One moment can change your life.
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jan 20198/10
If you ride like lightning, you're going to crash like thunder. The Place Beyond the Pines is directed by Derek Cianfrance and Cianfrance co-writes the screenplay with Ben Coccio and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Emory Cohen, Dane Dehaan, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn and Rose Byrne. Music is by Mike Patton and cinematography by Sean Bobbitt. A motorcycle stunt rider finds he has a son he never knew about and turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for both the child and his one time lover. This puts him on collision course with an ambitious rookie cop that has serious life changing consequences for both of them... The Place Beyond the Pines (superb title) is a three parter of a character study that examines the critical decisions we make in life whilst putting different characters along a road of reckoning. The atmosphere of palpable human foibles is quickly established by Cianfrance, the introduction of stunt rider Luke Ganton (Gosling mesmerising) the kick start for what will be a multiple character piece even though the narrative core is purely about Ganton and cop Avery (Cooper) and their impact on each other and those connected to each. Suc
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Cast
- Ryan GoslingLuke Glanton
- Bradley CooperAvery Cross
- Eva MendesRomina Gutierrez
- Rose ByrneJennifer Cross
- Ray LiottaPeter Deluca
- Dane DeHaanJason Kancam
- Emory CohenAJ Cross
- Mahershala AliKofi Kancam
- Bruce GreenwoodBill Killcullen
- Ben MendelsohnRobin Van Der Hook
Crew
- Derek CianfranceDirector
- Derek CianfranceScreenplay
- Darius MarderScreenplay
- Ben CoccioScreenplay
- Sean BobbittDirector of Photography
- Mike PattonOriginal Music Composer
- Ron PataneEditor
- Jim HeltonEditor
- Sidney KimmelProducer
- Jamie PatricofProducer
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