Its honors include a nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 84th Academy Awards.Īn unnamed Driver works as a mechanic, a stunt double, a stunt driver, and a criminal-for-hire getaway car driver in Los Angeles, California. Several critics listed Drive as one of the best films of 2011, including the National Board of Review. Nonetheless, the film was still a commercial success, grossing $81 million against a production budget of $15 million. The film was praised for its direction, cinematography, performances (particularly Gosling and Brooks'), visuals, action sequences, and musical score however, some critics were appalled by its graphic violence and found that potentially detrimental to the film's box office success.

Refn won the festival's Best Director Award. Newton Thomas Sigel oversaw the principal photography, which started on September 25, 2010, was shot on location in various parts of Los Angeles, and ended on November 12.īefore its September 2011 release, Drive had been shown at a number of film festivals, including the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. Gosling played a pivotal role in the film's production, which included hiring Refn as director and Beth Mickle as production designer. Gosling, one of Platt's top casting choices, eventually signed on for the lead, as he wanted to star in an action-oriented project. Adapting the book proved to be challenging for Amini, as it had a nonlinear narrative.

Producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel optioned the source novel after Siegel read a review from Publishers Weekly. The film co-stars Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, and Albert Brooks. When her debt-ridden husband, Standard ( Oscar Isaac), is released from prison, the two men take part in what turns out to be a botched million-dollar heist that endangers the lives of everyone involved. He quickly grows fond of his neighbor, Irene ( Carey Mulligan), and her young son, Benicio.

The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. The screenplay, written by Hossein Amini, is based on James Sallis's 2005 novel of the same name. Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

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