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Directed by | William Friedkin |
Written by | Tracy Letts |
Based on | Bug by Tracy Letts |
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Cinematography | Michael Grady |
Edited by | Darrin Navarro |
Music by | Brian Tyler |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[2] |
Box office | $8.2 million[2] |
Bug is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by William Friedkin and written by Tracy Letts, based on his 1996 play of the same name. The film stars Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, and Harry Connick Jr.
Bug debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival before being purchased by Lionsgate, which released the film the following year in May 2007. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its intensity, directing, acting, and take on paranoia, but were polarized about its writing, in particular the film's ending. Friedkin and Letts collaborated again as director and writer on the 2011 film Killer Joe.