File:Gone_Baby_Gone_poster.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Gone Baby Gone
Sign in to save2007 film by Ben Affleck
OverviewAI-generated
Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 American crime, neo-noir, mystery, and drama film directed and written by Ben Affleck. The cast includes Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris. Based on the work by Dennis Lehane, the narrative is set in Boston. The film was produced by Ben Affleck, Alan Ladd Jr., and Sean Bailey, with Miramax and The Ladd Company serving as production companies. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score, and William Goldenberg edited the film.
The movie has a runtime of 114 minutes and was distributed by Netflix. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Financial records indicate a budget of 19,000,000 and revenue of 34,600,000. Audience ratings vary across platforms, with an IMDb score of 7.6 based on 311,524 votes and a TMDb average of 7.306 from 4,175 votes. The film’s tagline reads, "Everyone wants the truth... until they find it."
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.3When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
Cast
- Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie
- Michelle Monaghan as Angie Gennaro
- Morgan Freeman as Jack Doyle
- Ed Harris as Remy Bressant
- John Ashton as Nick Poole
- Amy Ryan as Helene McCready
Themes
- robbery
- corruption
- based on novel or book
- police
- kidnapping
- boston, massachusetts
- blackmail
- detective
- drug addiction
- murder
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Ben Affleck
- Screenplay by
- Ben Affleck Aaron Stockard
- Based on
- Gone, Baby, Gone , by Dennis Lehane
- Produced by
- Sean Bailey Alan Ladd Jr. Danton Rissner
- Starring
- Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver
- Cinematography
- John Toll
- Edited by
- William Goldenberg
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Miramax Films , The Ladd Company , LivePlanet
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release date
- October 19, 2007 ( 2007-10-19 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19 million
- Box office
- $34.6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Gone, Baby, Gone
- Director
- Ben Affleck
- Screenwriter
- Ben Affleck
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Sean Bailey
- Production company
- The Ladd Company
- Cinematographer
- John Toll
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 809192
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/gone-baby-gone
- Image
- AffleckDirectingGBG06 - Crop.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- Gone Baby Gone
- film editor
- William Goldenberg
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Dennis Lehane
- executive producer
- Davy Crockett
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 72/100
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 American crime drama film directed by Ben Affleck in his directorial debut. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Stockard based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film stars Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as two Boston private investigators hunting for a young girl abducted from her single mother's apartment in Dorchester. The supporting cast includes Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan. It was the final film to be released by The Ladd Company before its closure on December 19, 2007.
Released on October 19, 2007, Gone Baby Gone was well-received by critics and grossed $34 million worldwide against a $19 million budget. Ben Affleck was lauded for his directing debut by critics, while Amy Ryan received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gone Baby Gone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.