

During a visit to his father Stephen in prison, Doug shares his plan to leave Boston for Florida. His plan works, and she doesn't talk.įBI Agent Adam Frawley recognizes their ties to local Irish mobster Fergus "Fergie" Colm, whose front is a florist's. Jem will kill her if he knows, so to dissuade her, Doug tells her if she tells the police they will then put her in witness protection and send her to live in another state. She tells Doug she saw a tattoo on one of the robbers, and he realizes that she can identify Jem, sending them all to prison.
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He also almost became a professional ice hockey player which he threw away to follow in his father's footsteps. Soon a romance grows between them, which Doug hides from the gang.Īs the two grow closer, he tells Claire of his search for his long-lost mother, who he believes went to live with his aunt in Tangerine, Florida. Manager, Claire Keesey, is a hostage who is released unharmed.įinding out Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug follows her to find out how much she has told the police, and to ensure that hot-headed Jem does not eliminate her as a witness. įour lifelong friends from the neighborhood of Charlestown, Boston, Douglas "Doug" MacRay, James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden, rob a bank. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2010, while Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Postlethwaite was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Based on actual events, it received praise from critics for its direction, screenplay, editing and the performances of the cast (particularly Renner) and grossed $154 million worldwide.

The film premiered on September 8, 2010, at the Venice Film Festival before being released in the United States on September 17, 2010. It also stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine, and follows a group of Boston bank robbers who set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park. The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written, directed by, and starring Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves.
