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American Animals (Original title)
Dates: 2018 (Copyright), 01 June 2018 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Bart Layton

Synopsis: A 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.

Genres:
Drama-documentary, Crime

Subjects:
Libraries, Theft, Birds of America, The (1838)
Releases
Date: 01 June 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: MoviePass Ventures
Date: 07 September 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 116 mins 45 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: STX International