The Company You Keep Blu-ray

The Company You Keep is a 2012 political action thriller, produced and directed by Robert Redford, based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gordon. With an incredible, award-winning ensemble cast including Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Jenkins and Stanley Tucci, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP explores how far you would go for what you believe in and to protect the ones you love. When a former member of the radical protest/terrorist organisation the Weather Underground (Sarandon) turns herself in to the FBI, Ben Shepard (LaBeouf), an aggressive young journalist, starts searching around for leads on the other members. Before long Ben uncovers Jim Grant (Redford) a former Weatherman and a fugitive wanted for murder. After living for more than thirty years under an assumed identity as a civil rights lawyer and single father in New York, he must now go on the run. With the FBI in hot pursuit and Shepard getting closer to discovering his secret, Grant sets off on a cross-country journey to track down the one person that can clear his name and allow him to go home to his daughter. Special Features About the Weather Underground The Script Cast and Crew interviews Awards Venice Film Festival 2012– Won Open Prize, Won Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award Reviews “Redford proves that he's still capable of making the sort of provocative political thrillers that would make a younger generation envious.” cinemalogue.com “Redford skillfully directs a cast so talented and comprehensive it threatens to overpower the briskly unassuming, but sharply written script.” Spectrum “There's enough plot to stuff a miniseries, but Redford never loses sight of the human drama. Martyrdom is not conferred, nor is reinvention equated with redemption. Drawing skillfully on a first-rate cast, Redford builds a riveting, resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience. In sellout Hollywood, that makes it revolutionary.” Rolling Stone “Director Robert Redford] deftly articulates the moral morass that can arise when idealism gives way to reality; he also has some very definite things to say about the way today's sensation-hungry, click-addicted media operates.” 3AW “It tends to sag a touch in its third act, but it's a solidly engaging thriller thanks mostly to its ridiculously talented cast.” Times-Picayune