The Paperboy (2012)

Film details

Featuring

Matthew McConaughey Zac Efron David Oyelowo
Director

Lee Daniels
Country

USA
Year

2012
Genres

Thriller Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama. In the late 1960’s, brothers Jack and Ward return to their Florida hometown. The younger brother Jack has been kicked out of college, while his older brother Ward is a journalist investigating the case of Hillary Van Wetter, a local man sentenced to death for murdering a sheriff. Based on Pete Dexter’s novel, ‘The Paperboy’.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Ward Jansen
    
    Matthew McConaughey
  - Jack Jansen
    
    Zac Efron
  - Yardley Acheman
    
    David Oyelowo
  - Anita Chester
    
    Macy Gray
  - Hillary Van Wetter
    
    John Cusack
  - Charlotte Bless
    
    Nicole Kidman
  - W.W. Jansen
    
    Scott Glenn
  - Tyree Van Wetter
    
    Ned Bellamy
  - Ellen Guthrie
    
    Nealla Gordon
  - hustler 1
    
    Edrick Browne
  - victim
    
    Kevin Waterman
  - Sheriff Thurmond Call
    
    Danny Hanemann
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Lee Daniels
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    Fox, Richard L.
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    Fatone, Thomas
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Amy Sanderson
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Paperboy Productions Inc.
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Nu Image
  - Production Company
    
    Lee Daniels Entertainment
  - Presents
    
    Millennium Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Danny Dimbort
  - Executive Producer
    
    Trevor Short
  - Executive Producer
    
    John Thompson
  - Executive Producer
    
    Boaz Davidson
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mark Gill
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jan De Bont
  - Produced by
    
    Hilary Shor
  - Produced by
    
    Lee Daniels
  - Produced by
    
    Avi Lerner
  - Produced by
    
    Ed Cathell III
  - Produced by
    
    Cassian Elwes
  - Unit Production Manager
    
    Ed Cathell III
  - Location Manager
    
    David Ross McCarty
  Casting:
  - Casting by
    
    Billy Hopkins
  - Casting by
    
    Leah Daniels-Butler
  Writing:
  - Screenplay by
    
    Lee Daniels
  - Screenplay by
    
    Pete Dexter
  - Based on the novel by
    
    Pete Dexter
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Roberto Schaefer
  Special Effects:
  - Visual Effects by
    
    Worldwide FX
  - Visual Effects by
    
    IDFX Budapest
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Joe Klotz
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Daniel T. Dorrance
  - Art Director
    
    Wright McFarland
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Eselin-schaefer, Caroline
  Make-up:
  - Department Head Make-up Artist
    
    Robin Mathews
  - Department Head Hair Stylist
    
    Candace Neal
  Music:
  - Music by
    
    Mario Grigorov
  - Conductor
    
    Oleg Kondratenko
  Sound:
  - Sound Mixer
    
    Jay Meagher
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Roberto Fernandez
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Robert Hein
  - Sound Design
    
    Robert Hein
  Stunts:
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Jeff Galpin