Jungleland (film)
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| Directed by | Max Winkler |
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| Cinematography | Damián Garcia |
| Edited by | Tomas Vengris |
| Music by | Lorne Balfe |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Jungleland is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by Max Winkler, from a screenplay by Winkler, Theodore B. Bressman, and David Branson Smith. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, Jessica Barden, Jonathan Majors, John Cullum, and Nick Mullen, the film follows Walter "Lion" Kaminski (O'Connell), a former professional boxer whose ex-convict brother and manager Stanley (Hunnam) is indebted to gangster Pepper (Majors). In order to pay off his brother's debt, Lion agrees to drive Sky (Barden) across the country and to participate in an underground boxing match.
Jungleland premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 6, 2020, to positive reviews from critics.