![]() A furious Driver tells Shannon to flee, warning that Nino will surely now hunt them both.Īt his pizzeria, Nino reveals to Bernie that a low-level Philadelphia mobster from the Italian " East Coast mob" stashed the money at the pawn shop with plans to use the money to set up a new operation. Knowing that someone must have leaked the Driver's whereabouts for Nino to know his address, the Driver confronts Shannon, who reveals that he called Bernie to tell him about the money, in the process also unwittingly mentioning Irene. He kisses Irene and then brutally stomps the hitman to death, horrifying Irene. When the pair enter an elevator, the Driver notices the hitman. The Driver tells an angry Irene about his involvement with her husband's death. Nino dismisses his offer, instead sending a hitman to the Driver and Irene's apartment building. The Driver calls him, offering to give back the money in exchange for being left out of the affair. ![]() Cook reveals that Nino was behind the robbery. He tracks Cook to a strip club and threatens to kill him. The Driver fatally stabs the gunman before killing another one with the shotgun.Īt the auto shop, Shannon offers to hide the money, but the Driver declines. While Blanche is in the restroom, she is killed with a shotgun by one of Cook's henchmen. She admits that the bag contains $1 million, and she and Cook planned to re-steal the money for themselves using the car that chased them. He threatens Blanche when she lies about being oblivious to the second car. The Driver hides with Blanche in a motel where he learns that the pawn shop owner claims Standard was the sole perpetrator and no money was stolen. The Driver and Blanche are then pursued by another car. While the Driver is waiting outside the pawn shop with Blanche, Cook's accomplice, the store owner kills Standard. Learning this, the Driver offers to act as the getaway driver for the pawn shop robbery. Standard owes protection money from his time in prison and is assaulted by Albanian gangster Chris Cook, who demands that Standard rob a pawn shop for $40,000 to pay off the debt, threatening that otherwise he will hurt Benicio and Irene. Their relationship is interrupted when Irene's husband, Standard Gabriel, arrives after his release from prison. The Driver meets his new neighbor, Irene, and grows close to her and her young son, Benicio. His jobs are all managed by auto shop owner Shannon, who persuades Jewish mobster Bernie Rose and his half-Italian partner Nino "Izzy" Paolozzi to purchase a car for the Driver to race. The movie is considered as a cult film.Ī man (billed as "Driver"), works as a mechanic, a stunt double, a stunt driver, and a criminal-for-hire getaway driver in Los Angeles, California. Its honors include a nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 84th Academy Awards. Several critics listed Drive as one of the best films of 2011, including the National Board of Review. Nonetheless, the film was still a commercial success, grossing $81 million against a production budget of $15 million. The film was praised for its direction, cinematography, performances (particularly Gosling and Brooks'), visuals, action sequences, and musical score however, some critics were appalled by its graphic violence and found that potentially detrimental to the film's box office success. Refn won the festival's Best Director Award. Newton Thomas Sigel oversaw the principal photography, which started on September 25, 2010, was shot on location in various parts of Los Angeles, and ended on November 12.īefore its September 2011 release, Drive had been shown at a number of film festivals, including the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. Gosling played a pivotal role in the film's production, which included hiring Refn as director and Beth Mickle as production designer. Gosling, one of Platt's top casting choices, eventually signed on for the lead, as he wanted to star in an action-oriented project. Adapting the book proved to be challenging for Amini, as it had a nonlinear narrative. Producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel optioned the source novel after Siegel read a review from Publishers Weekly. The film co-stars Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, and Albert Brooks. When her debt-ridden husband, Standard ( Oscar Isaac), is released from prison, the two men take part in what turns out to be a botched million-dollar heist that endangers the lives of everyone involved. ![]() He quickly grows fond of his neighbor, Irene ( Carey Mulligan), and her young son, Benicio. The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. The screenplay, written by Hossein Amini, is based on James Sallis's 2005 novel of the same name. Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
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