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Logan Lucky
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven Soderbergh
Written byRebecca Blunt
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Andrews
Edited byMary Ann Bernard
Music byDavid Holmes
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) (Knoxville)
  • August 18, 2017 (2017-08-18) (United States)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$29 million[2]
Box office$16.4 million[1]

Logan Lucky is a 2017 American heist crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Rebecca Blunt. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank, Katherine Waterston and Sebastian Stan, and follows three siblings who plan to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600.

Logan Lucky was premiered in Knoxville on August 9, 2017, and was released in the United States on August 18, 2017, by Bleecker Street. The film received positive reviews, with many critics praising Soderbergh's direction and the cast's performances, and has grossed $16 million worldwide.[3]

Plot

Jimmy Logan, a blue collar laborer whose once promising football career was ruined by an injury, is laid off from his construction job at the Charlotte Motor Speedway due to liability issues. While visiting his former wife Bobbi Joe to pick up their daughter for a beauty pageant, he learns that Bobbi and her new husband, a wealthy car dealership owner, intend to move to Lynchburg, making it even harder for him to visit.

Angry, Jimmy goes to a bar run by his brother Clyde, an Iraq War veteran who, on account of losing part of his left arm, is obligated to wear a prosthetic hand. Max Chilblain, a pretentious British businessman, and his friends arrive and insult Clyde before getting in a fight with Jimmy, leading to the former setting fire to their car with a molotov cocktail. On his way out, Jimmy yells "cauliflower", which Clyde recognizes as an old code word from when they used to commit crimes as young boys. The next day, Jimmy explains his plan: Using his knowledge of the Speedway's new pneumatic tube system for moving money, the two will access the system during an upcoming car show, when security is lax, and siphon off the money.

Clyde agrees to the plan, and he and Jimmy recruit Joe Bang, a convicted safecracker, Joe's dimwitted brothers Sam and Fish, and their own sister Mellie. As Joe insists that he be returned to prison as soon as the heist is complete to finish the remainder of his sentence, Clyde gets himself incarcerated. Mellie, Sam, and Fish infest the Speedway's main vault with cockroaches, forcing it to be cleaned and allowing them to measure it. While gathering supplies, Jimmy meets former schoolmate Sylvia, a traveling physician's assistant who runs a mobile clinic in desperate need of donations. He learns that, due to construction being finished ahead of schedule, his original plan will not work, forcing him to change the timing of the heist to instead occur during the upcoming Coca-Cola 600 race on Memorial Day weekend.

As part of their plan, Joe and Clyde arrange for the prison's inmates to stage a "riot", allowing them to escape through the infirmary and hide under a delivery truck. They are picked up by Mellie in a stolen sports car, and taken to the Speedway, while Sam and Fish sabotage the electrical grid with an IED destroying the main generator, forcing all vendors to switch to cash. Joe uses his own IED made from bleach and gummy bears to detonate the main pneumatic pipe and the crew begins vacuuming up the money. The staff notices and security guards are dispatched to investigate, but a diversion set up by Jimmy and one of Clyde's bar patrons prevents them from discovering the heist. Complications arise, however, when Clyde loses his hand during the vacuuming and he and Joe are spotted by Chilblain and his sponsored NASCAR driver Dayton White while making their way back to prison. Nevertheless, the job is a complete success, and Jimmy makes it to his daughter's pageant just as she performs a rendition of his favorite song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads". Feeling guilty, Jimmy ditches his truck with the money at a gas station and alerts the police so they can retrieve it.

In the aftermath, FBI agent Sarah Grayson is assigned to investigate the heist, but due to the collective incompetence of the prison authorities, Chilblain, and the Speedway administration, the case is quickly closed. Joe is released and returns to his old home, where he eventually finds part of the money under his yard. It is then revealed that, during the heist, Jimmy purposely separated several bags from the rest of the loot and divided them between his associates and friends, while leaving the rest to throw off any potential investigations. Jimmy also manages to retrieve Clyde's prosthetic arm from the vacuum machine. Now working as a Lowe's salesman, Jimmy happily reunites with his family at Clyde's bar, where they and the rest of the gang share drinks. Clyde doesn't recognize one of the participants, who turns out to be Grayson continuing her investigation undercover.

Cast

  • Channing Tatum as Jimmy Logan, a construction worker and Clyde's older brother.
  • Adam Driver as Clyde Logan, a bartender and Jimmy's younger brother.
  • Daniel Craig as Joe Bang, an imprisoned explosives expert.
  • Riley Keough as Mellie Logan, Clyde and Jimmy's sister.
  • Katie Holmes as Bobbie Jo Logan-Chapman, Jimmy's ex-wife who has since remarried Moody Chapman.
  • Katherine Waterston as Sylvia Harrison, Jimmy's former high school classmate who runs a mobile free clinic.
  • Dwight Yoakam as Burns, the incompetent warden of Monroe County Jail where Joe Bang is incarcerated.
  • Seth MacFarlane as Max Chilblain, an arrogant British businessman.
  • Sebastian Stan as Dayton White, a pretentious, "clean living" race car driver looking to make a comeback.
  • Farrah Mackenzie as Sadie Logan, Jimmy and Bobbie Jo's daughter.
  • Brian Gleeson as Sam Bang,[4] Joe's older brother.
  • Jack Quaid as Fish Bang, Joe's younger brother.
  • Hilary Swank as Sarah Grayson, an FBI agent assigned to investigate the Logans' robbery.
  • David Denman as Moody Chapman, Bobbie Jo's new husband, wealthy car dealership owner, and father to two boys.
  • Jim O'Heir as Cal, Jimmy's foreman at his construction job.
  • Macon Blair as Brad Noonan, Grayson's partner.

LeAnn Rimes appears singing America the Beautiful before a race, and Jesco White makes an appearance as himself. Jon Eyez portrays Naaman, a prisoner who helps Bang escape, and Ann Mahoney portrays Gleema Purdue, a bank worker who inadvertently helps the Logans with the robbery. Charles Halford plays Earl, a regular at Clyde's bar. Seven NASCAR drivers make cameo appearances in the film. Jeff Gordon is himself as a broadcast analyst for NASCAR on Fox, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are West Virginia state troopers, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano are security guards, Kyle Larson is a limo driver, and Ryan Blaney is a delivery boy.[5] Adam Alexander, Mike Joy, Danielle Trotta,

Production

Soderbergh's 2013 film, Behind the Candelabra, was intended to be his final directorial effort in film. Soderbergh has said that he was initially given the Logan Lucky script in hopes that he could recommend a suitable director for the project, but that he enjoyed reading the script and decided to take it on for himself, specifically noting that it was an "anti-glam version of an Ocean's movie". He told Entertainment Weekly, "Nobody dresses nice. Nobody has nice stuff. They have no money. They have no technology. It's all rubber band technology." At the time Soderbergh was also theorizing a new distribution model and felt that the script gave him the perfect opportunity to do so.[6]

There has been speculation regarding the identity of the film's screenwriter, Rebecca Blunt. The film's production notes state that she is a native of Logan, West Virginia who now lives in New York City, and that she is a first-time screenwriter.[7] However, no one other than Soderbergh has personally vouched for her existence. Some people involved with the film have exchanged emails with a person they believed to be her, and believe that she lives in the United Kingdom. Sources have speculated that "Rebecca Blunt" is actually a pseudonym for Soderbergh's wife Jules Asner, for comedian John Henson, or for Soderbergh himself.[8]

The film was announced in February 2016 along with the announcement of Channing Tatum's casting.[9] Variety initially reported that Matt Damon was also to star, although Deadline.com reported the same day that Damon was not involved, but rather Michael Shannon.[9] On May 11, Shannon had to leave the project due to scheduling conflicts, and Adam Driver and Seth MacFarlane entered negotiations to star.[10] On May 26, Driver and MacFarlane were confirmed to star, with Daniel Craig, Katherine Heigl and Riley Keough finalizing deals to join the cast.[11] That same month, it was announced NASCAR would be collaborating on the film.[12] In June 2016, Hilary Swank, Katherine Waterston and Jack Quaid were cast in the film.[13][14][15] On August 15, 2016, David Denman joined the cast.[16] On August 22, 2016, it was reported that Jim O'Heir had joined the cast.[17] On August 31, 2016, Sebastian Stan joined the cast.[18]

Filming

On August 24, 2016, Logan Lucky began filming. The film was scheduled to be shot over 35 days.[19]

Music

David Holmes composed the score for the film having previously scored for other Soderbergh films such as Out of Sight, The Ocean's Trilogy & Haywire. The Soundtrack is now released at Milan Records including a cue "Original Score Medley" By David Holmes and other music of various artists.

Release

Fingerprint Releasing and Bleecker Street released the film on August 18, 2017.[20] Logan Lucky is the first film distributed by Fingerprint Releasing, founded by Soderbergh,[21] and spent about $20 million on marketing.[22]

Box office

Logan Lucky was released alongside The Hitman's Bodyguard and was projected to gross $7–9 million from 3,008 theaters in its opening weekend, although Soderbergh stated a debut of $15 million would be needed to be considered a success.[2] The film made $2.8 million on its first day (including $525,000 from Thursday night previews).[23] It went on to open to $7.6 million, finishing third at the box office behind The Hitman's Bodyguard and Annabelle: Creation.[22] In its second weekend the film made $4.2 million, dropping 44.2% and finishing in 5th.[24]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 172 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "High-octane fun that's smartly assembled without putting on airs, Logan Lucky marks a welcome end to Steven Soderbergh's retirement—and proves he hasn't lost his ability to entertain."[25] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 78 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[26] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[23]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review, writing, "Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky is a high-spirited, low-down blast."[27] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review, saying, "This is a good-times film that doesn't put on airs, dress to impress or pretend to be something it isn't. It just aims to please and does a pretty good job of it."[28] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, praising the smooth direction and efficiency of storytelling Soderbergh brought to the film, stating that other than him wishing for more scenes to give its "oddball characters" more depth, "[Logan Lucky is] a precision-tooled entertainment made by experts, and sometimes more than that. Watching it is like finding money in the pocket of a coat that you haven’t worn in years."[29]

Possible sequel

Bleecker Street has first rights to distribute a sequel, should the film prove successful and be put into development.[30]

References

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  2. ^ a b "'Hitman's Bodyguard' and 'Logan Lucky' Unlikely to Boost Box Office This Weekend". TheWrap. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Giles, Jeff (August 17, 2017). "The Hitman's Bodyguard Misses the Mark". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
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  7. ^ Christopher Hooton (August 21, 2017). "Great blurb for the elusive "Rebecca Blunt" in the Logan Lucky production notes". Twitter.
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  17. ^ Cook, Justin (2016-08-22). "Parks and Recreation actor Jim O'Heir joins Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
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  23. ^ a b D'Allesandro, Anthony. "Looking Under 'Logan Lucky's Hood As 'Hitman's Bodyguard' Stands Tall With $21M Opening". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  24. ^ D'Allesandro, Anthony (August 27, 2017). "Don't Blame Hurricane Harvey & Showtime Fight For Weekend's Lousy Box Office: Distribs Served Up Lackluster Titles". Deadline.com.
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