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This Must Be The Place Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Feb. 16, 2013

This Must Be The Place

Release Date: Friday, November 2, 2012 Limited

Sean Penn, Shea Whigham, Paolo Sorrentino, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Harry Dean Stanton, Joyce Van Patten, Francesca Cima, Andrea Occhipinti, David Byrne, Nicola Giuliano

A retired rockstar hunts the Nazi criminal who ordered his father's concentration camp execution.

R Comedy 1 hr, 58 m

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A retired rockstar hunts the Nazi criminal who ordered his father's concentration camp execution.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is a former rock star. At 50, he still dresses "goth" and lives in Dublin off his royalties. The death of his father, with whom he wasn't on speaking terms, brings him back to New York. He discovers his father had an obsession: to seek revenge for a humiliation he had suffered. Cheyenne decides to pick up where his father left off, and starts a journey, at his own pace, across America.
Cited as official plot version from trailers.apple.com
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in This Must Be The Place.

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Paolo Sorrentino last directed The Hand of God and Loro. The film's writer Paolo Sorrentino last wrote The Hand of God and Loro.

Screenwriter
Producers
Francesca Cima
Nicola Giuliano
Andrea Occhipinti

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for language, some sexual content and brief disturbing images
Runtime
1 hr, 58 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Shooting in Dublin

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Schedule to shoot in Dublin starting August 16, 2010

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

This Must Be The Place was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, November 2, 2012. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including Flight, Wreck-It Ralph and The Man with the Iron Fist. As a limited release, This Must Be The Place was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Sat., Feb. 16, 2013

  • Changed the production status to Complete

  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language, some sexual content and brief disturbing images

  • Added a link from thismustbetheplace-film.com

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