In theaters on September 17, 2010

Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him.

But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage - bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name...and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug...not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

The Cast

Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck ("Good Will Hunting," "Gone Baby Gone") directs and stars in the film.

Also starring are Rebecca Hall ("Vicky Christina Barcelona"), Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"), Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker"), Blake Lively ("The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants," TV's "Gossip Girl"), Titus Welliver ("Gone Baby Gone"), Oscar® nominee Pete Postlethwaite ("In the Name of the Father," "Inception"), and Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper ("Adaptation").

The Filmmakers

"The Town" is produced by Academy Award® winner Graham King ("The Departed") and Basil Iwanyk ("Clash of the Titans") from a screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard, based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan.

The executive producers are Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, William Fay and David Crockett, and Chay Carter served as co-producer.

The behind-the-scenes creative team was led by Oscar®-winning director of photography Robert Elswit ("There Will be Blood"), production designer Sharon Seymour ("Gone Baby Gone"), Oscar-nominated editor Dylan Tichenor ("There Will Be Blood"), and costume designer Susan Matheson ("The Kingdom").

The music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and David Buckley, who previously collaborated on Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone."

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a GK Films Production, a Thunder Road Film Production, "The Town."

Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS®

Nominations

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jeremy Renner

BAFTAs

Nominations

Supporting Actor - Pete Postlethwaite

GOLDEN GLOBES®

Nominations

Best Supporting Actor - Jeremy Renner

PGA AWARDS

Nominations

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

AFI AWARDS

Movie of the Year