Nightmare Alley

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drama film film neo-noir film psychological thriller film

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.

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Nightmare Alley (2021 film) ×57

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film → film → neo-noir film → psychological thriller film →
academyAwardNomination	Best Cinematography → Best Costume Design → Best Picture → Best Production Design →
authorOfSourceWork	William Lindsay Gresham →
basedOn	Nightmare Alley (novel) →
castMember	Bradley Cooper → Cate Blanchett → Clifton Collins Jr. → David Strathairn → Holt McCallany → Mary Steenburgen → Richard Jenkins → Ron Perlman → Rooney Mara → Tim Blake Nelson → Toni Collette → Willem Dafoe →
cinematographer	Dan Laustsen →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
coWriter	Guillermo del Toro → Kim Morgan →
director	Guillermo del Toro →
distributor	Searchlight Pictures →
editor	Cameron McLaughlin →
genre	crime drama → neo-noir → psychological thriller →
isAdaptationOf	Nightmare Alley (novel) → surface form: "Nightmare Alley (1946 novel)"
isNotRemakeOf	Nightmare Alley → surface form: "Nightmare Alley (1947 film)"
leadActor	Bradley Cooper →
mainCharacter	Stanton Carlisle →
musicBy	Nathan Johnson →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Guillermo del Toro → J. Miles Dale →
productionCompany	Double Dare You Productions → Searchlight Pictures →
protagonistOccupation	carnival worker → mentalist →
releaseDateUS	2021-12-17 →
releaseYear	2021 →
runtimeMinutes	150 →
setting	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
settingPeriod	early 1940s → late 1930s →
theme	ambition → corruption → deception → manipulation →
title	Nightmare Alley →

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subject surface form: "Nightmare Alley (2021 film)"