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Drive
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About 2011 film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Genres drama, crime, neo-noir, thriller
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by Hossein Amini, James Sallis
Starring Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks, Russ Tamblyn
Music Cliff Martinez
Runtime 100 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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