Motherless Brooklyn Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Dec. 10, 2022

Motherless Brooklyn

Release Date: Friday, November 1, 2019 Nationwide

Willem Dafoe, Bruce Willis, Gigi Pritzker, Edward Norton, Brett Ratner, Rachel Shane, Sue Kroll, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stuart Blumberg, Michael Bederman, William Migliore, Robert F. Smith, Brian Sheth, Adrian Alperovich

R Drama N/A

2.7

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33% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Set in New York in 1954, Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette’s syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend. Armed only with few clues and an obsessive mind, Lionel slowly unravels closely guarded secrets that have major ramifications. It leads him through Harlem jazz clubs, Brooklyn slums and sets him against thugs and Gotham power brokers to honor his friend and save a woman who might his own salvation.

Cited as modified plot formulation from deadline.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Motherless Brooklyn.

Edward Norton
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Sausage Party
Willem Dafoe
Nosferatu, Finding Nemo 3D
Bruce Willis
Live Free or Die Hard, Fortress
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Lift, Belle
Alec Baldwin
Rise of the Guardians, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Crew Behind the Film

The Motherless Brooklyn behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Edward Norton
Screenwriter: Edward Norton
Producers: William Migliore
Gigi Pritzker
Brett Ratner
Rachel Shane

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Class 5 Films; RatPac Entertainment Former

Additional Information

MPA Rating: R Restricted for language throughout including some sexual references, brief drug use, and violence
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Motherless Brooklyn movie trailers and clips.

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Motherless Brooklyn Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Motherless Brooklyn movie production.

Key Facts

Inspired by the Jonathan Lethem novel.

Production Updates

Sep 2019

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Feb 2019

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Apr 2018

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Apr 2018

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Feb 2014

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Production is scheduled to start in late 2014.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Motherless Brooklyn was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 1, 2019. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including Terminator: Dark Fate, Harriet and Arctic Dogs.

Movie Theaters

2019-11-01 Nationwide

United States

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