Overview
Genre
Drama, ComedyRelease Date
July 27, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating
NC-17Duration
103 min.Studio
LD Entertainment
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Cast and Crew
Director
William FriedkinProducer
Scott Einbinder, Nicolas ChartierScreenwriter
Tracy LettsStarring
- Matthew McConaughey as Killer Joe Cooper
- Emile Hirsch as Chris
- Juno Temple as Dottie Smith
- Gina Gershon as Sharla
- Thomas Haden Church as Ansel
- Marc Macaulay
- Scott A. Martin
- Jeff Galpin
- Danny Epper
- Gralen Bryant Banks
Story
When 22-year-old Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to dispatch his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy benefits his sister Dottie (Juno Temple). Chris finds Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a creepy, crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer. When Chris can't pay Joe upfront, Joe sets his sight on Dottie as collateral for the job. The contract killer and his hostage develop an unusual bond. Like from a modern-day, twisted fairy tale, "Killer Joe" Cooper becomes the prince to Dottie's Cinderella. Based on the play by Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts, "Killer Joe" is a garish, proactive black comedy from Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) and stars Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Thomas Hayden Church, and Gina Gershon.
