Hell or High Water (film)

Hell or High Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Mackenzie
Written by	Taylor Sheridan
Produced by	Sidney Kimmel Peter Berg Carla Hacken Julie Yorn
Starring	Jeff Bridges Chris Pine Ben Foster Gil Birmingham
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Edited by	Jake Roberts
Music by	Nick Cave Warren Ellis
Production companies	CBS Films Sidney Kimmel Entertainment OddLot Entertainment Film 44 LBI Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) (Cannes) August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[2]
Box office	$37.9 million[2]

Hell or High Water is a 2016 American neo-Western crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan. It follows two brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham). It was the final film produced by OddLot Entertainment before its dissolution in 2015.

Hell or High Water premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016. It received critical acclaim, particularly for Pine, Foster, and Bridges' performances, Sheridan's screenplay, and the editing. It grossed $37.9 million on a $12 million budget. The American Film Institute selected it as one of its 10 movies of the year, and it was nominated for numerous awards, including four Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

The film is the second installment of writer Taylor Sheridan's American Frontier Trilogy, along with Sicario and Wind River.