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American Animals

American Animals

2018Movie⏱️ 1h 56mR🏆 #2776 Top Rated
BiographyCrimeDramaHistoryThriller
7
IMDB Rating
52,232 votes

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

Director
Bart Layton
Writers
Bart Layton, Jon Croker, Joe Murtagh
Stars
Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk
Release Date
August 14, 2018
Language
English, Dutch
Country
United Kingdom, United States
🏆 10
Wins
🎯 22
Nominations
💬 245
Reviews
📋 103K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Spencer Reinhard
as The Real Spencer Reinhard
👤
Warren Lipka
as The Real Warren Lipka
👤
Eric Borsuk
as The Real Eric Borsuk
Chas Allen
Chas Allen
as The Real Chas Allen
👤
Betty Jean Gooch
as The Real Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Evan Peters
Evan Peters
as Warren
Blake Jenner
Blake Jenner
as Chas
Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan
as Spencer
Jared Abrahamson
Jared Abrahamson
as Eric
Eddie King
Eddie King
as Male Art Professor

💰 Box Office

$4,080,073
Worldwide Gross
$2,856,954
Domestic Gross
$134,793
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2:39 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Production
Film4, New Amsterdam Film Company, RAW

🏷️ Keywords

heistheist gone wrongrare bookbookdisguise

🎯 Categories

HeistTrue CrimeBiographyCrimeDramaHistoryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

THE BOOK THIEVES
by js-661302018-05-28
8/10

"True story this, though the quartet of perpetrators of the most audacious literary crime have trouble keeping their story straight. That's part of the fun in recreating a 2004 Kentucky teenage heist: having the now grown ups involved, recount the events, separated by distance from each other, and time from the deed. "American Animals" seems too goofy for fact, but as usual, fiction loses out in the strange category. Spencer, Warren, Eric and Chas, (yes Chas), are privileged white boys getting their feet wet at University, itching for the action adult life has promised, which of..."

💡 Did You Know?

During filming the actors were not allowed to meet their real life counterparts because the director feared they would sympathise and/or play them in a certain light.

📖 Synopsis

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.