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Killer Joe
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Killer Joe is a 2011 American English-language comedy, exploitation, and drama film directed by William Friedkin and written by Tracy Letts. The cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, and Gina Gershon. Produced by Voltage Pictures, Nicolas Chartier, and companies including ANA Media and Worldview Entertainment, the movie was distributed by LD Entertainment and Netflix via video on demand. Filming took place in New Orleans, with the narrative set in Dallas.
The film has a runtime of 102 minutes and a budget of 10,000,000. It grossed 4,600,000 to 4,633,668 at the box office. Tyler Bates composed the score, and Caleb Deschanel served as director of photography. The story centers on a dysfunctional family and features keywords such as trailer park, gun, psychopath, and Texas. It has received review scores of 80%, 6.9/10, and 62/100, with an IMDb rating of 6.7.
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6.5A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Killer Joe Cooper
- Emile Hirsch as Chris Smith
- Juno Temple as Dottie Smith
- Thomas Haden Church as Ansel Smith
- Gina Gershon as Sharla Smith
- Marc Macaulay as Digger Soames
Themes
- trailer park
- gun
- psychopath
- texas
- deal
- dark comedy
- money
- arson
- sexual humiliation
- lingerie
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Screenwriter
- Tracy Letts
- Cast member
- Marc Macaulay
- Composer
- Tyler Bates
- Producer
- Nicolas Chartier
- Cinematographer
- Caleb Deschanel
- Narrative location
- Dallas
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 959184
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.killerjoethemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2013-02-07
- title
- Killer Joe
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 4600000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 62/100
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