Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Gangster. Media darling. Model citizen.

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Release Date

9/10/2011

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$625

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A tragic character study of a man caught between two impossible lives, providing for his family and chasing a Hollywood dream, who finds criminal notoriety when legitimate paths close off. Watch for its sympathetic portrait of desperation and the cost of trying to be two people at once.

Mood

MelancholicTenseBittersweet

Themes

AmbitionFamilyRedemptionComing apartSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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