
Makeup / hair: Lori McCoy-Bell
VFX supervisor: Sean Devereaux
Sound: John Ross
Stunt coordinator: Frank Torres
Runtime: 138 min · 2h 18m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $251,171,807
Return: 628% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: American Hustle (2013)

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

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suprmed2014-01-01
Good
DanDare2017-03-20
★ 6/10
American Hustle is has a heavy dose of Scorsese circa 1970s with the violence replaced more by black humour. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner and Bradley Cooper all deliver excellent performances. Robert De Niro makes a cameo and reminds the audience why he was at one time the best screen actor in the world. This is a black comedy-drama set in the late 1970's based on the true life Abscam scandal. FBI agents and con artists joined up to frame politicians for taking bribes. Bale plays a pot bellied hustler with bad hair. Amy Adams is his partner in crime who passes off as an English Aristocrat. Both have struck it rich in a scam where they dupe arrangement fees for loans that never come to fruition. Cooper is the ambitious FBI agent with a big ego who has the the mafia in his sights and wants to reel in a big catch but he might be out of his depth. Jeremy Renner is the charismatic Mayor of New Jersey. A man with a big heart who wants to get things done and Bale feels guilty about getting him involved in the sting operation. Director David O Russell gets great performances from his cast but the film feels flabby which blunts the story and the humour feels stretched at times.
stackkorora2019-12-22
★ 8/10
A very well acted, directed, filmed movie telling an interesting story about terrible terrible people. I didn't like and couldn't root for anyone which /almost/ made me hate the film, but it was so well done and the story was interesting...so 4 stars.