New Trailer For The Crazy and Incredibly Entertaining Heist Film AMERICAN ANIMALS
I've got a great new trailer for you to check out for the upcoming unbelievable true crime heist film American Animals. I saw this movie at Sundance earlier this year and so far it's still holding strong as one of my favorite movies of the year. It was just such a wonderfully entertaining movie.
The film tells the true story of four friends who attempt to plan and execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. This story was told in such a fun, original, and unique way. I really hope people go and see this movie because it's quite a wild ride.
The movie stars Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson and this is the synopsis:
American Animals is the unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky. Spencer (Keoghan), is determined to become an artist but feels he lacks the essential ingredient that unites all great artists – suffering. His closest friend, Warren (Peters), has also been raised to believe that his life will be special, and that he will be unique in some way. But as they leave the suburbs for universities in the same town, the realities of adult life begin to dawn on them and with that, the realization that their lives may in fact never be important or special in any way. Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of Spencer's college Library. Enlisting two more friends, accounting major Eric (Abrahamson) and fitness fanatic Chas (Jenner), and taking their cues from heist movies, the gang meticulously plots the theft and subsequent fence of the stolen artworks. Although some of the group begin to have second thoughts, they discover that the plan has seemingly taken on a life of its own. Unfolding from multiple perspectives, and innovatively incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, writer-director Bart Layton (The Imposter) takes the heist movie into bold new territory.
Here's what we had to say about the film in our review:
Combining interviews with the real people involved and dramatic (and maybe not completely accurate) re-creation of the actual event, American Animals is captivating from start to finish. The use of light-hearted banter makes you feel like you are right there hanging out with the guys as they plan the heist, but as their scheme becomes a reality, the humor and fun ebbs away as the severity of what they're doing and their obvious lack of skill sets in. Their plan is so bizarre, it includes them not only robbing the library in the middle of the day, but doing so dressed ridiculously as old men.
I loved the originality of this film. Sometimes, the actors interact with the real people they’re portraying, other times the characters’ lines overlap poetically with the interviews. The acting is so terrific, and the interviews are so well crafted, it makes the whole thing feel incredibly real without being preachy, like some documentaries tend to be. This one is definitely not to be missed.
American Animals arrives in theaters on June 1, 2018. Don't miss it!