The Weinstein Company's
critically-acclaimed crime comedy “Killing Them Softly” starring Brad Pitt will
be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 3 and
Trinoma) starting Dec. 5.
Photo courtesy of Weinstein Company |
In
the film, three dumb guys who think they’re smart rob a Mob-protected card
game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Pitt plays the enforcer
hired to track them down and restore order.
“Killing
Them Softly” also stars Richard Jenkins (“The Cabin in the Woods”), James
Gandolfini (“The Taking of Pelham 123”), Ray Liotta (“Narc”), Scoot McNairy
(“Argo”) and Ben Mendelsohn (“The Dark Knight Rises”).
The
film is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (“The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”), and is based on the
George V. Higgins novel, Cogan’s Trade.
Andrew
Dominik explains he originally imagined the film as a drama, “But as I got into
it, it struck me that this was a story of an economic crisis; a crisis in a
criminal economy supported by gambling, and the problem was caused by a failure
to regulate. In other words: a microcosm of the larger story unfolding in
America at the time.
“I've
always felt that crime dramas are essentially about capitalism, since they show
the capitalist idea functioning in its most base form,” Domink continues. “It's
also the only genre where it's completely acceptable that the characters are
motivated only by a desire for money. None of this ‘family values,’ ‘follow
your dream,’ moral compass crap.”
The
director shares that he saw a film populated by people in pursuit of a buck,
who had absolutely no idea how unhappy they were, who found their jobs to be a
total drag, who were victim to indecisive, incompetent bosses, anesthetizing
themselves with drugs, sex, and alcohol, who never want to look their victims
in the eye. “And I thought: this has to be a comedy!,” he reveals.
“I
contacted Brad and explained the basic idea by text; I was trying to gauge his
interest before I moved on,” adds Domink. “I assumed at the time that he had
bigger fish to fry and wouldn't be interested in doing a modestly budgeted
movie on such short notice, but he responded immediately and 45 minutes later
he had not only agreed to do it, but we had a deal hammered out.”
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