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| Directed by | Stephen Frears |
| Screenplay by | D.V. DeVincentis |
| Based on | Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling by Beth Raymer |
| Produced by | Randall Emmett George Furla Paul Trijbits |
| Starring | Bruce Willis Rebecca Hall Catherine Zeta-Jones Joshua Jackson |
| Cinematography | Michael McDonough |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley |
| Music by | James Seymour Brett |
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| Distributed by | Radius-TWC |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14.7 million[2] |
| Box office | $1.5 million |
Lay the Favorite is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by D.V. DeVincentis, and stars Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson. Based on Beth Raymer's 2010 memoir of the same name, the film follows a young, free-spirited woman as she journeys through the legal and illegal world of sports gambling.
It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 21 and was released on December 7 by The Weinstein Company through its RADiUS-TWC distribution arm. Lay the Favorite garnered negative reviews from critics, praising the performances of Willis and Hall but felt there was unexplored development in the characters and the gambling world. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $1.5 million against a production budget of $14.7 million.
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