Three rebellious, bootlegging brothers find the elusive american dream within their reach, and fight to maintain their grip as powerful urban gangsters reap the rewards of their hard work in this sprawling great depressionera crime drama from director john hillcoat the road, the proposition. The standout from this movie is tom hardy, he is an exceptional actor, and it shows in this movie. With a foreword by director john hillcoat based on the true story of matt bondurants grandfather and two granduncles, lawless is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. Cave has already dubbed lawless a wangster movie, a rather. The movie features tom hardy, shia labeouf, guy pearce, jason clarke, and jessica chastain. Dozens of members of the bondurant family attended the first showing of the movie lawless at eagle cinema in rocky. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the american dream. The wettest county in the world is a 2008 historical novel by matt bondurant, an american writer who features his grandfather jack and granduncles forrest and howard as the main characters in the novel. With tom hardy, shia labeouf, guy pearce, jason clarke. The film is based on the wettest county in the world, subsequently republished as lawless, a historical novel by matt bondurant, a grandson. Fairfax native matt bondurants book is now the movie lawless. History vs the movie lawless with matt bondurant an audio. Lawless internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Together with his brothers howard and the coward jack, the bondurant family has a distillery and bootlegging business.
The screenplay by australian singerscreenwriter nick cave is based on matt bondurants historical novel the wettest county in the world 2008. Matt bondurant joins us on this weeks episode as we compare what really happened with the movie lawless. Lawless takes a unique perspective of the prohibition era away from the gangsters of the day to the people that ran the moonshine distilling and distribution businesses behind the scenes and the challenges they faced. M freeman thought she had finally found a place where she belonged. The film stars shia labeouf, tom hardy, gary oldman, mia wasikowska, jessica chastain, jason clarke, and guy pearce. Lawless helps grow virginia bootlegging trios legend the boston. The wettest county in the world is the bestselling novel based on a true story. Forrest bondurant in the new movie lawless, based on matt bondurants book. The book the wettest county in the world was the inspiration for the movie lawless. He stars in the new film lawless, based on my novel the wettest county in the world, which. The book tells of the trio during the depression and prohibition in rural virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. If youve seen even a handful of tommygun movies, however, everything that happens here will feel.
The bondurant boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through franklin county, virginia, during prohibition and. I loved the film lawless which encouraged me to read the book from which the film was based. They were brothers who became outlaws, and outlaws who became heroes. Dec 06, 2015 lawless is the third book in the king series. Aug 29, 2012 lawless takes pains to inform us its based on a true story, and indeed the script is based on a book by matt bondurant, whose grandfather was jack. Lawless with matt bondurant based on a true story podcast. The movie was based, however, on a book by louis sachar. The screenplay by australian singerscreenwriter nick cave is based on matt bondurants historical novel the wettest county in the world. Nick cave, based on the book the wettest county in. When youngest brother jack labeouf gets a taste of power with a deadly gangster gary oldman the whole business blows sky high. Lawless author matt bondurant on his book to movie the fairfax county public school grad based his novel the wettest county in the world on a true story.
Illegal beer and hardliquor making began all over the united states. He stars in the new film lawless, based on my novel the wettest county in the world, which dramatized the events surrounding my grandpa jacks bootlegging businessand a shooting that my family. In the 1930s, the brothers ran an illegal moonshine business during prohibition. I have seen the movie lawless and enjoyed it, though it was also nothing that special.
The lawless school provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law. Novelist matt bondurants family has taken its place in gangster lore with the recent release of lawless, an independent film based on the true story of the bondurant boys, his grandfather jack. The real story behind lawless by matt bondurant newsweek. Lawless, film based on fairfax county native matt bondurant. The film is based on the novel the wettest county in the world, author matt bondurants fictionalized retelling of his ancestors bootlegging.
Their director daughter documents their life and times. A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across germany in april, 1945. Fairfax native matt bondurants book is now the movie. Matts grandfather, jack, and two granduncles that were the inspiration for his book that the movie is based on, the wettest county in the world. Based on the book the wettest county about the bootlegging bondurant brothers who are threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Based on the true story of matt bondurants grandfather and two granduncles, lawless is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. Published on aug 29, 2017 on this episode of based on a true story we chat with author matt bondurant about the historical accuracy of the movie lawless. Nick cave, who wrote the script to lawless, tells sean ohagan how the film brings the violence and lyricism of the book on which it was based to the screen. The movie is actually based on a true story about the conflict that existed between law enforcement and the bootlegging proprietors. See the poster, photos, plot details and release date. Oct 02, 2019 bridgewater, va lawless is a fantastic film that accurately depicts the life of the bondurant brothers.
A novel based on a true story media tiein by matt bondurant overview a gritty, gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder, this engrossing entertainment weekly novel is now a major motion picture starring jessica chastain, tom hardy, shia. Bridgewater, va lawless is a fantastic film that accurately depicts the life of the bondurant brothers. Based on matt bondurants historical novel the wettest county in the world, lawless follows the three bondurant brothers one of whom was the book authors grandfather, who live in the mountains of franklin county, virginia, making and distributing moonshine during prohibition. He stars in the new film lawless, based on my novel the wettest. A novel based on a true story by matt bondurant overview based on the true story of bondurants grandfather and two granduncles, this book is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder among a moonshining gang during prohibition. We get the story behind the story from the familys grandson who wrote the book upon which the movie is based while working as a professor at a local university. Comradeship and vengeance are two of the major themes behind the plot. Watch the movie trailer for lawless, starring shia labeouf, tom hardy, guy pearce and jessica chastain.
With the advent of prohibition in 1920, following passage of the. Based on the book the wettest county in the world, by matt bondurant, lawless is said to be something akin to real life prohibition history intermarried with back hills legend. Aug 16, 2012 i loved the film lawless which encouraged me to read the book from which the film was based. Sep 18, 2012 comradeship and vengeance are two of the major themes behind the plot. M freeman is an only child whos been homeschooled her entire life. What was it like having the book adapted into a movie. The three bondurant boys shia labeouf, tom hardy, jason clarke. In truth, though, the movie is a pretty wellworn moonshine story that weve seen time and again. Bondurant boys as appalachian gangsters blue ridge. Watched the movie, lawless and realized it was based upon this book the story of the bondurant brothers of virginia is told as historical fiction, written by one of the grandsons. Jul 17, 2012 watch the movie trailer for lawless, starring shia labeouf, tom hardy, guy pearce and jessica chastain. Set in franklin county, virginia, lawless was based on the true story of the bondurant family of bootleggers staring tom hardy, shia labeouf, and jason clarke as forrest, jack, and howard bondurant. Movies based on real life, movies based on books, crime movies, gangster movies, crime dramas, dramas. Set in depressionera franklin county, virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
With the advent of prohibition in 1920, following passage of the volstead act as the 18th amendment in 1919, the making and drinking of alcoholic beverages was banned in the united states. The story is led and narrated by the youngest of the brothers, jack shia lebouf. In 1931, in franklin county, virginia, forrest bondurant is a legend as immortal after surviving the war. The film is based on the wettest county in the world, subsequently republished as lawless, a historical novel by matt bondurant, a grandson of jack, the youngest brother, who is played by shia. The bondurant boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through franklin county, virginia, during prohibition and in the years after. Based on the book, the wettest county in the world, author matt bondurant spins a tale of his grandfather and granduncles, who are bootleggers in franklin county, virginia during prohibition. The films cast includes jessica chastain, guy pearce, and gary oldman. After reading the prologue of bears book, i was hooked.
Movies based on real life, movies based on books, dramas, crime dramas, gangster movies. I was not dissapointed as the book managed to go into much further detail into all of the charcters especially the bondurant brothers. Lawless helps grow virginia bootlegging trios legend. Aug 29, 2017 on this episode of based on a true story we chat with author matt bondurant about the historical accuracy of the movie lawless. The film lawless 2012, directed by john hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by nick cave. Lawless takes pains to inform us its based on a true story, and indeed the script is based on a book by matt bondurant, whose grandfather was jack. Matt bondurant is the author of the wettest county in the west, the book that the movie lawless is based on. And now the novel has become a movie, lawless, which opens next week. I am not sure where to classify this book in my stacks as it is sort of nonfiction, sort of fictionbeautifully written book that the film lawless which i liked very much was based on. Based on the novel the wettest county in the world, which was inspired by the truelife tales of author matt bondurants family.
The unstoppable force of a crooked lawman meets the immovable object. The loyalty of the brothers is put to the test against a backdrop of the nations most notorious crime wave. Lawless is based on matt bondurants 2008 historical novel, the wettest county in the world, about the true moonshine bootlegging exploits of his grandfather and two greatuncles during the 1930s in franklin county, virginia. Aug 07, 2012 jason clarke standing, tom hardy left and shia labeouf are the bondurant brothers, reallife bootleggers from 1930s virginia, in the new film lawless, based on the book by mount vernon.
Mar 24, 2017 lawless is available now on digital, bluray disc and dvd. Lawless helps grow virginia bootlegging trios legend the. Based on the true story of matt bondurant s grandfather and two granduncles, lawless is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. Later this month, hollywood releases the movie lawless, based on the reallife story of a notorious virginia bootlegging family. Lawless is not so much a true story as a true myth film. Sep 05, 2012 the book the wettest county in the world was the inspiration for the movie lawless.
Lawless author matt bondurant on his book to movie. Based on the book the wettest county about the bootlegging bondurant brothers who are. Lawless is a 2012 american crime drama film directed by john hillcoat. Lawless 2012 movie trailer, photos shia labeouf, tom hardy. Lawless is a 2012 gangster film directed by john hillcoat and based on the true story of a family of bootleggers portrayed by shia labeouf, tom hardy, and jason clarke who decide to fight back against a corrupt politician and his agent.
Lawless the true story of the wettest county in the world. Having seen the movie lawless, i was intrigued enough to go back and read the book that started it all. Jason clarke standing, tom hardy left and shia labeouf are the bondurant brothers, reallife bootleggers from 1930s virginia, in the new film lawless, based on the book by mount vernon. Yet, as soon as i saw the title of the book and the author on the end credits, i immediately purchased the kindle edition. It was based on his experience with hot summers when he moved to austin, texas. I ended up choosing fiction its almost like in cold blooda new type of fiction.
The 2012 movie lawless set in 1931 was a vivid portrayal of those times. Sep 22, 2012 lawless is based on matt bondurants 2008 historical novel, the wettest county in the world, about the true moonshine bootlegging exploits of his grandfather and two greatuncles during the 1930s in franklin county, virginia. May 27, 2012 a book by novelist matt bondurant, born and raised in the mount vernon area, is now a movie called lawless, which debuted recently at the cannes film festival. Lawless is the kind of film that could of been a classic if it wanted too but it decided to go for a dark western popcorn flick that even though is brilliantly acted its story isnt gripping and. History vs the movie lawless with matt bondurant an. Lawless is a brutal drama based on a true story said to have taken place during the great depression in 1931 in franklin county, va. The reason being that in the great war, my eldest brother, howard, saw his entire battalion drown in the sea, every last one of them. Vengeance propelled forrest to make his attackers pay right away, as it also. Its bears story and ive been looking forward to it ever since i met him in king. Bondurant family has mixed emotions about lawless local.
Was the movie big jake based on a true story answers. Aug 29, 2012 based on the book the wettest county in the world, by matt bondurant, lawless is said to be something akin to real life prohibition history intermarried with back hills legend. Aug 23, 2012 later this month, hollywood releases the movie lawless, based on the reallife story of a notorious virginia bootlegging family. Aug 25, 2012 nick cave, who wrote the script to lawless, tells sean ohagan how the film brings the violence and lyricism of the book on which it was based to the screen and merges the genres of the urban. The film is set in franklin county, virginia in 1931, late in the prohibition era. Call me clueless, but i had no idea that the movie lawless was actually a book until the beginning of the movie based on a true story. A scene would start, an actor would walk and talk tom hardy, shia labeouf, jessica chastain, gary oldman, guy pearce, mia wasikowska, its quite a cast and bondurant would. The film follows the infamous bootlegging bondurant brothers as they make a run for the american dream in prohibitionera virginia. Sep 11, 2012 based on the true story of matt bondurants grandfather and two granduncles, lawless is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. A novel based on a true story book online at best prices in india on.
In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley gary oldman is forced from semiretirement to uncover a soviet agent within mi6. Its amazing how a book can be so brilliantly written by someone even though its based on a time so long ago. He is the youngest son of the late jack bondurant, one of three franklin county moonshinemaking brothers portrayed in the film, which is based on his nephew matt bondurants book the wettest. I loved king and doe in the first book of this series, but i was honestly most intrigued by the side characters, preppy and bear. The first time matt bondurant saw lawless, the prohibitionera bootlegging film based on his book the wettest county in the world, he found it difficult to watch. Bondurant, a bespectacled fortyoneyearold who often touches.
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