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AMERICAN HUSTLE Production Information

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most extraordinary scandals of the 1970s, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia thats as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irvings unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russells two previous films, American Hustle defies genre to tell a story of love, reinvention, and survival.

Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures present an Atlas Entertainment production, American Hustle. Starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawrence. Also starring Louis C.K., Michael Pea, and Alessandro Nivola. Directed by David O. Russell. Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell. Produced by Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon. Executive Producers are Matthew Budman, Bradley Cooper, Eric Warren Singer, and George Parra. The Director of Photography is Linus Sandgren, F.S.F. The Production Designer is Judy Becker. The film is edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E. The costume designer is Michael Wilkinson. Music by Danny Elfman. The Music Supervisor is Susan Jacobs.

American Hustle has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence. The film will be released in limited release on December 13, 2013, and in wide release on December 20, 2013. The films running time is two hours, seventeen minutes.

ABOUT THE FILM

American Hustle marks the third part in a three-film evolution for filmmaker David Russell. Beginning with The Fighter, continuing with Silver Linings Playbook, and playing out on a larger canvas than ever before in American Hustle, Russell centers on characters who are trying to change their lives through a process of reinvention. "These are movies about people whose lives have not gone the way they wanted or intended, he explains. There remains something deeply lovable about them, but they're also heartbreaking. They spend the entire film, not just the third act, reckoning with who they are and how they are going to find their way to love life again. These characters have their sense of who they are splintered into pieces, and are wondering not just what they're going to do, but how they're going to care about life again, how they're going to love again. And it is important to me that they are passionate people who do or have truly loved life in some specific ways. This is as important to me as the ordeal of how they persevere, come out the other side, humbled and their love intact or renewed. It is no clich when it is, as Irving says, lived from the feet up."

At the heart of American Hustle is a powerful love story between Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser, soul mates and business partners. The love affair between these two gives them a special power that anybody whos ever been in love can attest to, Russell says. When youre in love, you feel that youve become more than the sum of the parts something divine is happening to you. For me, the first part of the film is communicating how these two fell in love, how special they made each other feel, how much they love their lives that enchantment was everything. We fall in love with their passion for life. And then trouble comes knocking. They will have to reinvent themselves to survive and when they do that, what will happen to their love? In fact, the film is about romance in many ways. Russell notes: Its about Irving and Sydneys romance for each other, and the romance that happens briefly between Richie and Sydney, and the flickering romance of the dying marriage between Irving and Rosalyn. Its the friendship between Irving and Carmine, and Carmines marriage to 3

Dolly. And, of course, Irvings art as a hustler is in many ways a romance he has an ability to enchant, to get people to believe, to want, to d ream. The idea of hustling informs every aspect of the picture, adds producer Charles Roven. Whom are the Irv and Sydney hustling the guy theyre taking money from, or themselves, convincing themselves that what theyre doing is okay? Whom are we hustling when we are with somebody are we with them because we admire them, or because we need them? So much of the movie is about the different ways we hustle each other and ourselves, adds producer Richard Suckle. When youre stuck in a job you hate, or a troubled relationship, you convince yourself its OK, everythings going to be fine. We all have to figure out ways to get by, because thats all we can do. And thats what the characters are doing in the movie.

American Hustle began with screenwriter Eric Warren Singer who approached Roven and Suckle about making a film about the Abscam story for Atlas Entertainment and wrote a script that earned a spot on the Black List. When Roven and Suckle brought the project to Russell, he suggested a new direction for the project, moving away from the nuts and bolts of the scandal and drawing on personal remembrances, recollections, feelings, and his own imagination to create a fictional character-driven story. My own dad was a businessman in the 60s and 70s, and he was very much like the father that the Christian Bale character has in the movie: hes scrupulous and extremely honest, and I saw him get taken advantage of in business. Nice guys get hurt. That had a big impact on my home, and as a result, I related to both sides of the Christian Bale character: the side that admired his father as an honest man, but also the side that is not going to allow that fate to happen to him. Eric did an amazing job, writing a very thrilling procedural, notes Roven. But David came up with a completely different dynamic. In the end, David was inspired by a real con that was stranger than fiction to create a story that gets at a deeper truth about 4

reinvention and survival. Suckle adds that the films affectionate, kindhearted tone at first seems counterintuitive to the events that inspired the film , but Russells brilliance is in finding the connection between the real story and the story he wanted to tell. Theres a cynicism to certain aspects of the Abscam story, but thats not the movie that David made, he says. Davids movies have tremendous heart. In all of his films, the characters face a reckoning in their lives and they are searching for something better.

At the end of the day, Russell feels that his job as a director is to have the audience love the characters, in spite of their sins. Ultimately, I hope the audience just enjoys spending time with the characters, says Russell. More than anything, I want you to fall in love with them. The nicest compliment anybody can give me is when they leave a movie and they say, I really loved these people I didnt want to leave them.

THE ABSCAM SCANDAL

The real Abscam scandal began as a sting operation by the FBI. Concerned about white-collar crime and eventually about political corruption the FBIs John Good and Anthony Amoroso worked with a con artist, Mel Weinberg, to create a sting operation. Weinberg and the FBI created a phony company, headed by a fake Arab sheik, for the purposes of offering bribes to officials in exchange for political favors. It didnt take long for us to become convinced of Mels capability, says Good. He dedicated himself to it. I wouldnt even call him an informant; he acted beyond the scope of an informant just furnishing information. He was participating in the undercover operation. He was a con man, but he had a good heart, and there was a streak of integrity in him and he committed to a legitimate operation and was able to accomplish something on the right side of the law. Weinberg became the star witness in the FBIs cases against six members of the US House of Representatives and one US Senator, who were convicted of various charges

in the scandal. In addition, other local government officials were convicted, including the mayor of Camden, New Jersey. I thought the mayor was a really nice guy, says Amoroso. I mean his first interest was helping himself but he was also looking to help Camden, New Jersey. There was this one time we were in Atlantic City and some drunk walking around the boardwalk happened to approach him. This guy wasnt even a constituent of the mayors, but he spent ten minutes talking to the guy. Thats just the kind of guy the mayor was. In this job, there are guys that you cant wait to lock up and other guys youre sorry to see them go down. The mayor was that kind of guy sorry to see him go down, but thats my job.

ABOUT THE CHARACTERS The rich characters that have become the signature of David O. Russells films are one reason that he has been able to attract top-flight actors who have gone on to receive some of the greatest accolades of their careers in his films. In The Fighter, Amy Adams, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo were nominated for Academy Awards and Bale and Leo won. In Silver Linings Playbook, four actors Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver were nominated for Academy Awards, the first time in over 30 years that a single film had seen actors nominated in all acting categories, and Lawrence went on to win the Oscar. In American Hustle, Russell brings together two of these Oscar winners and two of these Oscar nominees with Russell first-timer Jeremy Renner, a multiple Oscar nominee in his own right.

American Hustle centers on Irving Rosenfeld, a small-time hustler who sees a way to change his life when he meets Sydney Prosser, whose seductive, confident manner enchants him. Sydney becomes his business partner and lover and their business booms. But when Irving and Sydney are caught in a con, FBI agent Richie DiMaso forces them to work for him, setting up a sting to capture corrupt government officials, 6

starting with Carmine Polito, a politician trying to remake Atlantic City and bring a new economy to the people he loves, even if it means he has to work with an unusual investor. DiMaso is quickly seduced by the glamour of Irving and Sydneys world and sees his chance to change himself into the man he wants to be as well. Meanwhile, Irvings wife, Rosalyn a manipulative loose cannon is the wild card whose emotional ties to Irving could bring them all down. Notes producer Suckle: Davids writing has a musicality to it. He knows these characters, he knows their voices, he knows their mannerisms. He works with the actors to create moments and dialogue that are tailored specifically for the actors and the characters Louis C.K.s ice fishing story, or Jennifer Lawrence singing Live and Let Die. These are memorable and real because theyre in the DNA of the characters he created and wrote. But he also writes to allow the actors to do things they havent done in any other movie can you believe that Irving Rosenfeld is played by the same man who played Bruce Wayne and Dicky Eklund? Adds Bradley Cooper, I love working with David. If you can give him your trust, he will lead you to an emotional place that is truthful. The characters and performances become so much more rich and meaningful. Its intense, because youre so vulnerable as an actor, but its when youre most vulnerable that the truth comes out. The more you know Davids process and are familiar with it, the easier it is to dive right in and youre diving in to a family.

Christian Bale reunites with Russell to take on the role of Irving Rosenfeld, a hustler and a romantic. Christian brought an amazing authenticity it was like he stepped out of the 70s, says Suckle. The way he looked, his mannerisms, the whole Bronx quality. He embodied the character as written on the page. Its unlike any role hes ever played he brings comedy, charm, vulnerability. When he walked onto the set even though I knew consciously it was Christian Bale it was like the living, breathing, flesh-and-blood Irving.

I never met a more charming character than Christian playing Irving, says Amy Adams, who plays Sydney Prosser. You identify with him I can see how Sydney gets caught up in it. Sydney thinks shes embarking on the greatest love of her life she doesnt think shes a con artist. Sydney begins as a person who doesnt like who she is, and she creates a world for herself onto which she can project her fantasies of who she wants to be. She finds a man who values her intelligence. And when thats taken away from her, it creates a conflict her story is about her hustle but in the end, she wants to find the truth of who she is.

Producer Jon Gordon notes that it was important to Russell craft the character of Sydney as an equal counterpart to Irving. He wanted the women to be very powerful presences in this film as strong as the male characters, he says. Adams, in turn, embraced her role as the mastermind of the situation: Shes not manipulating Irving she loves Irving shes just not going to let him get away with messing with her. She doesnt think of herself as the other woman when we were shooting, I thought and I think Sydney thinks this, too, their relationship is the real relationship. Shes manipulating Richie thats the con shes doing. Richie DiMaso, Coopers character, is not exactly the prototypical G-man and for Richie, thats just the problem. He feels like hes idling through his life that his life should be much more exciting, says Cooper. He even curls his hair like famous ballplayers, just because he wants to be someone else, and he thinks ballplayers are cool. So when he meets Irving and Syd, hes very easily enthralled by their lifestyle. Suddenly, hes hanging with the cool kids. Sydney takes him to a disco, changes the way he dresses he gets very entrenched in that world. Gordon notes that Richies curly hair is another example of the way that director and actor work together to create the character. It started with Bradley he said, I think my character should have curly hair. But then he and David took it to the next step they tied it into the theme of the movie. What if his hair isnt really curly what if he curls it? Thats another detail about the little hustles we do to survive. 8

Suckle says that Cooper also embraced his role as one of the films executive producers his energy on-set was infectious and kept the entire production moving forward with a full head of steam. Bradley is our quarterback, he says. He and David play off each other in a special way theres a sort of big brother/younger brother relationship that they have, and it helps drive the train when youre trying to do so much in such little time. They have a shorthand they can look at each other and they dont even have to say anything they just know what they need from each other. Its a great thing to watch. Jennifer Lawrence reunites with Russell to play Irvings estranged wife Rosalyn, an unstable Long Island housewife who is the opposite of Adams elegant Sydney. characters lack of sophistication comes through in every aspect the scenes and dialogue, the performance, and the costume design. Rosalyn is very Long Island red acrylic nails, huge hair all the time, loves leopard print, Lawrence says. I imagined her never going out, flipping through the magazines, buying these clothes, imagining that shed look exactly like the pictures but she has no idea how to dress for her body. So costume fittings became all about making sure that nothing really looked good thats not tacky enough, thats too classic. I wanted her to look a little awkward. Rosalyn is manic very up or very down, Lawrence continues. She is so afraid of being alone that shed rather be unhappily married. It seems like theres a simple solution to her problems she should get a divorce but she cant let herself do that. Thats where her desperation comes from. Shes in survival mode: the marriage isnt working but she still has expectations for Irv that he can never meet. Her constant state of disappointment causes her to make some incredibly bad decisions that just make everything worse. The

For the target of the sting, Russell cast Jeremy Renner as Carmine Polito, a New Jersey politician who sees an opportunity to remake the run down, working class region if he can find the right investor. Polito is great at his job, says Renner. He loves his 9

job, hes principled, hes a family man, a great communicator just a no-nonsense politician and human being with a Liberace-meets-Tony Curtis hairdo. Renners character stands out from the others in that he is not wearing any mask he says he is trying to do the right thing for the people he represents, and he is. David and I talked a lot about his motivations, Renner says. The thing that it boiled down to is that he is well-intentioned in everything he does. Rebuilding the state of New Jersey thats what drives him. Even if he makes a mistake, every good or bad thing he does, it is always well-intended and he is very sympathetic.

The film also features strong performances by several actors in supporting roles, with Louis C.K. as Coopers FBI superior, Stoddard Thorsen; Michael Pea as FBI Agent Paco Hernandez, who poses as the fake Sheik Abdullah; Alessandro Nivola as Anthony Amado, Chief U.S. Prosecutor, Special Task Force; Jack Huston as Pete Musane, a mobster with an interest in Atlantic City; and Elisabeth Rhm as Politos wife, Dolly.

GETTING THE SHOT

When David O. Russell directs a film, he stands just off camera, fine tuning the acting, rewriting and feeding new lines to the actors as the cameras roll, re-blocking scenes, sometimes directing the Steadicam operator with a new idea for the shot. Life is unexpected none of us ever know whats going to happen from moment to moment and Davids scenes feel that way, too, says Gordon. Its very unpredictable, but its also extremely focused David has an intention behind it all. We light the room, rather than the shot, and we do it on Steadicam, rather than trying to get traditional coverage. David doesnt sit by the monitors. He stays right with his actors, where the movie is. He grabs shots in the moment. He thinks like an editor he knows all the angles he has. And the result is that when you sit down to watch the movie, you can tell within five minutes that its a David O. Russell movie it has that style, the specific language, the camera movement, the feeling of the world.

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It was the films director of photography, Linus Sandgren, who was responsible for capturing the images. David used a few key words for the look of the film, Sandgren remembers. He wanted the actors to be warm, interesting and sexy, and he wanted us to love being there with the characters. The aim was to make the world of these characters as sexy, cool and appealing as possible in this crazy world of lies, honesty, conflicts, friendship, cheaters, lovers, good and bad guys, you would always want to be seduced and sucked into this world, hang out with the characters, and love them.

The way a director of photography brings this about is in the way he lights the scene. He explains. I wanted the actors to shine the way you think of the enchanting part of the 70s. Everything today is so monochromatic, and I was really intrigued that David wanted the film to be colorful. So, gold was a major color in my lighting palette and that was often the key light and I always brought in complementary colors, greens and pinks, to complement the gold and enhance the colorfulness to the scenes.

It was a tremendous challenge for Sandgren to light a scene in which Russell could choose to pan to any actor at any time. He solved the issue in a creative way. I would stand in the center of an empty set and work with Judy Becker, our production designer, and Heather Loeffler, our set decorator, to put practical light sources in the room, along the backgrounds and among the actors. This made our backgrounds juicy, moody and enchanting. Then, to make sure that any actor we panned to had enough light, my gaffer, Patrick Murray, hung a Chinese lantern from a sound boom, running by the Steadicam; we filled the lantern with dimmable LEDs, which gave us the ability to dial the color temperature from warm to cool. At first, I was worried that the camera would see the light moving in the scenes, but its impossible to tell, because the camera and the actors are also moving. It was a great solution we could pre-light the set in a proper way, and then control the light when we had to. It worked out.

RECREATING THE 70s

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Russell relied on his longtime collaborator, production designer Judy Becker, to bring about the look he desired for the film. Becker was excited by the opportunity. Her research, combined with the screenplay, inspired her to build unique worlds for the characters that expresses who they are. Thats one of the things that drew me to this project, says Russell. So much of this movie takes place in different worlds: its the world of the Long Island home of Rosalyn Rosenfeld, its the world of Sydney Prossers East Side apartment, its the world of Richies Brooklyn apartment, its the world of the FBI with Stoddard Thorsen, its the museum with Irving, its City Hall, its the home of Carmine Polito with his five children and his wife in Camden, its the beautiful local restaurant where Carmine takes Irving out to dinner with the wives. So many, many worlds, bringing warmth to the film. But it wasnt just the chance to re-team with one of her most cherished collaborators that excited her she was also drawn to the film by the fact that it is set in New York in the 1970s. I have been interested in tackling that period for a long time, partly because its my favorite period in film history, she says. The funny thing is, I was surprised by the world I found myself creating instead of the gritty 1970s New York that influenced me, the movie took a more glamorous point of view. For a designer, Russells concept for the themes of American Hustle added several layers that made the project especially intriguing: because the characters are running a con, the designs would not only show who the characters are, but who they are pretending and aspiring to be. Beckers approach is best seen in the contrast between Sydneys New York apartment and Rosalyns Long Island home. They are really contrasting worlds what was interesting was that we used similar palettes, textures, and materials, but completely different taste levels for those two sets, says Becker. For Rosalyns house, the character is a stay-at-home mom and housewife, a woman who clearly enjoys decorating and maybe enjoys decorating too much, Becker laughs. Everything is based on reality and our research, but it looks a little over-the-top: we made extensive use of foil-patterned wallpaper, different patterns, furniture from the

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Pace Collection, and custom-made engraved Lucite screens. It may not be tasteful, but its a feast for the eyes and tells you immediately who Rosalyn is. To contrast Rosalyns home, Becker sought to make Sydneys apartment more sophisticated and stylish. She lives on the Upper East Side in a white brick building common for single girls of that era. For Sydney we created a more minimalist look; where Rosalyn had gold, Sydney has a sunny yellow; where Rosalyn had wallpaper, Sydney has neutral grasscloth, Becker notes. Its sexy, the apartment of a woman who would look cool at Studio 54. When one of my assistants saw the apartment, he walked in and said, Wow, I wish my girlfriend had an apartment that looked like this and thats the feeling that we wanted that apartment to have.

DRESSING THE PART

With the film set in the 1970s, costume designer Michael Wilkinson had a chance to express the decades distinctive design through the films fashion. His designs further expressed the films theme: characters remaking themselves, transforming themselves into the people they aspire to be. Michael constructs each characters personality in the fabrics they like, the colors they like, how they feel when youre around them, says Russell. The cream bathing suits that he put Irving and Sydney in when they meet this tells you a lot about them theyre stylish, but very much of their period. Wilkinson explains, Davids characters are wholly unique and wildly imaginative. With Davids script, there were a lot of opportunities to explore different social backgrounds, from the vibrant, racially diverse world of blue-collar New Jersey to ultra-fashionable Upper East Side Manhattan to the sprawling suburbs of Long Island. 1978 the year the film takes place is a fascinating year, because it marks the beginning of a transition away from a truly flamboyant, exaggerated lines of the 1970s and into a more streamlined, early 80s vibe.

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Clothing plays an important role in defining Bales and Adams characters. In fact, each character has over 40 costumes. There had to be something about Irvs clothes that was very appealing you want to trust him, you want to believe him. Theres an aspect to his character that wants to fly a little below the radar. Its Sydney who starts helping him find a way to present himself to the world. We played with a lot of beautiful fabrics, some colors that were quite expressive, great combinations of vests and shirts, stripes and plaids. In addition to remaking Irving, Sydney is also remaking herself. She's a small-town girl who arrives in New York. She has a natural sense of style and when she meets Irv, she gets the confidence to explore it. She picks out Diane von Furstenberg dresses, wears Halston, and starts really enjoying this new silhouette, this new freedom its super-sophisticated and confident." For Sydney and for all of the characters, Wilkinson worked with real clothes from the period to be as authentic as possible. He also ended up building a lot of clothes from scratch, designing costumes for specific moments in the film. Adams character is contrasted against Jennifer Lawrences character, Rosalyn. Wilkinson says that the designs for Lawrences costumes are meant to underscore the character as another hustler. Rosalyn is a master of emotional manipulation she really knows how to work a person over and she uses her sexuality to push her agenda. At the same time, we had to balance that against the fact that she lives this totally boring existence in the suburbs, Wilkinson explains. "She has wild mood swings, and this is reflected in her clothes, from her frumpy house dresses and muumuus to her dressed-to-kill evening wear. Coopers character, the FBI Agent who falls under the spell of the hustlers he lures in, is another character remade through the film. He starts off as someone who doesnt care so much about how he looks, Wilkinson says. Hes doing things like curling his hair, but he doesnt have a very finessed approach to what hes doing. When he comes into

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contact with Irv and Sydney, it has a huge effect on him. He re-invents himself: he goes from ill-fitting polyester cotton blends to silk shirts and stylish leather jackets. For Jeremy Renners character, David wanted to put him in pale suits, continues Wilkinson. He had a signature way of dressing with a slightly old-school feel to it, a Rat Pack kind of boldness to it. Maybe his clothes arent the most up-to-date they hark back to another era, especially when juxtaposed with the finer, sophisticated clothes we see from Irv and Sydney but hes a very well-dressed man expressing a New Jersey bravado, and that was fun to explore.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Music is a very important part of any David O. Russell film, and American Hustle is no exception. With the film set in the 1970s, Russell and his music supervisor, Susan Jacobs, weave in a variety of classic tracks, deep cuts, and new twists on old favorites. The music has to feel authentic and not feel like a music video, says Jacobs. Its the hardest thing to thread you want to bring some emotion with it, not just a montage with a song that doesnt add anything to the scene. It can be very difficult to find the right song for a scene in one of Davids movies, because the tone is very difficult. He likes songs that are contrasting; the songs have to have a lot of heart, and then something else. They cant just be one thing. Jacobs adds that Russell often writes with specific cues in mind and sometimes, those cues will make their way straight through to the final film. For example, Jeeps Blues the Duke Ellington track that sparks the connection between Irving and Sydney was written into the script. Similarly, Steely Dans Dirty Work, which is heard near the very beginning of the film as Irving, Sydney, and Richie walk down the hall at the Plaza Hotel, was a choice made very, very early on. I was on set and we were scanning through Davids iPod, talking and listening. They shot with that song in mind, and we just couldnt beat it, Jacobs says. 15

Other song cues are born out of inspiration and character development discussions between Russell and the actors. For example, in American Hustle, both Bale and Renners duet over Tom Jones Delilah and Lawrences no-holds-barred belting of Paul McCartneys Live and Let Die began with late night phone calls to Jacobs. Those came about very spontaneously, laughs Jacobs.

After these scenes were filmed, Jacobs sent the completed sequences to the artists and rights holders to obtain the proper permissions. Live and Let Die was a gift of a collaboration, says Jacobs. Its owned by Eon the James Bond company and Barbara Broccoli was very involved. Its good to be able to show people the scene when youre trying to get a really big song it makes people more comfortable. So I sent the scene very early on to Paul McCartney and Barbara Broccoli, and asked how they felt. And they both loved it. They were really thrilled that the song could be part of the movie in this way. And its an iconic moment in the film. Other music choices happen in the editing room and, in fact, the single artist whose songs are heard most in the film came about in just that way. As we were cutting a scene, we needed some temp score, so I put in an instrumental part of an Electric Light Orchestra song, 10538 Overture. I temped it in, Jacobs says. Its got this Beatlesesque feeling and all these cellos, all this contradiction and beautifulness. Jeff Lynne came to see the movie, and he loved it, and he opened up his treasure chest to us. We ended up with five or six Jeff Lynne songs, many of which have never been heard before. His music fit the film really well, and he ended up with a lot of real estate in the film. We found this great song called Long Black Road that ELO had done a long time ago I think it was released in Japan or something. Its just fantastic. And it all came out of those very early days of needing a piece of temp.

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ABOUT THE CAST

Born in Wales, CHRISTIAN BALE (Irving Rosenfeld) grew up in England and the USA. He made his film debut in Steven Spielbergs World War II epic Empire of the Sun. Bales work to date includes Henry V, The Portrait of a Lady, The Secret Agent, Metroland, Velvet Goldmine, All the Little Animals, American Psycho, Laurel Canyon, The Machinist, Batman Begins, The New World, The Prestige, Harsh Times, Rescue Dawn, 3:10 to Yuma, Im Not There, The Dark Knight, Public Enemies, The Fighter, Flowers of War and The Dark Knight Rises.

Bale is currently filming Exodus and audiences will next see him in Out of the Furnace and Knight of Cups.

With extensive training and experience in theater, television and film, BRADLEY COOPER (Richie DiMaso / Executive Producer) is one of the industrys most sought after actors of his generation.

Currently, Cooper is filming the untitled Cameron Crowe film, in which he will star opposite Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams. The film is scheduled for release in 2014.

Cooper recently wrapped the action adventure film Guardians of the Galaxy, in which he lends his voice as the character Rocket Raccoon. Directed by James Gunn, the film chronicles the story of a jet pilot who gets stranded in space and must unite a diverse team of aliens to form a squad capable of defeating cosmic threats. Guardians of the Galaxy is scheduled for release in 2014.

Cooper will also be seen in the upcoming drama Serena, in which he stars opposite Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by Susanne Bier, the film is set in Depression-era North 17

Carolina where the future of George Pembertons (Cooper) timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena (Lawrence), cannot bear children.

Cooper was most recently seen opposite Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha in the third part of the comedy trilogy, The Hangover Part III. Cooper also starred in the previous two installments in the trilogy, all directed by Todd Phillips, which all together have taken in over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office. The Hangover Part II smashed opening weekend records for an R-rated comedy, and The Hangover holds the domestic box office record for an R-rated comedy.

In March 2013, Cooper starred opposite Ryan Gosling, Rose Byrne and Eva Mendes in the acclaimed crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, directed by Derek Cianfrance.

In 2012, Cooper was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for his starring role opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the critically acclaimed drama Silver Linings Playbook. The film, directed by David O. Russell, and also starring Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles, and Chris Tucker, was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was cited by the AFI as one of the Movies of the Year. Cooper also won the National Board of Review Award and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance. Additionally, he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, as well as nominations from the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Male Lead, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role.

Also in 2012, Cooper starred in the thriller The Words opposite Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes and Dennis Quaid. The film was written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal.

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Cooper appeared in The A-Team in 2010, based on the original television series. The film, directed by Joe Carnahan, also starred Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Sharlto Copley and Quinton Rampage Jackson. Coopers many other film roles include New York, I Love You, Hes Just Not That Into You, Yes Man, All About Steve, Wedding Crashers, and Wet Hot American Summer.

In the summer of 2012, Cooper starred alongside Patricia Clarkson in Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man, directed by Scott Ellis, on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is currently in development to bring The Elephant Man to Broadway. Cooper made his Broadway debut in the spring of 2006 in Joe Montellos production of Three Days of Rain opposite Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd. In July 2008, Cooper joined the cast of the critically acclaimed Theresa Rebeck play The Understudy, which premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival to rave reviews and sold out performances.

On television, Cooper starred as Aidan Stone for three seasons of the F/X drama Nip/Tuck. He also starred in Foxs single-camera comedy Kitchen Confidential, based on the trials and tribulations of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain. His other television credits include Alias, Jack & Bobby, Touching Evil, Law & Order: SVU and Trial by Jury.

In March 2012, Cooper and Warner Bros. entered into a two-year first look deal for his production company 22nd & Indiana Pictures.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, Cooper graduated with honors in the English program at Georgetown University. After moving to New York City, he obtained his Masters in the Fine Arts program at the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School University.

Cooper currently resides in California.

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A four time Academy Award-nominated actress, AMY ADAMS (Sydney Prosser) has built an impressive body of work, challenging herself with each new role.

Adams was recently seen in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot for Warner Bros., Man of Steel, in the role of Lois Lane. The film has grossed roughly $670 million to date and posted the highest June opening ever. Adams will next be seen in Spike Jonzes Her opposite Joaquin Phoenix, which is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on December 18, 2014. Adams recently wrapped production on Tim Burtons Big Eyes opposite Christoph Waltz. In the biographical drama, Adams will play Margaret Keane, and Waltz will play her husband, Walter Keane. The film tells the real-life story of the iconic couple who found immense success marketing paintings of large eyed children back in the 1950s and 60s, with Walter taking the credit for his shy wifes creations.

Adams recently starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Adams' role garnered a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination in addition to her fourth Academy Award nomination.

In summer of 2012, Adams played the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods as part of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte.

Adams has teamed with Maven Pictures' Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray to produce Object of Beauty, which she is also set to star in. The film is based on the novel by Steve Martin and follows a clever young art entrepreneur who climbs from gallery assistant to gallery owner.

Previously, Adams starred in David O. Russell's The Fighter, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Adams' role garnered her a Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA 20

nomination as well as her third Oscar nomination in five years. Adams also starred in Nora Ephron's Julie and Julia, reuniting with costar Meryl Streep, having previously starred opposite Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in John Patrick Shanley's Oscar nominated film Doubt, which earned Adams her second Academy Award nomination.

Adams starred in Kevin Lima's Enchanted opposite Patrick Dempsey and Susan Sarandon. The film was released on November 21st, 2007, grossed over 300 million dollars worldwide, and earned Adams a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Adams' role in Phil Morrison's Junebug in 2005 earned her, her first Academy Award and SAG nominations. She won an Independent Spirit Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, National Society of Film Critics Award, a San Francisco Film Critics Society Award, as well as the Breakthrough Gotham Award for her role. Adams also won the Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for her role as the pregnant, childlike Ashley, who is awe-struck by the arrival of her glamorous sisterin-law.

Adams' other film credits include Robert Lorenz's Trouble with the Curve opposite Clint Eastwood; Walter Salle's adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal beat generation novel, On The Road; Disney's The Muppets opposite Jason Segal; Shawn Levy's Night At The Museum 2: Battle at The Smithsonian opposite Ben Stiller; Christine Jeffs and Karen Moncrieff's critically acclaimed film Sunshine Cleaning opposite Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin; Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Phillip Seymour Hoffman; Bharat Nalluri's Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day opposite Frances McDormand, and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Two-time Academy Award nominee JEREMY RENNER (Mayor Carmine Polito) starred in the 2010 Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Winner of six Academy Awards and inspired by true events, The Hurt Locker is the story of a bomb disposal team in Baghdad that has volunteered for one of the worlds 21

most dangerous jobs. In his role as the self-assured Sgt. James, Renner was awarded the Breakthrough Actor Award at the Hollywood Film Festival, the Spotlight Award at the Savannah Film Festival and received Best Actor nominations from the 2008 BAFTA Awards and Independent Spirit Awards For The Hurt Locker, Renner also garnered nominations for Breakthrough Actor and Best Ensemble Performance at the Gotham Awards, nominations for Leading Actor and Best Ensemble from the SAG Awards, and of course, a nomination as Best Actor by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The following year, Renner was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Town, directed by Ben Affleck for Warner Bros. Renner was also honored with Supporting Actor nominations from both the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes. In December 2011, Renner co-starred opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, directed by Brad Bird for Paramount Pictures. In the spring of 2012, Renner starred as Hawkeye in Joss Whedons The Avengers, the third-highest-grossing film in history. The actor next starred in The Bourne Legacy, a new installment of the popular Bourne franchise, and followed that up with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, a bona fide global hit which earned $220 million dollars.

Upcoming for Renner is Nightingale with Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix for director James Gray and The Weinstein Company.

He and partner Don Handfield have formed The Combine, a production company that will be creating, developing and producing high-quality, character-driven content for mainstream audiences.

In 2007, Renner was seen in three features: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for Warner Bros, directed by Andrew Dominik; 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later; and Take, opposite Minnie Driver. 22

In 2006, he also starred in the acclaimed independent film 12 and Holding (Independent Spirit Award Nominee John Cassavetes Award).

Other film credits included the independent film Neo Ned, which screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival and swept the feature film category at the 11th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival in 2006. Neo Ned was awarded Best Feature Film, Best Director and the Best Actor Award went to Renner. The film was also awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking, Best Feature Film Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2006. These awards come after winning the Audience Award at the Slamdance, Sarasota and Ashland film festivals. Renner also starred in Warner Bros. North Country opposite Charlize Theron, in A Little Trip to Heaven opposite Julia Stiles, and in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, Love Comes to the Executioner, Lords of Dogtown for director Catherine Hardwicke, and in S.W.A.T. opposite Colin Farrell and Samuel L. Jackson for Columbia Pictures.

The role that initially put Renner on the map was his portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer in the indie hit Dahmer, which earned the actor an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

With a background in theater, Renner starred in and also co-directed Search and Destroy, which was produced by Barry Levinson and received stellar reviews.

A natural talent, with a striking presence and undeniable energy, Academy Award winner JENNIFER LAWRENCE (Rosalyn Rosenfeld) is one of Hollywood's most gifted actresses.

Most recently, Lawrence starred in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, alongside Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. Her portrayal of Tiffany garnered Lawrence an Academy Award in addition to wins at both the Golden Globes and 23

Screen Actors Guild Awards for lead actress. Lawrence recently completed production on X-Men: Days of Future Past, where she will reprise her role as Mystique opposite Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. Lawrence is currently starring in Catching Fire, the second installment of the big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel trilogy, The Hunger Games. Together, the franchise has grossed over $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office.

Lawrence has also signed on to star in and produce The Rules of Inheritance, an adaptation of Claire Bidwell Smith's recent memoir about a woman who loses both her parents to cancer as a young adult. Susanne Bier is set to direct the film, which will be written by Abi Morgan and distributed by Film Nation.

Previously, Lawrence starred in Drake Doremus' Like Crazy opposite Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, Lawrence also starred alongside Mel Gibson and Anton Yelchin in The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster. Lawrence's performance in Winters Bone garnered her a 2011 Oscar nomination for Best Actress in addition to nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, and Critic's Choice Awards. Additionally, she was honored with the Breakthrough Actress Award by the National Board of Review, the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and the New Hollywood Award at the 2010 Hollywood Film Awards. The critically acclaimed film, directed by Debra Granik, also received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor in addition to winning the 2010 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Other film credits include a lead role in Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut The Burning Plain, opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. The film premiered at the 65th Venice Film Festival, where Lawrence won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor. She also starred in Lori Petty's Poker House opposite Selma Blair and 24

Bokeem Woodbine, for which she was awarded the prize of Outstanding Performance in the Narrative Competition at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival. Lawrence also starred in Relativity's House at the End of the Street opposite Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot. On television, Lawrence co-starred on three seasons of the TBS series The Bill Engvall Show. Written and created by Bill Engvall and Michael Leeson, The Bill Engvall Show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of Bill Pearson (played by Engvall), a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling.

Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky and a childhood of local theatre experience to her credit, Lawrence traveled to New York at age 14 to explore a professional career in acting. She quickly caught the eye of casting directors and started acting in film and television during the summer of 2005 and hasn't looked back.

LOUIS C.K. (Stoddard Thorsen) is one of the most honest and respected comedic voices of his generation, finding success in both television and film as well as the live stage. Currently he serves as executive producer, writer, director and editor of FXs hit show Louie. Louis took home two 2012 Emmy Awards for Louie and his standup special, Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theatre including Writing for a Comedy Series and Writing for a Variety Special. He also earned an additional five nominations including for Comedy Actor, Directing for a Comedy Series, Directing for a Variety Special, Special-Class Program, and Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments & Variety Specials. In 2013, Louis received a total of nine Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series for Louie.

He recently won four awards at the 2012 Comedy Awards, including Sketch Alternative Comedy Series and Comedy Directing TV for Louie, as well as Comedy Special of the 25

Year and Stand Up Tour for Live at the Beacon Theatre. He also was honored as 2011 Comedy Person of the Year from the Just For Laughs Festival and won a 2011 Comedy Award for Best Standup Special. Louie was honored on many year-end top 10 lists including AFI, Time, Entertainment Weekly and dozens of others. Hilarious was also honored with a 2012 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Always one to experiment, Louis released Live at the Beacon Theatre directly to consumers through his website for $5. The move was hailed as groundbreaking and was a tremendous success and he donated a large portion of the proceeds to charity.

As a filmmaker, Louis is best known for his cult classic Blaxploitation spoof, Pootie Tang, which he wrote and directed. Louis first feature film, Tomorrow Night, an independent film that he produced, wrote, and directed, premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in 1998. He also created the short film Ice Cream, which screened at Sundance and as part of the New Directors, New Films series at MOMA in 1994. In 2013, Louis starred opposite Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin in Woody Allens Blue Jasmine. He was previously seen in Diminished Capacity and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. He also starred in the film, The Invention of Lying and had a recurring role on the NBC series, Parks & Recreation, which he recently reprised last year.

Louis currently lives in New York.

MICHAEL PEA (Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah) has distinguished himself in Hollywood as an actor with a wide range of performances who has worked with an impressive roster of award winning directors. Pea earned notable recognition for his performance in Paul Haggis provocative Oscar winning film Crash, alongside Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon and Terrence Howard. Critically acclaimed for the films interpretation of complex race relations in contemporary America, Pea has garnered multiple best ensemble nominations for his role as Daniel the locksmith, winning awards 26

from the Screen Actors Guild and the Broadcast Film Critics Association for the casts performance. In September 2012, Pea was seen in writer-director David Ayers critically acclaimed film End of Watch, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. For his role as Officer Zavala, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and the film was recognized by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of the year.

In March 2014, Pea can be seen as civil rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez in Chavez. The film is directed by Diego Luna and produced by Canana and Mr Mudd. He is currently re-teaming with director David Ayer for an upcoming feature film, starring opposite Brad Pitt.

Pea has been seen in a range of films in the past year, including the independent film Everything Must Go alongside Will Ferrell and Rebecca Hall and Gangster Squad opposite Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling; in addition, his voice was heard in DreamWorks Animations Turbo. Peas film credits include The Lucky Ones, co-starring Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins; Jody Hills comedy Observe and Report with Seth Rogen; Robert Redfords political drama Lions for Lambs, along with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep; and Werner Herzog and David Lynchs psychological thriller My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done with Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe and Chloe Sevigny. Peas other noteworthy credits include Oliver Stones World Trade Center; Clint Eastwoods Million Dollar Baby; Matthew Ryan Hoges The United States of Leland; Gregor Jordans Buffalo Soldiers; Antoine Fuquas Shooter; Brett Ratners Tower Heist; and Alejandro Gonzlez Irritus Babel. On television, Pea also starred in the HBO film Walkout. Based on the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher who helped stage a massive student 27

walkout in the mid 1960s, Pea received an Imagen Award for Best Actor in the television category for his performance. He recently re-teamed with Danny McBride on the second season of HBO's Eastbound and Down. He also appeared on the F/X drama The Shield for its fourth season as one of the central leads opposite Glenn Close and Anthony Anderson. Other television credits include Steven Spielbergs NBC series Semper Fi.

Raised in Chicago, Pea began acting when he beat out hundreds of others in an open call for a role in Peter Bogdanovichs To Sir, With Love 2, starring Sidney Poitier.

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA (Anthony Amato) earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his first performance on the New York stage in the Roundabouts 1995 Broadway production of A Month in the Country opposite Helen Mirren. Since then he has starred in many films including Lisa Cholodenkos Laurel Canyon (Independent Spirit Award nom), Coco Before Chanel, Junebug, Mansfield Park, Kenneth Branaghs Loves Labours Lost, Jurassic Park III, Best Laid Plans, and John Woos Face/Off (Blockbuster Entertainment Award nom) among many others. In 2009, he was given the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. This year, Nivola was among the New York Times critics picks for an Oscar nomination for his p erformance opposite Elle Fanning and Annette Bening in Sally Potters film Ginger and Rosa.

He has continued to return to the theater and has received rave reviews for his performance in the current Broadway revival of Terrence Rattigans The Winslow Boy. In 2011, he starred in Ethan Hawkes revival of A Lie of the Mind at the New Group, and played Orlando opposite Gwyneth Paltrows Rosalind in As You Like It at Williamstown. Last summer, he starred opposite Bradley Cooper in the Williamstown production of The Elephant Man, which is set to move to Broadway in the fall of 2014. His upcoming films include Atom Egoyans The Devils Knot opposite Reese Witherspoon which is set for a spring 2014 release. 28

Nivola and his wife Emily Mortimer recently established the film and television production company King Bee Productions. Their first completed project, Doll & Em, is a six-part television series written by Mortimer and produced by Nivola. It was commissioned by Sky TV in the UK and acquired last month by HBO in the US. It has since been recommissioned for a second season, which is currently in pre-production in New York.

Nivola graduated from Yale University with a BA in English.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS Three-time Academy-Award nominee DAVID O. RUSSELL (Director / Co-Writer) most recently wrote and directed Silver Linings Playbook (2012), which was a box office sensation and earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and acting nominations in all four categories Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, and Best Supporting Actress for Jackie Weaver, and a win for Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence. The film also garnered four Golden Globe nominations, two Independent Spirit Awards (Best Director, Best Screenplay), a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was named one of AFIs 2013 Movies of the Year. Russell was also honored by several mental health organizations including McLean Hospital for the films depiction of a man struggling with bipolar disease. Previously, he directed The Fighter (2010), which earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale and two Best Supporting Actress nods for Melissa Leo and Amy Adams and Oscar wins for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Leo meaning that Russell has directed actors to a total of seven Oscar nominations and three wins in back-to-back

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pictures. Prior films include I Heart Huckabees (2004), Three Kings (1999), Flirting with Disaster (1996) and Spanking the Monkey (1994).

Recently honored with a Career Tribute at the Gotham Independent Film Awards and Varietys Indie Impact Award, Russell is a longtime board member of the Ghetto Film School, an organization that supports the growth and education of young black and Latino filmmakers in the South Bronx.

ERIC WARREN SINGER (Co-writer / Executive Producer) is a highly acclaimed screenwriter who has worked with and written movies for big names such as David Fincher, Gore Verbinski, Ron Howard, Ridley Scott, Ben Affleck, Tom Tykwer, and Sam Raimi. He is currently writing the film Splinter Cell for New Regency and Ubisoft, with Tom Hardy attached to star.

After dropping out of college from Boston University, Singer struck gold almost immediately in Hollywood. Returning home to his native Los Angeles, he wrote his first screenplay, The Sky Is Falling. This screenplay, written with Howard Roth, was named by Premiere and Empire as one of the top ten unproduced screenplays of all time. In 2009, he went on to write the screenplay for The International; the film was directed by Tom Tykwer and starred Clive Owen and Naomi Watts for Columbia Pictures.

A distinguished producer and leader in the entertainment industry for nearly three decades, CHARLES ROVEN (Producer) is the founder of Atlas Entertainment. Through the years, Roven has built a reputation of creative collaboration and innovation, and has garnered international acclaim for his work in film, television, and music. During his illustrious career as a producer, founder and board member on a number of major entertainment companies, Roven has helped generate billions of dollars in revenue.

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Roven recently produced the worldwide box office hit Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder. He also served as a producer on Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises which have collectively earned over $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office. The films are the most successful in the history of Warner Bros., breaking boxoffice records around the world and earning numerous accolades including seven Academy Award nominations and two wins, 12 BAFTA nominations and one win, and awards at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, the Peoples Choice Awards, and the AFI Awards among others. Upcoming, Roven is currently in pre-production on the Batman / Superman feature for Warner Bros. The film will also be directed by Zack Snyder with production expected to begin in 2014, with an anticipated release date of July 17, 2015.

Currently, Roven is also in pre-production on the highly anticipated feature film Warcraft from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, which is scheduled to commence in early 2014 and will be directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code). The live-action film is based on Blizzard Entertainments award-winning Warcraft universe and was written by Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) and Duncan Jones.

Roven's involvement in branded, franchise properties began with the $275-million-plus worldwide box office hit Scooby-Doo and its sequel, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. His distinguished credits also include blockbusters and critically-acclaimed films such as the suspense thriller The International; Get Smart, inspired by the hit TV show; the critically acclaimed film The Bank Job; the highly-acclaimed post-Gulf War tale Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell; the fantasy-romance City of Angels; Fallen; and the Oscar-nominated Twelve Monkeys; as well as Final Analysis and the supernatural action adventure Season of the Witch. For his prolific contribution to film, Roven was honored with the ShoWest Producer of the Year award as well as Filmmaker of the Year at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2008. Under the umbrella of Rovens Atlas Entertainment lies Atlas Independent, which produces indie-minded movies with modest budgets, betting on the potential high profit margins of smaller films. Atlas Independent is currently in post production on William Monahans Mojave, which stars Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Louise Bourgoin and 31

Walton Goggins. Additionally, Atlas Independent is in post-production on Gonzalo Lopez-Gallegos Open Grave, which stars Sharlto Copley and Thomas Kretschmann. The film will be distributed by Tribeca Film this December. Atlas Independents first film, Chadd Harbolds Revenge for Jolly! written by Brian Petsos, premiered at 2012s Tribeca Film Festival. The film was released this past May by Sony Pictures with an ensemble cast including Oscar Isaac, Brian Pestos, Kristen Wiig, Elijah Wood and Ryan Phillippe.

Roven's success, however, is not limited to producing films. In 1990, with partner Robert Cavallo, Roven co-founded Roven/Cavallo Entertainment (RCE), the predecessor to Atlas Entertainment, which, in addition to producing films, guided the trajectories of some of the largest names in music, including multi-Grammy winning recording artists Green Day, Alanis Morissette, Seal, Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer, Savage Garden, LeAnn Rimes, All American Rejects, and Paula Abdul. RCE fostered Morissette throughout her early career, including the release of her debut album Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling album of all time by a female artist. In 1993, the legendary Dawn Steel joined the venture and the RCE production banner was re-named Atlas Entertainment and its music management affiliate became Atlas/Third Rail Management. In 1998, after an eight-year partnership with Cavallo, Roven took the sole reins of Atlas Entertainment, as the company produced the $200 million fantasy-romance City Of Angels. Atlas/Third Rail simultaneously packaged that films soundtrack, which won three Grammy Awards and yielded #1 singles for Atlas/Third Rail artists Alanis Morissette and The Goo Goo Dolls. The soundtrack, the largest selling album of the year, certified 10 times platinum.

Roven went on to merge the Atlas Entertainment entities with the talent management group The Gold/Miller Company to form Mosaic Media Group (MMG), a company with unrivaled synergies. The Gold/Miller Company's talent management clients included blockbuster comedians Ellen DeGeneres, Vince Vaughn, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, the Wayans family, and Sacha Baron Cohen as well as comedy directors Jay Roach, Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, and Robert Luketic. This merger came from the common desire 32

of the principals to be part of a true multimedia company with the ability to package projects, fully exploit opportunities for their clients through a multi-platformed approach, and acquire entertainment related media assets. One of their first such ventures was MMG's strategic relationship with MP3.COM, which helped to launch music online and allowed MP3.COM to become one of the first internet media companies with a successful IPO.

Mosaic Media Group's assets also comprised a legendary catalogue of music properties. Through their acquisition of The Hamstein Music Library in 2002, the Group's publishing assets included the entire ZZ Top catalogue, songs from Clint Black, and other chart-toppers from the country and rock-and-roll genres. Their ownership of the Daskel & Seldak library included some of modern music's greatest hits, including songs by rock pioneers Aerosmith.

Roven together with MMG president Allen Shapiro also oversaw the acquisition of the venerable company Dick Clark Productions (DCP), whose celebrated programming includes the Golden Globe Awards, the American Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Roven served on the board that packaged the first original hit series for DCP in over a decade: the reality competition show, So You Think You Can Dance. In 2006, Roven, together with Shapiro, supervised the sales of the publishing catalogues and in 2007, Roven served as chairman of the negotiating committee which sold DCP to Red Zone Capital Fund, the investment team chaired by Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins.

After tremendous success and accomplishing the goals they set almost a decade before, the remaining partners of MMG took back their individual organizations in 2009 and decided to go their separate ways and essentially disbanded MMG.

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RICHARD SUCKLE (Producer) attended the University of Chicago and New York University. While in college, he began his career in the entertainment industry on Broadway at the general management firm Gatchell & Neufeld, working on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love and the Tony Award winners Lettice & Lovage and City of Angels. Suckle later moved into the music industry and joined the public relations firm Shore Fire Media, where he worked with Grammy Award-winning artists Wynton Marsalis, Bruce Springsteen, and Hall & Oates.

Following his graduation in 1991, the Philadelphia native moved to Los Angeles and joined Roven/Cavallo Entertainment, which in 1993 became Atlas Entertainment. During his 22 years with Atlas, Suckle was responsible for many projects on the company's slate, including Twelve Monkeys, directed by Terry Gilliam, and Fallen, starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, a film on which Suckle served as associate producer.

Suckle produced the 2002 box office hit Scooby-Doo with Charles Roven and its 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Both films combined grossed over $450 million worldwide. He continued his collaboration with Scooby-Doo director Raja Gosnell, reteaming with the director in 2005 for Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. In 2006, Suckle independently financed the teen sex comedy Extreme Movie starring Michael Cera, which pre-emptively sold to The Weinstein Company. In 2009, Suckle produced The International, his third collaboration with Charles Roven and Atlas Entertainment. Currently, Suckle is in pre-production on the Twelve Monkeys television pilot for the SyFy Network, starring Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull. Jeffrey Reiner will direct from a script by Travis Fickett and Terry Matalas. Shooting commences early December in Detroit.

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MEGAN ELLISON (Producer) is the founder of Annapurna Pictures, a film production and finance company that focuses on creating sophisticated, high-quality films which stand out amongst those produced by traditional Hollywood studios. As the head of Annapurna Pictures, Ellison successfully upholds the companys vision to produce critically and commercially conscious films. With her passion for creating first-rate pictures, Ellisons projects appeal to a growing and diverse audience, making films of all genres and budgets while preserving their originality. This innate enthusiasm and original style of filmmaking is quickly turning Ellison into one of Hollywoods top producers amongst the new wave of industry auteurs and elite storytellers. Annapurnas upcoming projects include Spike Jonzes new film Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara, also set for a December release through Warner Bros. Next year, Bennett Millers Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, and Mark Ruffalo based on the true story of convicted millionaire murderer John DuPont will be released by Sony Pictures. Under Ellisons guidance, Annapurna has provided the industry with a critical boost of mature, adult dramas in recent years. Annapurnas recent releases include Kathryn Bigelows multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated film Zero Dark Thirty; Paul Thomas Andersons multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated masterpiece The Master; Andrew Dominiks Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt and John Hillcoats Lawless. Annapurnas Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine and starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and James Franco, broke records earning the biggest box office opening weekend of 2013 for a film playing in limited release. The company previously acquired the U.S. rights to Wong Kar Wais The Grandmaster, the story of martial arts master and Bruce Lee trainer Ip Man, which was released in August by The Weinstein Company.

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Additionally, Annapurna will partner with Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures on a rebooted Terminator movie, the first of a stand-alone trilogy to be released by Paramount in 2015. Further, the company has partnered with Nina Jacobsons Color Force on the best-selling comedic novel Whered You Go, Bernadette?, written by Maria Semple, and has partnered with Denver & Delilah and CJ Entertainment on the Sympathy for Lady Vengeance remake written by William Monahan and starring Charlize Theron. Last spring, the company made a deal to back Panorama Media, which will serve as the international sales agent on select Annapurna projects.

JONATHAN GORDON (Producer) is an independent producer whose most recent credits include Silver Linings Playbook for The Weinstein Company and The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon. Other recent films include writer-director Kevin Smiths Red State (which Smith and Gordon also successfully self-distributed); and the Dreamworks/Paramount family lm Hotel for Dogs.

Prior to setting up his own company, Jon Gordon Productions, Gordon was president of production at Universal Pictures, where he oversaw the development and production of The Bourne Ultimatum, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, and The Kingdom, directed by Pete Berg and starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, among other films. Gordon was brought to Universal by chair Stacey Snider after a fifteen-year career at Miramax Films, where his last role was as co-president of production, a position he held until Harvey and Bob Weinstein separated from Disney in 2005 to form The Weinstein Company. During Gordons tenure at Miramax, he oversaw the development and production of over fifty films, serving as executive producer on over a dozen pictures, including multiple Oscar winner Good Will Hunting; Flirting With Disaster, written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Ben Stiller; George Clooneys directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, written by Charlie Kaufman and starring Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, and Drew Barrymore; Derailed, directed by Oscar nominee 36

Mikael Hfstrm and starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston; The Yards, directed by James Gray and starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, and Charlize Theron; and four lms Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Jersey Girl by writer/director Kevin Smith, whom Gordon was instrumental in bringing to Miramax. Projects in development include The King of the Kastle, starring Academy Award nominees Clive Owen and Jacki Weaver; and Rounders 2, the sequel to the 1998 film that was directed by John Dahl and stared Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

Gordon is a graduate of Northwestern University and sits on the School of Communications National Advisory Council. He is also the founder of the Kenny Gordon Foundation, a charity that raises money for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrhythmia, supports full four-year scholarships to Skidmore College for economically and educationally disadvantaged young men and women, and provides inner-city children the opportunity to attend summer camp through Kennys Kids at Morrys Camp.

MATTHEW BUDMAN (Executive Producer) is a producer at independent production and financing company Annapurna Pictures. Budman works alongside founder Megan Ellison to produce first-rate films that appeal to a growing and diverse audience. Budman previously served as co-producer on Kathryn Bigelows multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated film Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Dominiks Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt, and John Hillcoats Lawless.

Prior to his work at Annapurna Pictures, Budman produced the Sony Shoot! competition-winning short film The Dreaming, in conjunction with the 2008 Berlinale Film Festival.

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An accomplished Assistant Director and Producer, GEORGE PARRA (Executive Producer) has worked on over 50 feature films covering all genres, including such titles as Terminator 2, The Rock, XXX, Ghost, The Mask of Zorro, and The Fast and Furious. He has also had success with smaller, more independent films, including several with his longtime associate, Alexander Payne, including Election, Sideways, The Descendants, and Nebraska; he also served as executive producer the recent films Silver Linings Playbook and The Way Way Back.

Parra collaborated both as an assistant director and now as a producer with such directors as Peter Yates, Oliver Stone, James Cameron, Michael Bay, Rob Cohen, Martin Campbell, and David O. Russell.

LINUS SANDGREN, F.S.F. (Director of Photography), a native of Stockholm now living in the U.S., was honored in 2011 and 2012 with three Cannes Lions Silver Awards, one Clio Gold Award, and one Mobius Gold Award for his cinematography in four different commercials.

After attending art school and film school, he began his career shooting music promos and commercials. He also began working on Swedish movies, learning about the feature film process.

In 2005, Sandgren shot his first feature film, the critically acclaimed Storm, directed by Mns Mrlind and Bjrn Stein. For his work on Storm, Sandgren became the youngest cinematographer ever to be honored with the Guldbagge Award (Swedens official film award, given annually by the Swedish Film Institute), also known as the Golden Bug Award.

In 2009, he shot his first American feature, Shelter, reteaming with directors Mns Mrlind and Bjrn Stein. The movie starred Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

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Sandgren has also been the cinematographer on short films, telefilms, and miniseries.

JUDY BECKER (Production Designer) is a frequent collaborator with David O. Russell, including on The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook. Amongst the numerous accolades she received for The Fighter was the Art Directors Guild Nomination for Excellence in Production Design. She has worked with some of todays most acclaimed directors, including with Todd Haynes on Im Not There, with Ang Lee on Brokeback Mountain, and with Lynne Ramsay on We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Becker has served as production designer on many other notable films including Zach Braffs Garden State, Steve McQueens Shame, and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Fariss Ruby Sparks. Becker received an Art Directors Guild Award for her design of Lena Dunhams groundbreaking HBO show Girls.

Becker comes from a background in fine arts and photography, and spent several years working as an underground comics artist. She lives in New York City.

JAY CASSIDY, A.C.E. (Editor) began his career as a film editor in the 1970s working on documentaries and political advertisements. Over the course of his professional career, Cassidy has edited more than 30 films. He has collaborated with Sean Penn on all the films Penn has directed, most notably Into the Wild (2007), for which Cassidy was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing. He was again nominated for the Oscar for his work on David O. Russells Silver Linings Playbook.

Other credits include An Inconvenient Truth (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2007, Brothers (2009), Conviction (2010) and Waiting for Superman (2010). 39

Cassidy is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and American Cinema Editors. American Hustle marks CRISPIN STRUTHERS (Editor) third collaboration with David O. Russell. He first teamed with Russell as an assistant editor on The Fighter, and later was credited as editor on Silver Linings Playbook and was honored with an Academy Award nomination for his work.

Struthers was born in San Francisco and grew up in Scotland. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an honors degree in physics. He has worked on such films as Rocknrolla, Eagle Eye, and I Am Number Four. Struthers most recent project, Echo, for director Dave Green, will be released next year.

ALAN BAUMGARTEN, A.C.E. (editor) teamed with director Ruben Fleischer on the films Gangster Squad, 30 Minutes or Less, and Zombieland. For director Jay Roach, Baumgarten edited the critically acclaimed HBO movie Recount, for which he won an Emmy Award and an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. He also served as the editor on Dinner for Schmucks and was an additional editor on Meet the Fockers.

Baumgarten's editing credits also include The Muppets, Charlie Bartlett, The Heartbreak Kid, Mr. Woodcock, Fever Pitch, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Lord of Illusions, The Lawnmower Man, and the telepic Losing Chase, which garnered him an Eddie nomination. His other television credits include episodes of Malcolm in the Middle and Wonderfalls. He edited the television movies Papa's Angels and Monte Walsh, in addition to several music videos and documentary films. 40

Born in Los Angeles, Baumgarten studied at the University of California at Santa Cruz and received his B.F.A. in Film Production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

The work of MICHAEL WILKINSON (Costume Designer) includes the Zack Snyder hit 300, and Joe Kosinskis futuristic action movie Tron: Legacy; Wilkinson was nominated for a Costume Designers Guild Award and a Saturn Award for both projects. Previously, Wilkinson won the Saturn Award for Snyders widely praised action thriller Watchmen, and was nominated for the CDG Award for his contemporary designs seen in the international ensemble drama Babel. Wilkinsons most recent work includes the costumes for the reinvention of the Superman franchise, Man of Steel, and Darren Aronofskys upcoming epic re-imagining of the biblical Noah. Variety magazine included Wilkinson in their recent Below the Line Impact list of film-makers who have significant impact in their field of expertise. Wilkinsons additional film credits include the fantasy film Sucker Punch, the postapocalyptic Terminator Salvation, the Civil War drama Jonah Hex, and the contemporary films The Nanny Diaries, Friends with Money, Party Monster, American Splendor, and Garden State. For TV, Wilkinson designed the HBO project Luck, directed by Michael Mann.

Earlier in his career, Wilkinson worked as a design assistant for such films as The Wachowski Brothers The Matrix, and Baz Luhrmanns Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet. Beyond film, Wilkinsons theater work includes award-winning costume designs for the Sydney Theater Company, Opera Australia, the Australian Dance Theater, Radio City 41

Hall, and the Ensemble Theatre. He has also works in special events, having created hundreds of designs for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Wilkinson has a degree in Dramatic Arts (Design) from the National Institute of the Dramatic Arts in his hometown of Sydney, Australia.

DANNY ELFMAN (Music by) recently reunited with director Sam Raimi on the hit film Oz the Great and Powerful after composing original scores for the filmmakers blockbuster hits Spider-Man (Grammy Award nominee), Spider-Man 2, Darkman and A Simple Plan. One of the worlds most versatile and successful contemporary film composers, Elfman has been nominated for the Academy Award for his original scores for Milk and Good Will Hunting (both directed by Gus Van Sant), as well as for Men In Black and Tim Burtons Big Fish. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Burton on 14 films, including Pee-wees Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman (for which he won a Grammy Award for best instrumental and a second nomination for best score), Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows. Elfmans credits also include Dick Tracy, Midnight Run, Mission: Impossible, Wanted, and the Oscar-winning musical Chicago. He most recently scored David O. Russells Silver Linings Playbook, Gus Van Sants Promised Land, Men In Black 3, Hitchcock and Tim Burtons Frankenweenie. In addition to his quartet of Oscar nominations, Elfmans work has garnered numerous awards recognition, including 13 Grammy nominations (Alice in Wonderland, Batman, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Planet of the Apes, Spider-Man, Big 42

Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Milk), three Golden Globe nominations (Big Fish, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas), a pair of BAFTA nominations (Alice in Wonderland, Chicago) and the Emmy Award for his outstanding main title theme for ABCs Desperate Housewives (with a second Emmy nomination for The Simpsons). He is also a perennial nominee each year for the BFI Film & TV Award (of which he has over two dozen wins and nominations), and has received accolades from several national film critics organizations over the years.

The Los Angeles native got his start in the music business when he co-founded a musical theatre troupe in Paris (with brother Richard, an aspiring filmmaker) called The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo (his brothers 1982 motion picture directorial debut, the now cult classic, Forbidden Zone, saluted the bands stage performances). Eventually dubbing the group Oingo Boingo, Elfman composed eclectic rock music that won legions of fans, notably film director Burton, who recruited Elfman to compose the music for one of his earliest productions, Pee-wees Big Adventure. Oingo Boingos songs also turned up frequently on movie soundtracks, including such films as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Back to School and Donnie Darko. The group also collected two Grammy nominations over the years.

SUSAN JACOBS (Music Supervisor) has provided the music supervision for Academy Award winning films such as Silver Linings Playbook, Inside Job, and Little Miss Sunshine, as well as Oscar-nominated films Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night falls, GasLand, Short Cuts. With a career spanning twenty years and counting, Jacobs has worked on more than fifty films, including Our Idiot Brother, Catfish, GasLand: Part II, All Good Things, Sunshine Cleaning, Kansas City, Basquiat, 54, Happiness, Unbreakable, The Village, Everything is Illuminated, Capote, Lady in the Water and many more. Jacobs is currently supervising Bennett Millers film Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, Wild starring Renee Zellweger and numerous 43

environmental and social documentaries and independent films.

Jacobs started her career in music at Island Records. She was the assistant to Chris Blackwell for a number of years before going into artist/composer/producer management; her clients were Hal Willner, Gavin Friday and Evan Lurie. She is currently managing composers Paul Cantelon and Rani Sharone.

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