Los Angeles, 1949.
Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king
Mickey Cohen (
Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of
Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians he has under his thumb.
It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop
...except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of
LAPD outsiders led by Sgt.
John O'Mara (
Josh Brolin) and Sgt.
Jerry Wooters (
Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart.
Under the direction of
Ruben Fleischer, "
Gangster Squad" is a stylish retelling of events surrounding the LAPD's efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time. The film stars
Oscar® nominees Josh Brolin ("
Milk," "
True Grit") and Ryan Gosling ("
Half Nelson," "
Drive"), and
Academy Award® winner Sean Penn ("Milk," "
Mystic River") as Mickey Cohen. The film also stars Oscar® nominee
Nick Nolte ("
Warrior," "
Affliction"),
Emma Stone,
Anthony Mackie,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Michael Peña,
Robert Patrick and
Mireille Enos.
The screenplay was written by
Will Beall, based on the book Gangster Squad by
Paul Lieberman. The film is produced by
Dan Lin,
Kevin McCormick and
Michael Tadross.
The executive producers are Ruben Fleischer, Paul Lieberman and
Bruce Berman.
Fleischer was joined behind the scenes by his regular collaborators, production designer Maher
Ahmad and editor
Alan Baumgarten, as well as editor
James Herbert, Academy Award®-winning director of photography
Dion Beebe ("
Memoirs of a Geisha") and Oscar®-nominated costume designer
Mary Zophres ("True Grit"). The film's composer is
Steve Jablonsky.
RYAN GOSLING (Sgt. Jerry Wooters) has been honored for his work in a broad range of roles in both acclaimed independent features and major motion pictures. In
2012, he earned a
Golden Globe nomination for
Best Performance by an
Actor in a
Motion Picture --
Comedy or
Musical, for his role opposite
Steve Carell and Emma Stone in "
Crazy, Stupid, Love." and another for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture --
Drama, for his work in
George Clooney's "
Ides of March."
The "Ides of March" cast was also nominated for Best Acting
Ensemble by the
Broadcast Film Critics Association.
That same year,
Gosling was also nominated for an
Independent Spirit Award for Best
Male Lead and a
Critics Choice Award for
Best Actor for his work in the action drama "Drive," directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn. In
2010, he starred opposite
Michelle Williams in the romantic drama "
Blue Valentine," for which he earned another Golden Globe nomination, and his third Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Actor. He previously received Golden Globe,
Screen Actors Guild (
SAG) Award® and Critics Choice Award nominations for his work in the title role of the indie film "
Lars and the Real Girl." He earned an
Academy Award® nomination and won an Independent Spirit Award, both for Best Actor, for his performance in the
2006 release "Half Nelson," which also garnered him nominations for
SAG® and
Critics Choice Awards, Best Actor awards at the
Stockholm and
Seattle Film Festivals, and a
National Board of Review Award for Best Male
Breakthrough Performance.
Gosling made his feature film debut in the
2000 true-life drama "
Remember the Titans," starring
Denzel Washington. His breakthrough role came the following year, when he starred in the provocative independent drama "
The Believer," which won the
Grand Jury Prize at the
2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Gosling's portrayal of a virulent anti-Semite who is revealed to be
Jewish brought him his first Independent Spirit Award nomination, as well as a
London Film Critics' Circle Award nomination and the Best
Foreign Actor Award from the
Russian Film Critics
Guild.
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