Information
- BFI identifierN-3182379
- Date2018 (Copyright)
2018-06-01 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA group of naive students conspire to steal a valuable edition of John James Audubon's 'The Birds of America' and other rare books from Transylvania University's library. With no experience of theft they draw on Stanley Kubrick's 1956 film The Killing to design their own heist, but in execution things do not go as planned. (Synopsis)
- Work historyGenre note: The film is a mix of fiction and non-fiction, involving both drama based on real events and documentary footage of the real people involved. Locations note: Filmed on location in North Carolina, New York City and Amsterdam.
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- Credits
- CastEvan Peters (Warren Lipka)
Barry Keoghan (Spencer Reinhard)
Blake Jenner (Charles Allen II, ‘Chas’)
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Title
American Animals (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/0EDE-995D-DF97-4E7E-9CF8-KCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes August 2018
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- American Animals
Work - N-3182379 - 2018 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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