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Directed by | Ric Roman Waugh |
Written by | Ric Roman Waugh |
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Cinematography | Dana Gonzales |
Edited by | Michelle Tesoro |
Music by | Antônio Pinto |
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Distributed by | Saban Films |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.4 million[1] |
Shot Caller is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film chronicles the transformation of a well-to-do family man, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, into a hardened prison gangster, which he undergoes to survive California's penal system after he is incarcerated for his role in a deadly DUI car accident. The film also stars Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan, Evan Jones, Benjamin Bratt, and Holt McCallany.
It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2017.[2] The film was released on July 20, 2017, through DirecTV Cinema and theatrically on August 18, 2017, by Saban Films.[3]