What is Promised Land (movie)?
{{italic title}} '''''Promised Land''''' is a 2012 [[drama]] [[movie]]. It was [[Movie director|directed]] by [[Gus Van Sant]]. It [[Movie star|stars]] [[Matt Damon]], [[John Krasinski]], [[Frances McDormand]], [[Hal Holbrook]] and [[Rosemarie DeWitt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=John Krasinski and Gus Van Sant totally immersed in film shot in Pittsburgh |author=Scott Green |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=15 June 2012 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2012/06/15/John-Krasinski-and-Gus-Van-Sant-totally-immersed-in-film-shot-in-Pittsburgh/stories/201206150137 |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> The [[screenplay]] is [[writer|written]] by Damon and Krasinski based on a story by [[Dave Eggers]]. The movie is about two [[corporate]] [[sales]]people. They visit a [[Rural area|rural]] town trying to buy [[Oil well|drilling]] [[rights]] from local [[Population|residents]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Film, forum on fracking slated at ECU Wednesday evening |author= |newspaper=The Ada News, Ada, OK. |date=17 November 2014 |url=http://www.theadanews.com/gallery/film-forum-on-fracking-slated-at-ecu-wednesday-evening/article_f9dd9680-6ea3-11e4-aaef-0739511243a2.html |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> This movie had a limited [[movie release|release]] in the [[United States]] on December 28, 2012.<ref name=Fandango>{{cite web |url=http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/promisedland-trailer/158319 |title=PROMISED LAND VIDEOS |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=Fandango |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> It was released [[United States|nationwide]] on January 4, 2013.<ref name=Fandango/> == References == {{reflist}} {{movie-stub}} [[Category:2012 drama movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Gus Van Sant]]