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Directed by | Tom McCarthy |
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Cinematography | Masanobu Takayanagi |
Edited by | Tom McArdle |
Music by | Mychael Danna |
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Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $20 million[1] |
Box office | $19.8 million[2][3] |
Stillwater is a 2021 American crime drama film directed by Tom McCarthy, based on a script he co-wrote with Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré. It is the first DreamWorks Pictures film to be distributed by Focus Features. It stars Matt Damon as Bill Baker, an unemployed oil-rig worker from Oklahoma who sets out with a Frenchwoman (Camille Cottin) to prove his convicted daughter's (Abigail Breslin) innocence.
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021, and was released theatrically in the United States on July 30, 2021, by Focus Features. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $19 million against its $20 million budget.