Movie
The Public
Overview
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-04-05
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hammerstone Studios, E2 Films, Cedarvale Pictures, Living the Dream Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alec Baldwin as Detective Bill Ramstead
- Taylor Schilling as Angela
- Emilio Estevez as Stuart
- Jena Malone as Myra
- Christian Slater as Josh Davis
- Jacob Vargas as Ernesto Ramirez
- Gabrielle Union as Rebecca Parks
- Derek Polen as William Larsen
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Jackson
- Jeffrey Wright as Anderson
- Rhymefest as Big George (as Che Rhymefest Smith)
- Ki Hong Lee as Chip
Crew
- Emilio Estevez - Director
- Emilio Estevez - Writer
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