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Killer Joe is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Friedkin released in USA on 27 july 2012 with Matthew McConaughey

Killer Joe (2012)

Killer Joe
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Released in USA 27 july 2012
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Horror,    Crime,    Black comedy
Rating66% 3.3483153.3483153.3483153.3483153.348315

Killer Joe is a 2011 American Southern Gothic crime film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay by Tracy Letts is based on his 1993 play of the same name. The film stars Matthew McConaughey in the title role, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon and Thomas Haden Church. Friedkin and Letts had similarly collaborated on the 2006 film Bug.

Synopsis

In West Dallas, Texas, 22-year-old drug dealer Chris Smith (Hirsch), desperate to pay his debt to loan sharks, decides to murder his mother, Adele, to collect the $50,000 of insurance money. He has been told by his mother's boyfriend Rex that the sole beneficiary will be Chris' younger sister Dottie (Temple). Assuming Dottie would share any money she gets with them, Chris manages to rope his dim-witted father Ansel (Haden Church) into a conspiracy to kill Adele – who is Ansel's ex-wife – to get the money.
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Actors

Matthew McConaughey

(Killer Joe Cooper)
Emile Hirsch

(Chris Smith)
Juno Temple

(Dottie Smith)
Gina Gershon

(Sharla Smith)
Thomas Haden Church

(Ansel Smith)
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