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2013 · 116 min · R

Out of the Furnace

Directed by Scott Cooper · Thriller, Drama, Crime

Out of the Furnace (2013) is a Thriller film, directed by Scott Cooper set in Pennsylvania and New Jersey during the 2000s. It runs 116 minutes and is rated R.

A neo noir, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of family & loyalty and revenge run throughout.

Composer
Dickon Hinchliffe
Cinematography
Masanobu Takayanagi
Cast
Christian BaleZoe SaldañaWoody HarrelsonSam ShepardWillem DafoeForest WhitakerCasey AffleckBoyd Holbrook

The world of this film

Setting

Where
PennsylvaniaNew Jersey
Setting
RuralMountain
When
2000s

Premise & themes

Premise
Neo Noir
Themes
Family & LoyaltyRevenge
Tone
BleakTense

Shape

Protagonist
Solo Lead
Pacing
Slow Burn
Based on
Pure Fiction

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