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Kill The Messenger

Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warn...

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Other Authors: Cuesta, Michael, 1963- (Film director), Landesman, Peter, 1965- (Film producer, Screenwriter), Abdy, Pamela (Film producer), Handfield, Don (Film producer), Bederman, Michael (Film producer), Stuber, Scott (Film producer), Despres, Naomi (Film producer), Renner, Jeremy (Film producer, Actor), DeWitt, Rosemarie (Actor), Liotta, Ray (Actor), Nelson, Tim Blake (Actor), Pepper, Barry, 1970- (Actor), Platt, Oliver (Actor), Sheen, Michael (Actor), Vega, Paz, 1976- (Actor), Williams, Michael Kenneth (Actor), Winstead, Mary Elizabeth (Actor), Garcia, Andy (Actor), Hedges, Lucas, 1996- (Actor), Schiff, Richard, 1955- (Actor), Close, Joshua, 1981- (Actor), Patrick, Robert, 1958- (Actor), Vazquez, Yul (Actor), Bellows, Gil (Actor), Futterman, Dan, 1967- (Actor), Adams-Galligan, Kimberly, 1963- (Costume designer), Johnson, Nathan, 1976- (composer (expression)), Kates, Brian A., 1972- (Film editor), Paino, John (Production designer), Bobbitt, Sean (director of photography.), Webb, Gary, 1955-2004, Schou, Nick
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]
Subjects:
Drug traffic > Drama.
Journalists > Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Kill the messenger : the all-star cast; Crack in America; Filming in Georgia; Feature commentary with director Michael Cuesta.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; language and drug content.
Production Credits:Costume designer, Kimberly Adams ; music by Nathan Johnson ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; production designer, John Paino ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.

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