Steel City | |
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Directed by | Brian Jun |
Written by | Brian Jun |
Produced by | Rusty Gray Ryan Harper Brian Jun |
Starring | John Heard Tom Guiry America Ferrera |
Cinematography | Ryan Samul |
Edited by | Brian Jun |
Music by | Mark Geary |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [3] Time Out gave it four stars out of five. [4] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a B+. [5]
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