American Animals

American Animals

The unbelievable yet true story of four young men who attempted to execute one of the most audacious art heists in US history. The four amateurs and makeshift robbers are not driven by a concrete materialistic motive or a revolutionary impulse. They are merely striving to spice up their dull, predictable and more than ordinary life with an artificial adrenaline injection. Α spirited blend of fiction and documentary elements that blurs the borderline between reality and imagination, proving that the truth, often enough, is nothing more than an illusion, a mere fraud of the mind.
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Direction: Bart Layton
Script: Bart Layton
Cinematography: Ole Bratt Birkeland
Editing: Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart
Sound: Paul Davies, Joe Foglia
Music: Anne Nikitin
Actors: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Udo Kier
Production: Film4, New Amsterdam Film Company, RAW
Producers: Derrin Schlesinger, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Mary Jane Skalski
Co-producers: Scott Clackum
Art Direction: William G. Davis, Romke Faber
Costumes: Jenny Eagan
Executive producer: Daniel Battsek, David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Len Blavatnik, Aviv Giladi, Toby Hill, Piers Vellacott, Tory Metzger, Darren Demetre
Camera: Nicole Lobell, Ian Hayes Brett
Make Up: Chris Varosky
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA, UK
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 116΄
Distribution in Greece: Seven Films, sevenfilms@sevenfilms.gr
Awards/Distinctions: Best Debut Screenwriter, Best Editing – British Independent Film Awards 2018, Jury Prize – Deauville FF 2018

Bart Layton

Bart Layton is an English filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the documentary The Imposter, which revolves around the outrageous case of the French imposter Frédéric Bourdin. Layton’s debut feature American Animals is based on the true story of a book heist, combining fictionalized versions of the true events and interviews of the real-life criminals behind the robbery. Layton is currently employed as the creative director of Raw, a British production company.

Filmography

2005 Becoming Alexander (TV movie doc)
2006 Locked Up Abroad (TV movie doc)
2006 16 for a Day (TV movie doc)
2012 The Imposter (doc)
2018 American Animals