Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Scott Cooper
Written by	Brad Ingelsby Scott Cooper
Produced by	Jennifer Davisson Killoran Leonardo DiCaprio Ryan Kavanaugh Ridley Scott Michael Costigan
Starring	Christian Bale Woody Harrelson Casey Affleck Forest Whitaker Willem Dafoe Zoë Saldana Sam Shepard
Cinematography	Masanobu Takayanagi
Edited by	David Rosenbloom
Music by	Dickon Hinchliffe
Production companies	Appian Way Productions Scott Free Productions Red Granite Pictures
Distributed by	Relativity Media
Release date	December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$15.7 million[1]

Out of the Furnace is a 2013 American crime drama film directed by Scott Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana, and Sam Shepard, the film follows a Pennsylvania steel mill worker searching for his missing Iraq War veteran brother, who disappeared after engaging in a bare knuckle fighting match arranged by an indebted bar owner and a ruthless New Jersey drug dealer.

Out of the Furnace was theatrically released in the United States on December 6, 2013, and was a box office failure, grossing $15.7 million against its $22 million budget. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and the performances of the cast earned widespread praise. At the 18th Satellite Awards, Affleck was nominated for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.