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Gone Baby Gone (2007) -- Based on the Dennis Lehane novel about two Boston area detectives investigating a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) -- Behind the scenes: Ben Affleck directs Casey Affleck
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) -- Hannah Storm chats with Casey Affleck about his upcoming films "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Assassination Of Jesse James," and why fatherhood has presented him with the biggest challenge of his career.

Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   51,551 votes
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Director:
Ben Affleck
Writers (WGA):
Ben Affleck (screenplay) &
Aaron Stockard (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
19 October 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It. more
Plot:
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 8 nominations more
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(124 articles)
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User Comments:
See it before it's gone, baby, gone! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more
Company:
LivePlanet more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ben Affleck initially considered starring in the film. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The inspection stickers on the vehicles have a "0" before the number of month of which they are inspected. In Massachusetts, they do not. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Patrick Kenzie: I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "At the Movies: (#6.1)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
No Matter What You Do more

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58 out of 85 people found the following comment useful:-
See it before it's gone, baby, gone!, 12 November 2007
7/10
Author: brefane from United States

Ben Affleck's impressive directorial debut features some remarkably naturalistic performances, a genuine sense of locale, and an atmosphere of despair and hopelessness that becomes a major antagonist. An honestly downbeat film, it portrays a mode of existence where nothing is black or white, and it is that gray area that the film explores so effectively even if I find the story from Dennis Leheane's novel to be a bit far-fetched and convoluted. More than The Departed, Mystic River, and Peter Yates' The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Gone, Baby, Gone understands the inter-relationship among cops, criminals, and a neighborhood as they search for a missing child. Though the boyish Casey Affleck is arguably miscast as Patrick, a character who was more mature in the novel, his performance cannot be faulted and by the end he has won us over. The last scene is particularly resonant. Though well-known actors such as Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman are expectedly good, it is the performances of an unknown supporting cast that gives the film a disturbing authenticity. And Amy Ryan as the child's mother gives a trenchant performance. Director Affleck maintains an admirable tone of objectivity and compassion throughout, and he has made a film that is worthy of your time. Go!Baby!Go!

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