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Drive (2011)

Starring Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver (identified only as "the Driver") who moonlights as a criminal getaway driver, Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive follows the enigmatic Driver as he finds himself hunted by a gang of violent criminals. After becoming close with his neighbors, the Driver offers to help Standard (Oscar Isaac), who was recently released from prison, settle a debt with a robbery. But the job is far more complicated than it seems, and the Driver is forced to use everything at his disposal to survive. 

Drive
R
Drama
Crime

Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Release Date
September 16, 2011
Studio(s)
FilmDistrict
Distributor(s)
FilmDistrict
Cast
Ryan Gosling , Albert Brooks , Bryan Cranston , Carey Mulligan , Oscar Isaac , Ron Perlman , Christina Hendricks
Writers
Hossein Amini
Runtime
100 minutes
Budget
$15 million

Summary

A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor in this action drama.

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