Lawless is a 2012 Western crime film directed by John Hillcoat and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce. The Nick Cave screenplay is based on the novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Plot
Three brothers find their bootlegging business under threat in Prohibition-era Franklin County, Virginia. The story is based on Matt Bondurant's grandfather and great-uncles
Cast
Tom Hardy as Forrest Bondurant.
Shia LaBeouf as Jack Bondurant, the youngest of the three brothers.
Jason Clarke as Howard Bondurant.
Guy Pearce as Special Agent Charlie Rakes.
Gary Oldman as Floyd Banner, a gangster.
Mia Wasikowska as Bertha Minnix, a Mennonite preacher's daughter who is the love interest of Jack.
Jessica Chastain as Maggie, Forrest's love interest.
Dane DeHaan as Cricket, Jack's best friend.
Randall Franks as leader of the Cornshuckers String Band that Bertha Minnix (Mia Wasikowska) performs with.
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Guy Pearce talks about his third collaboration with director John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road), the screenplay written by Nick Cave, the cast including Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska.
The movie is based on the book 'The Wettest County in the World' by Matt Bondurant.
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Shia LaBeouf Talks Teaming Up With Tom Hardy in Lawless
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