Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace is a 2013 American crime drama thriller film directed by Scott Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana, and Sam Shepard, the film follows Russell Baze (Bale), a Pennsylvania steel mill worker searching for his missing brother Rodney (Affleck), an Iraq War veteran who disappeared after engaging in a bare knuckle fighting match arranged by John Petty (Dafoe), an indebted bar owner, and Harlan DeGroat (Harrelson), a ruthless New Jersey drug dealer.

Out of the Furnace was theatrically released in the United States on December 6, 2013, and was a box office failure, grossing $15.7 million against its $22 million production budget. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the performances of the cast was widely praised. Affleck was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture at the 18th Satellite Awards, while the film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Independent Film at the 40th Saturn Awards.