A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers an... Read allA con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.
- Nominated for 10 Oscars
- 70 wins & 227 nominations total
Elisabeth Röhm
- Dolly Polito
- (as Elisabeth Rohm)
Saïd Taghmaoui
- Irv's Sheik Plant
- (as Said Taghmaoui)
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Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Christian Bale, much of the movie was improvised. So during the shooting of the film, he noted to writer and director David O. Russell, "You realize that this is going to change the plot greatly down track." To which Russell replied, "Christian, I hate plots. I am all about characters, that's it."
- GoofsThe book that inspired Rosalyn, "Power of Intention" by Wayne Dyer was written in 2004.
- Quotes
Sydney Prosser: You're nothing to me until you're everything.
- Crazy creditsAn opening title card states, "Some of this actually happened."
- Alternate versionsThe leaked Academy Awards DVDSCR had the following differences.
- A line of alternate dialogue in a voice over.
- A few digitally altered shots.
- The scene where Irving and his wife arguing has been trimmed.
- The scene immediately following that scene with Irving in the car is shorter as well.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #22.55 (2014)
- SoundtracksJeep's Blues
Written by Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
Performed by Duke Ellington
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
Amerian Hustle with the benefit of hindsight
The performances are the safeguard for this movie to have a very long life. I couldn't care less about the characters but I loved the actors playing them. They, the characters, make choices that are as coarse as their wardrobe. Thank God for the people wearing them .Christian Bale is absolute perfection. His character is disgusting and irresistible at the same time. brilliant performance. Amy Adams is superb and Bradley Cooper an unnerving hoot - also the brief moment with Robert de Niro is simply delicious but it is Jennifer Lawrence who made me want to see the movie again as if to confirm what I seem to remember. Yes indeed. She is spectacular. A performance of such maturity - her laughter alone belongs to one of the great ones of yesteryear. - Totally present. A character actress/star.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Escándalo americano
- Filming locations
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA(as Philadelphia)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $150,117,807
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $740,455
- Dec 15, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $251,171,807
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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