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The Public

"Every story matters."

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PG-13 2019 · 2h 2m
Drama
Starring Alec Baldwin · Taylor Schilling · Emilio Estevez
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An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

Theatrical
Apr 5, 2019
Digital
Jul 9, 2019
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 2, 2019
Director
Emilio Estevez
Producers
Emilio Estevez, Lisa Niedenthal, Alex Lebovici
Music
Tyler Bates
Studio
Hammerstone Studios, E2 Films, Cedarvale Pictures, Living the Dream Films
Keywords
library affectation cincinnati angry absurd admiring adoring ambiguous ambivalent amused assertive audacious awestruck baffled defiant
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Cast

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A
Alec Baldwin
Detective Bill Ramstead
T
Taylor Schilling
Angela
E
Emilio Estevez
Stuart
J
Jena Malone
Myra
C
Christian Slater
Josh Davis
J
Jacob Vargas
Ernesto Ramirez
G
Gabrielle Union
Rebecca Parks
D
Derek Polen
William Larsen
M
Michael Kenneth Williams
Jackson
J
Jeffrey Wright
Anderson
R
Rhymefest
Big George (as Che Rhymefest Smith)
K
Ki Hong Lee
Chip
P
Patrick Hume
Caesar
R
Richard T. Jones
Chief Tom Edwards
S
Susanna Thompson
Marcy Ramstead
S
Spencer Garrett
John Harper
B
Bryant Bentley
Cactus Ray
N
Nik Pajic
'Angry' Mike
J
Jon Osbeck
Security Officer Williams
K
Keith McGill
Coleman
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