Christian Bale teams up with Crazy Heart writer/director Scott Cooper for the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace, coming to theaters on December 6, 2013 and now showing off a new poster and trailer. Will it be on the short list of films heading for Oscar glory? It’s too early to tell as it hasn’t screened yet (it’s slated to premiere at the AFI Fest in November), but it has a solid pedigree and could garner some awards attention.
In addition to Bale, the cast includes Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana, and Sam Shepard.
The Plot:
Russell Baze (Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue-collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so – with nothing left to lose – Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.
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