American Animals

USA, 116 Minutes, Comedy/Thriller/Nonfiction, English, Not Rated

Showings

Michigan Theater - Screening Room Fri, Jun 1, 2018 6:00 PM
State Theatre - Screen 1 Mon, Jun 4, 2018 5:00 PM
Event Info
Film Section:US Narrative
Category:Films
Dramas
US Narratives
Ann Arbor
MT
Members Screening
Michigan Premiere
ST
Content Warnings:Explicit Language
Violence
Audience Award:Yes
Film Info
Run Time (in minutes):116 minutes
Premiere Status:Michigan Premiere
Rating:NR
Production Country:United States
Language:English
Previous Festivals:Sundance
SXSW
True/False
Cleveland International Film Festival
Festival Awards:Grand Jury Prize Nominee (Sundance 2018)
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Bart Layton
Notable Cast:Evan Peters
Barry Keoghan
Blake Jenner

Description

MICHIGAN PREMIERE! Lexington, Kentucky, 2004: Spencer and Warren dream of remarkable lives beyond their middle-class suburban existence. They head off to colleges in the same town, haunted by the fear they may never be special in any way. Spencer is given a tour of his school’s incredibly valuable rare book collection and describes it all to Warren. Suddenly, it hits them—they could pull off one of the most audacious art thefts in recent history. Buoyed by an exceptional cast, BAFTA Award–winning documentary director BART LAYTON makes a brilliant leap into the world of fiction, cleverly utilizing elements of nonfiction to propel the narrative. A true story, American Animals is both a thrilling heist film and an existential journey of four misguided young men searching in all the wrong places for identity, meaning, adventure, and the kind of life that movies are made about. --Sundance Film Festival, 2018
MEMBERS SCREENING, Saturday June 2 at 4:00 PM. Members of the Michigan Theater, Arab American National Museum, DIA, The Henry Ford, The Wright Museum, Cinema Detroit, and CCS are invited to see AMERICAN ANIMALS on us! Must show your membership card at the door for admission.