What is Hell or High Water (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''Hell or High Water''''' is a 2016 American [[neo]]-[[Western]] [[heist]] [[drama]] movie directed by [[David Mackenzie (director)|David Mackenzie]] and written by [[Taylor Sheridan]]. The movie is about two brothers ([[Chris Pine]] and [[Ben Foster]]) who carry out a series of [[bank robbery|bank robberies]] to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] ([[Jeff Bridges]] and [[Gil Birmingham]]). The movie was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016. It made $37 million.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/asghar-farhadi-the-salesman-cannes-festival-competition-1201758950/ |title=Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman' Joins Cannes Film Festival Competition |date=April 22, 2016 |last1=Keslassy |first1=Elsa |last2=Hopewell |first2=John |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> It had many positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFI-Awards-2016.aspx |title=AFI Awards 2016 |work=AFI Awards |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> It was nominated for four [[Academy Awards|Oscars]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://edit.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2017-complete-list-nominees-960044 |title=Oscars: 'La La Land' Ties Record With 14 Nominations |first1=Kimberly |last1=Nordyke |last2=Lewis |first2=Hilary |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 24, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{dead link|date=November 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2016 drama movies]] [[Category:2010s Western (genre) movies]] [[Category:American Western (genre) movies]] [[Category:American heist movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Lionsgate movies]] {{movie-stub}}