Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers (WGA):

Ben Affleck (screenplay) &
Aaron Stockard (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It.

Plot:

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Investigation | Drug Dealer | Little Girl | Kidnapping

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Casey Affleck	...	Patrick Kenzie
Michelle Monaghan	...	Angie Gennaro
Morgan Freeman	...	Jack Doyle
Ed Harris	...	Remy Bressant
John Ashton	...	Nick Poole
Amy Ryan	...	Helene McCready
Amy Madigan	...	Bea McCready
Titus Welliver	...	Lionel McCready
Michael K. Williams	...	Devin (as Michael Kenneth Williams)
Edi Gathegi	...	Cheese
Mark Margolis	...	Leon Trett
Madeline O'Brien	...	Amanda McCready
Slaine	...	Bubba
Trudi Goodman	...	Roberta Trett
Matthew Maher	...	Corwin Earle

Also Known As:

Desapareció una noche (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Adios pequeña, adios (Spain) [es]
Gone Baby Gone (Italy) [it]
Gone Baby gone - Kein Kinderspiel (Germany) [de]
Hideg nyomon (Hungary) [hu]
Horis ihni (Greece) [el]
Kizimi kurtarin (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Kui lapsuke kaob... (Estonia) [et]
Medo da Verdade (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Africa:16LV | USA:R (certificate #43431) | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:R21 | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:16 | Netherlands:16 | Israel:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Ireland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

LivePlanet

Trivia:

Ben Affleck's high school chemistry teacher (Ed McGillicuddy) makes a cameo appearance in the scene when they are leaving the funeral.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the article "Cop Father of Slain Child Vows: 'Never Again,'" the byline credits the newspaper as "The Bosotn Globe."

Quotes:

[first lines]
Patrick Kenzie: I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gone Baby Gone Featurette (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

No Matter What You Do

I was surprised at this movie being so good

Being retired I have all the time in the world to do what pleases me. And seeing movies pleases me a lot, so much that I see almost everything, good, regular, bad and really baaaad. Seeing a movie for me is being at the cinema showing it, paying for my ticket, and I hardly ever watch a movie in TV, direct or recorded. This means that in order to keep up with my statement of seeing almost everything I go to see movies a minimum of five and a maximum of seven days per week, and some days I attend several movies (this is not an exaggeration), meaning that I do get to see 250 to 300+ movies every year.

Today, 10/20/07 I was trying to decide what to see and Gone Baby Gone was not in my menu, as even though I go so often to the movies I had not seen any trailer for this movie nor heard anything about it. Perusing the newspaper the synopsis attracted me and I decided to see it. As Gone Baby Gone progressed I found myself being really pull into the story, living it together with the characters, through the splendid direction, editing and camera work. As the movie ended I thought to myself: "This is why you go see so many bad and regular movies, so you will not miss the occasional good one and the rare excellent movie".

"Gone Baby Gone" is easily the best movie I have seen this year. And that includes most of the art, foreign or indie movies that I also attend religiously. Unless something out of this world comes out in the next six weeks, this is my candidate for the Oscar to the best picture and Ben Affleck should also be nominated for best Director.