Kill the Messenger (2014 film)

Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Cuesta
Written by	Peter Landesman
Based on	Kill the Messenger; by Nick Schou; Dark Alliance; by Gary Webb
Produced by	Pamela Abdy; Naomi Despres; Jeremy Renner; Scott Stuber;
Starring	Jeremy Renner; Rosemarie DeWitt; Ray Liotta; Tim Blake Nelson; Barry Pepper; Oliver Platt; Michael Sheen; Michael K. Williams; Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Andy García;
Cinematography	Sean Bobbitt
Edited by	Brian A. Kates
Music by	Nathan Johnson
Production; companies	Bluegrass Films; The Combine;
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date	October 10, 2014;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$6.7 million

Kill the Messenger is a 2014 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Michael Cuesta and written by Peter Landesman. It is based on the book of the same name by Nick Schou and the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb. The film stars Jeremy Renner, who also produced the film. The film was released on October 10, 2014, and depicts a reporter's suppressed attempts to cover the CIA involvement and secret support of large scale cocaine sales to fund the Nicaraguan Contras.

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