12 Years a Slave

Released Date
October 18, 2013
Distributor
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$56,671,993 + $131,061,209 = $187,733,202
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Brad Pitt

as Samuel Bass

47
Benedict Cumberbatch

as William Ford

49
Sarah Paulson

as Mary Epps

41
Lupita Nyong'o

as Patsey

46
Michael Fassbender

as Edwin Epps

41
Taran Killam

as Abram Hamilton

56
Paul Giamatti

as Theophilus Freeman

71
Alfre Woodard

as Mistress Harriet Shaw

46
Chiwetel Ejiofor

as Solomon Northup / Platt

59
Garret Dillahunt

as Armsby

39
Paul Dano

as John Tibeats

43
Scoot McNairy

as Merrill Brown

62
Bill Camp

as Radburn

61
Bryan Batt

as Judge Turner

37
Chris Chalk

as Clemens

46
Adepero Oduye

as Eliza

About 12 Years a Slave

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

About

During the Antebellum period, Solomon Northup is a free man living in upstate New York. However, he gets kidnapped and is sold away as a slave. 

Trivia

The film won three Academy Awards including Best Motion Picture of the Year. And Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o. The movie is based on Solomon Northup's 1853 slave narrative memoir of the same name.