Burn Country | |
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Directed by | Ian Olds |
Screenplay by | Ian Olds Paul Felten |
Produced by | Jennifer Glynn Caroline von Kuhn |
Starring | Dominic Rains Melissa Leo James Franco Rachel Brosnahan Thomas Jay Ryan James Oliver Wheatley Tim Kniffin |
Cinematography | Adam Newport-Berra |
Edited by | Scott Cummings Joe Murphy Ian Olds |
Music by | Jim McHugh |
Production company | ACE Productions |
Distributed by | Orion Pictures Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 102 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Burn Country is a 2016 American crime film directed by Ian Olds and written by Ian Olds and Paul Felten. The film stars Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, James Franco, Rachel Brosnahan, Tim Kniffin, Thomas Jay Ryan, Tim Kniffin, and James Oliver Wheatley. The film was released on December 9, 2016, by Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Principal photography took place largely in Sonoma County, California. Much of the film was shot in Sebastopol, California, Santa Rosa, California, and Bodega Bay, California.
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