Spencer (Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) and Warren (Peters), two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky, are determined to lead lives that are out of the ordinary. Taking their cues from heist movies, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of Spencer’s college library. Unfolding from multiple perspectives and incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, American Animals tells the true story of the attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in US history.
American Animals
Directed by Bart Layton