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The Book of Eli | |
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Directed by | The Hughes Brothers |
Written by | Gary Whitta |
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Cinematography | Don Burgess |
Edited by | Cindy Mollo |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (United States, Canada and Turkey) Summit Entertainment (International) |
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Running time | 118 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $80 million |
Box office | $157.1 million |
The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western[2][3] action film directed by the Hughes Brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. The story revolves around Eli, a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the West Coast of the United States. Filming began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico.[4]
The Book of Eli was released theatrically in the United States on January 15, 2010, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics but earned $157.1 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $80 million.