Killing Them Softly is a movie directed by Andrew Dominik in 2012 and based on the book Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins, first published in 1974. The movie features Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, and others.
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Storyline
During the American financial crisis and presidential election campaign in the fall of 2008, Johnny Squirrel Amato plans to rob a Mafia poker game. They decide to target a game run by Markie Trattman, who is known to have previously orchestrated an inside job by paying two men to rob his own illegal poker game.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
97
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Killing Them Softly
Director: Andrew Dominik
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Length: 1h37m
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Year
1974
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.22
S: Goodreads
Book
Cogan's Trade
Author: George V. Higgins
Country: USA
First published in: 1974
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“If your publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because he's picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.”
DAVE MORRIS (Writer)
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