Worth (film)

Worth
Official release poster
Directed bySara Colangelo
Written byMax Borenstein[1]
Based onWhat Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
by Kenneth Feinberg (inspiration)
Produced by
[2]
Starring
CinematographyPepe Avila del Pino
Edited byJulia Bloch
Music byNico Muhly
Production
companies
  • MadRiver Pictures
  • Anonymous Content
  • Sugar23
  • Royal Viking Entertainment
  • Steeplechase Amusements
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) (Sundance)
  • 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$106,645

Worth is a 2021 American biographical film written and co-produced by Max Borenstein and directed by Sara Colangelo. Based on the memoir by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, the film depicts Feinberg's handling of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. It stars Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Talia Balsam, and Laura Benanti. The film premiered at 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, where it was acquired by Netflix and Higher Ground Productions. The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 27, 2021, followed by a streaming release on Netflix on September 3.

  1. ^ Lee, Benjamin (September 6, 2021). "Why Netflix drama Worth is the best 9/11 movie to date". The Guardian. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Worth". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2019.