American Hustle

Released Date
December 13, 2013
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$150,117,807 + $101,054,000 = $251,171,807
33
Jennifer Lawrence

as Rosalyn Rosenfeld

49
Bradley Cooper

as Richard

53
Jeremy Renner

as Mayor Carmine Polito

50
Christian Bale

as Irving Rosenfeld

49
Amy Adams

as Sydney Prosser

56
Louis CK

as Stoddard Thorsen

48
Michael Pena

as FBI agent Paco Hernandez

41
Jack Huston

as Pete Musane

55
Shea Whigham

as Carl Elway

78
Paul Herman

as Alfonse Simone

About American Hustle

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.

About

David O. Russell film about a con man who is forced to work with an FBI agent. It received 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. 

Trivia

The film is based on the FBI ABSCAM operation which transpired in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Christian Bale's character, Irving Rosenfeld, is based on con artist Melvin Weinberg.