What's On At The Movies
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:55 am
Went to see American Hustle last night. We thought it was great.
Genre
Drama
Director
David O. Russell
Cast
Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Peña, Shea Whigham, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Röhm, Paul Herman, Saïd Taghmaoui, Matthew Russell, Adrian Martinez, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Camp, Dawn Olivieri, Jay Giannone, Jack Jones, Steve Gagliastro, Chris Tarjan, Zachariah Supka, Christy Scott Cashman
Producer
Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Matthew Budman, Bradley Cooper, Eric Warren Singer, George Parra, Mark Kamine, Andy Horwitz, Michele M Ziegler
Writer
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Synopsis
American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) who, along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, American Hustle defies genre, hinging on raw emotion and life-and-death stakes.
Awards
•Alan Baumgarten Co-Nominee for the 2013 Critics' Choice Award for Best Editing
•Alessandro Nivola Co-Nominee for the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
•Amy Adams Co-Nominee for the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
•Amy Adams Nominee for the 2013 BAFTA Award for Actress In a Leading Role
•Amy Adams Nominee for the 2013 Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy