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Directed by | Scott Cooper |
Screenplay by | Scott Cooper |
Based on | The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard |
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Cinematography | Masanobu Takayanagi |
Edited by | Dylan Tichenor |
Music by | Howard Shore |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $72 million[1] |
The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American mystery thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper,[2] adapted from the 2006 novel of the same name by Louis Bayard.[3] The film features an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall. Its plot follows veteran detective Augustus Landor in 1830 West Point, New York, as he investigates a series of murders at the United States Military Academy with the aid of Edgar Allan Poe, a young military cadet.
The Pale Blue Eye was released in select cinemas on December 23, 2022, before its streaming release on January 6, 2023, by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews.