PRINCIPAL CAST

Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Scott Glenn, Nikolette Noel, David Oyelowo, Ned Bellamy, Ava Bogle, Katarzyna Wolejnio

DIRECTOR

Lee Daniels

WRITER

Lee Daniels, Peter Dexter

PRODUCER

Hilary Shor, Cassian Elwes, Ed Cathell III, Lee Daniels

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Michael Benaroya

SYNOPSIS

A sexually and racially charged film noir from Oscar®-nominated director Lee Daniels (Precious), The Paperboy takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack (Zac Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. Based on the provocative bestselling novel by Pete Dexter (Mulholland Falls, Rush), The Paperboy peels back a sleepy small town's decades-old façade of Southern gentility to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou.

BOX OFFICE

$0.6 Million

GENRE

Suspense/Drama

RATING

Rated R
strong sexual content, violence and language

RUN TIME

107 Minutes

STUDIO

Alchemy