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American Animals is a 2018 docudrama heist film written and directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, and Ann Dowd, it is an account of the Transylvania University book heist which took place at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004. [4]
- $4.1 million
- Bart Layton
- Anne Nikitin
American Animals: Directed by Bart Layton. With Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen. Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
- Bart Layton
- 2 min
Four friends plan to steal rare books from a library in Kentucky, but their heist goes wrong. Watch the trailer, read critic and audience reviews, and see cast and crew information for this 2018 movie.
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- Bart Layton
- R
- Barry Keoghan
Jun 1, 2018 · A film about four college students who rob a library and face the consequences of their actions. The film uses real-life interviews to dramatize their crimes and their redemption, but the violence and ugliness of the robbery scenes are hard to stomach. The film is based on a true story, but the message is that you can star in your own movie if you commit a violent robbery and are from "America's Heartland".
Four college students in Kentucky plan and execute a daring robbery of rare books from their university library in 2003. Based on a true story, the film interweaves interviews with the real robbers and actors portraying them.
This incredible true story follows four disillusioned friends as they attempt to pull off the most daring art heists in U.S. history. But as their plot takes on a life of its own, will the group be able to pull off their crime and escape unscathed? 339 IMDb 7.0 1 h 56 min 2018. X-Ray R.
