The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. It also stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, and Chris Cooper. It follows a group of Boston bank robbers who set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park. The film premiered on September 8, 2010 at the Venice Film Festival before being released in the United States on September 17, 2010.
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The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. It also stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, and Chris Cooper. It follows a group of Boston bank robbers who set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park. The film premiered on September 8, 2010 at the Venice Film Festival before being released in the United States on September 17, 2010. Based on actual events, it received praise from critics for its direction, screenplay, editing and the performances of the cast. It grossed USD 154 million worldwide and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2010, while Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 26, 2010, and on DVD on October 1, 2010; both versions of the film are available on DVD and Blu-Ray for the first time ever in the U.S. The movie is based on a true story of four lifelong friends from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown, Douglas \”Doug\” MacRay, James \”Jem\” Coughlin, Albert \”Gloansy\” MacGloan, and Desmond \”Dez\” Elden. The gang rob a bank. They take the assistant manager, Claire Keesey, hostage, but release her unharmed. When they find out Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug begins to follow her to find out how much she has told the police, and to make sure that the hot-headed Jem does not eliminate her as a witness.
Soon a romance grows between them, which Doug hides from the gang. As they grow closer, Doug tells Claire of his search for his long-lost mother, who he believes went to live with his aunt in Tangerine, Florida. During a visit to his father, Stephen, in prison, Doug reveals his plans to leave Boston and go to Florida. Doug and Jem enter disguised as Boston police officers, steal USD 3,500,000 in gate cash, and prepare to escape in an ambulance, disguised as paramedics. Doug asks Claire if she will go away with him, and she agrees. FBI Agent Adam Frawley surveils the gang and recognizes their ties to local Irish mobster Fergus \”Fergie\” Colm, whose front is a flower shop. Fergie threatens to kill Claire if Doug does not go through with the job, then proceeds to tell Doug how he controlled his father by making his mother an addict, which led to her suicide. Doug gives in but swears that he will kill FergIE if anything happens to Claire. Doug tells Jem that he wants to back out with the group’s next heist at Fenway park; angered, Jem beats Doug and tells him he is too deep into his life to be able to walk away. Doug’s ex-girlfriend and Jem’s sister, Krista, threatened by the FBI to go away without her, reveals enough for the gang to escape.
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