Promised Land

Promised Land is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. The screenplay was written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski, who also star alongside Frances McDormand and Rosemarie DeWitt. Chris Moore, Matt Damon, and John Krasinski served as producers. The film was produced by Focus Features, Participant, Pearl Street Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Media Farm, and Sunday Night Productions. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.

The narrative is set in Pennsylvania and concerns hydraulic fracturing and pollution. The film features a runtime of 106 minutes and was composed by Danny Elfman, with Linus Sandgren as director of photography. It received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award. The movie holds an R rating and has been described with the tagline "What's your price?"

Critical reception included a 53% rating and a 5.9/10 score, alongside a Metascore of 55. It achieved an IMDb rating of 6.6 based on 40,439 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.291. The production budget was 15,000,000, resulting in revenue of 8,100,000. The film has been recognized with 4 wins and 7 nominations in total.