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 | Bar

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 30

8:00 PM

USA

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

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 Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | 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:

The character of Jerome Miller (a.k.a. "Bubba", Patrick's drug-lord friend) is played by Boston hip-hop performer Slaine. In the scene where Bubba and Patrick are driving up to Everett to meet Leon and Roberta Trett, the song playing on the stereo in their SUV is by Slaine.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Helene, Patrick, and Angie are driving to Chelsea to get the money from Ray's house, Helene says "What am I supposed to do, call the cops and tell them I run cocaine and heroine, in case that's irrelevant?" When the word, in fact should be relevant.

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:

Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.57)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Rabbit One

When Keeping It Real Goes Right

I would consider myself to be a movie buff and I live and grew up in Massachusetts. I must tell you that Ben Affleck has done an outstanding job in his directorial debut. In casting his brother Casey you may think that it's just nepotism or giving his brother a break. No. He is the absolute perfect person to play this role. Because they know the area they have made one of the most authentic movies I've ever seen. And it's not just some Boston movie either. I heard a woman as I was leaving saying it's just like The Departed. No it's not, it's much better and the fact is, I loved The Departed. But that was flashier. As great as it was you could tell people were acting. Not here. They seemed exactly like the degenerates and handful of decent folk I see every day of my life. The woman who plays the girl's mother, I don't know who see is, but I've met her about 1000 times.

As far as the story goes I'd never spoil it for you but it's complex, not confusing. There is a lot going on and it's so real. I don't know what's happened in this area but people have become so lousy. So lousy that if you're a good person you just don't know what can be done anymore. There seems to be no answer sometimes and this film is set in that world. If you have the brains and heart to try you don't even know what will come of it.

Who should see this? Intelligent people. People who want to come out of a movie thinking about what they just saw. People who want to see an incredibly well made film. And anyone who ever liked Ben Affleck even for half a second. He should be very proud of this movie. As far as content there are loads of curse words, some drug use, but no nudity that I can remember, and there is some gun violence, but nothing too bad. Put it high on your movie going list.