Oscar winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator,” “A Beautiful Mind”) and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling (“Half Nelson,” “The Big Short”) star in Silver Pictures’ action comedy “The Nice Guys,” from writer/director Shane Black (“Iron Man 3,” “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” “Lethal Weapon”).
“The Nice Guys” unfolds in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe) become the unlikeliest of partners. Working together, they have to find a missing girl who seems to have a target on her back. And is her case related to the violent death of porn star Misty Mountain in a car crash? During their investigation, March and Healy begin to uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power…and just might get them both killed.
The film also stars young actress Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer (“Magic Mike,” HBO’s “The Normal Heart”), Margaret Qualley (HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Keith David (TV’s “Community”), Beau Knapp (“The Gift”) and Oscar winner Kim Basinger (“L.A. Confidential”).
Shane Black directed the film from an original screenplay he wrote with Anthony Bagarozzi. Joel Silver (the “Lethal Weapon” films, “The Matrix” films, the “Sherlock Holmes” films) produced the film under his Silver Pictures banner. Ken Kao, Hal Sadoff, Bagarozzi, Alex Walton and Michael J. Malone served as executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes creative team included Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It,” the “Sherlock Holmes” films), production designer Richard Bridgland (“Serena,” “Unknown”), editor Joel Negrón (“21 Jump Street,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), and costume designer Kym Barrett (“The Matrix” 2 films, “The Amazing Spider-Man”). The score is by composer John Ottman (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) & David Buckley (TV’s “The Good Wife”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Silver Pictures Production in association with Waypoint Entertainment, “The Nice Guys.” Slated for release on May 20, 2016, the film will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
“The Nice Guys” has been rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity, language and brief drug use.
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