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58% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Matt Ruskin Music by Mark De Gli Antoni Initial release 23 January 2017 Music director Mark Degli Antoni | 8.3/10 IMDb 52% Metacritic Written by Matt Ruskin Cinematography Ben Kutchins Director Matt Ruskin Screenplay Matt Ruskin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Natalie Galazka
Matt Ruskin
Nnamdi Asomugha Starring Keith Stanfield
Nnamdi Asomugha
Nestor Carbonell
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Sarah Goldberg
Josh Pais
Ron Canada
Zach Grenier Producers Matt Ruskin, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Galazka Cast Keith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Nestor Carbonell, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Zach Grenier Similar Burning Sands, Landline, Golden Exits, I Don't Feel at Home in This Worl, Novitiate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lakeith stanfield nnamdi asomugha natalie paul discuss crown heights sundance 2017
Crown Heights is a 2017 American biographical drama film written and directed by Matt Ruskin. Adapted from This American Life podcast, the film tells the incredible true story of Colin Warner who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and how his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving Colin's innocence. The film stars Keith Stanfield as Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha as Carl King.
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- Lakeith stanfield nnamdi asomugha natalie paul discuss crown heights sundance 2017
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- Cast
- Production
- Release
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It premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017 and won the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film.
Radio from hell 2017 film festival coverage crown heights
Cast
Production
On August 6, 2015, it was announced that Matt Ruskin would direct a biographical film about wrongfully convicted prisoner Colin Warner based on his own script, which Lila Yacoub would produce along with Black Maple Films and iAm21 Entertainment. Keith Stanfield was added to the cast to play Warner who spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit in 1980, when he was just 18 years old. Nnamdi Asomugha would also star as Carl King, Warner's lifelong friend who fought to prove Warner's innocence. On September 15, 2015, newcomer Natalie Paul was cast in the film.
Principal photography on the film began on September 9, 2015 in New York City.
Release
Crown Heights premiered in competition in the US Dramatic Category at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017. Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film.
The film received generally favorable reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film.