His plan works, and she does not talk.įBI Special Agent Adam Frawley recognizes their ties to local Irish mobster Fergus 'Fergie' Colm, who moonlights as a florist. Claire tells Doug she saw a tattoo on one of the robbers but did not tell the FBI, and he realizes that she can identify Jem and send them all to prison.ĭoug knows that Jem will kill her if he knows, so to dissuade her from talking, Doug tells her that if she tells the police, they will put her in witness protection and send her to live in another state. He also talks about how he almost became a professional ice hockey player before he threw it away to follow in his father's footsteps as a bank robber. Claire does not realize Doug was one of the robbers.ĭoug tells Claire of his search for his long-lost mother, who he believes went to live with his aunt in Tangerine, Florida. Soon, a romance grows between them, which Doug hides from the gang. Against Doug's wishes, Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey hostage but later releases her unharmed.Īfter finding out that Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug follows her to find out how much she has told the police and to ensure that Jem does not eliminate her as a witness.

Plot įour lifelong friends from the neighborhood of Charlestown, Boston, Douglas 'Doug' MacRay, James 'Jem' Coughlin, Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan, and Desmond 'Dez' Elden, rob a bank wearing masks. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2010, while Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Postlethwaite was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Based on actual events, it received praise from critics for its direction, screenplay, editing, and the performances of the cast (particularly Renner) and grossed $154 million worldwide. The film premiered on September 8, 2010, at the Venice Film Festival before being released in the United States on September 17, 2010. It also stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine, and follows a Boston bank robber who begins to develop romantic feelings for a victim of one of his previous robberies, while he and his crew set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park. The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written, directed by, and starring Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves.

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