LAWLESS | The Story of The Bondurant Family
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2017
- LAWLESS is available now on Digital, Blu-ray Disc and DVD.
They were brothers who became outlaws, and outlaws who became heroes... The three Bondurant boys (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke), along with their sultry new hire (Jessica Chastain), command the most lucrative bootlegging operation in Franklin County, Virginia. The locals consider them “indestructible.” But the law-in the form of a corrupt special deputy (Guy Pearce)-wants a cut of their action, at any cost. When youngest brother Jack (LaBeouf) gets a taste of power with a deadly gangster (Gary Oldman) the whole business blows sky high. Based on the astonishing true story, the Bondurant brotherhood is the stuff of legend.
Directed by John Hillcoat. Written by Nick Cave. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke and Gary Oldman.
© Annapurna Pictures, 2012 - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
People think this movie was about bootleggers, but in actuality it's about brotherhood, family foundations, morals, and most importantly *real* freedom.
you forgot one .. the fact that they had differences the locals took up arms to protect their own,... thats a huge part of the southern small town that has been lost.. today many ppl dont even know their neighbors
I'll drink to that!
People don't know freedom until it's taken
It is hands down one of my favorite movies to watch repeatedly. The ending always gets me with the jig Forrest (heartthrob) dances at the end ...of all the things to get him ...nature .
I don t think alot of people realize that the movie is actually based on a part of history and a true story. If more people knew they would definitely watch it. Thank you for sharing these photos and your story. Lawless is a great movie with great actor's and actresses. It is definitely underated and deserves greater attention from the public. It should definitely be on tv more. I bought it on dvd and have watched it several times. It is different and once you watch it you want to watch it again God Bless.
I love the movie ❤👌🏽 love history
Few better than Tom Hardy. Movie was cast well. Very believable.
loosely based very loosely
@@istartedajoke1704 you’re the only one besides me that sees this
@@blackriflex39 straight up!!
I loved that movie...when i was in prison i met a actual bondurant the officers gave him anything he asked for..we was in prison in cumberland,md which is a stones throw from WV which is only a drive from virginia he was cool and unsurprisingly he sold prison hooch i was floored to meet a real bondurant
Sure up there in terms of being one of the best movies I've ever seen.
RIGHT!!!! One of my favorites
Agree , I have it on dvd and watch it regularly , fantastic film 😊
Grandma told me that their local Sheriff would warn them before the Feds came to the county looking for stills. One particular time the sheriff had to ride a mule to the location because it was so far in the mountains. Every time I go back home, at least one person mentions that story to me, there is just something about a sheriff riding a mule to warn a moonshiner that's hilarious to me!
Luckily for the mule the sheriffs was a lot smaller back then!
Wow I was just wondering why I didn't get mad but I'm sorry for being honest but I'm going to say that I don't want to say that
Is any of your bondurant kin iincarcenrated in maryland right now?
@@chrisglass3648 Huh??
It's only right, he was a customer.
My kin are from the Bluefield line in Pearisburg Virginia. My grandaddy Cecil was a runner. He was a tough hombre. This movie " lawless" really hit home.
This would have to be my favorite movie I've ever seen, I don't know how many times I have watched it, but it really portrays the way the way of life we today have no idea of there struggles living in that environment.
one giant error they made was the readily available electricity franklin didnt get power till 1936 so it was doubtful black water station was powered
Alot of those folks um looked different health wise did pretty well
Three counties over kinda the same
Forrest looked rough, and Jack was smart, but I wouldn't mess with Howard. That boy was fierce, original punisher.
My grandfather went to prison for shining and my grandma was known to brew the best beer in Tenn during prohibition 😊
Im gonna take a stab n say newport ?
No it isn't like t.v. most of the big shine operations was in east tn up around Johnson city mountain city and the Cumberland plateau Newport tn wasn't a big producer of moonshine although there's a tv show
Love the heritage Old Dog!
My dad got busted in Mt Airy NC un 1972 with the largest still in America at the time. They had 100 propane tanks each one a still running off a gallon a day or two in each. Got a year and a day cause he wouldn't tell. The rest got from 1 day to 1 yr meaning he did 366 days they were eligible for release after a day! Its called untaxed liquor. Uncle sam wants his cut thats all! 😂
@@redpilledcovfefe 1972?
I am a descendant of the Abshires. The oldest house in Boones Mill belonged to one of my great greats. Today I live 15 minutes north of Franklin County. Small world.
Oh and to boot - today I work as a manager for The Roanoke Times.
I loved this movie!
America is unique in the way it bred the backdrops for the making of seriously incredible universes. The wild west, the mob, the gold rush, bootleggers. Eras that made kings in their own right.
I'm not a TV person until a great show comes along. Feels like this could be the inspiration for a great new series!
*this man's voice is golden, I'd listen to him tell stories all day*
MATT YOUR A LUCKY MAN BIDDY !! YOURGRAND DAD AND BROTHERS STOOD FOR THEIR BELIEFSTHEYWILL LIVE ON IN MY HEART AND YOU FOR EVER
Between "Lawless" & "Legend"...no doubt Tom is one of the greatest actors alive. BTW...."have you met Howard". Be advised you don't want to.
“Is that brother of yourn around?”
This my #1 movie, all the actors & actresses stole my belief, and taught me that movies that are true stories are bomb.
My grandma is 97 years old, still a firecracker too but she helped her daddy run moonshine back in the day. From Livley and kilmarnock viginia which is northern neck towards Maryland. Best people, best food and whiskey is in Virginia
I had no idea it was based on a true story. I'm glad that I did a little bit of research..Fantastic movie.
Doom Slayer fantastic book too
Excellent movie
My grandfather used to grow corn and sugarcane that he used to make moonshine that he sold in a back alley in Pelham Georgia on Saturday mornings back in the 70s. I can remember the Sheriff coming by and getting his free mason jar of moonshine every Saturday morning.
Floyd County VA, here!! Right next door to Franklin County!! I ain't kin to these ol boys but they are for sure "My People"!! The "Real Virginia" for sure!!!
I'm am kin :) We were the "Baptist" side of the family … LOL
Ulster Scots
Watching the movie as I type thought I would check up on it and what legends and what a film it’s a shame I bet theres loads of other stories out there lost in time
GOOD ON YOU Matt,you are keeping the history of you family alive.Thanks,LAWLESS was/is a DANDY movie,I watched it many times,the time,the story,just grabs my interest.Your family will be Proud.
great story.... thank you
I love this movie! Has more truth on how moonshine was!! My dad use to tell me stories about this !!
Thank you. Great Southern history.
I had a friend in the capitol city had a connection for triple run. Very strong, very smooth.
Was told it was straight out of Franklin county.
When I still drank, I always went for quality. That jug was as smooth as anything I ever tasted.
Franklin is still legendary.
-Dan
Notice also that your grand father has his brass knuckles inside his gloves
Love the picture of his grandmother in front of the still.
I'm only 3 min in and I find it great. I saw the movie. Sad story but a hell of a story. I'm going to keep watching.
Thanks for the upload, I'm a huge fan of this story.
dirtyjew1974 yes me too
Thank you for this cousin.
SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND A GREAT MOVIE. GOD I WISH I COULD TALK TO THESE PEOPLE. COULD U IMAGINE SITTING DOWN AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE REAL BROTHERS. MAN. I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS. LOL
The movie was really good! Guess ill have to read the book and research the story. Pretty incredible!!!
The ramey boys were from franklin county my great uncles were big bootleggers back in the 30s and my family still makes moonshine till this day
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My favourite movie thanks for sharing Matt 👏👏👏👏👏
Just ordered the book. Can't wait to read it.
the Movie was good, but was "hollywodded up". the book is way better than the movie. the story is some what different in the movie. Charlie Rakes is not from Chicago. Mason Wadell was not the Commonwealths Attorney . read the book, you will not be disappointed.
Just visited your distellery. Wonderful folks
I really enjoyed watching this. Very fascinating to know and see what things were like in those days. Actually watching the Lawless movie right now. ✌🏼
Watching it right now too!!! For like the 100th time. First time actually looking up the real story!
ON OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES...😎
This is great history, your grandfather was the definition of "that's a badddd dude".
This is way cool thank you for sharing
A Honor Famil y
Grew up in snow creek, your family are some of the nicest people i ever met. People need to understand if you push people enough bad things can happen. Sugar liquor is what you mix with fruits. Ever toted a 100pd bag of sugar up a holler, hard work. When you work that hard your not going to let someone still it from you especially crooked cops.
Thank you for the history of your family well done true "gangsters" in history
My 2nd Great Grandfather, Andrew Jackson Buzzard died a Confederate Soldier at Lewiston, VA (now WV) a little to the north, His descendants were elected Sheriff and Tax Collector for a generation or two thereafter.
Even after prohibition ended country folks prided themselves on not drinking ‘store bought’ liquor for a couple of decades... Growing up in the South as a child one of the songs we sang was ‘“Jimmy cracks corn and I don’t care...” we had no idea what it was really about, only in the past decade did I learn it is about making corn liquor/moonshine...
She is not walking, she is sitting/leaning on the still wall. Her right hand can be seen resting on the wall clearly. 8:15
Me gusto la pelicula; me puse averiguar mas de los bondurant y que impresionante historia. Me encanto la peliucula.
Very cool. Im a big fan of the movie.
My favorite movie
I wish the movie was on Television more often
Good movie
In that article it says Rakes went to supply bond the next day after shooting them. I kinda like the movie scene better, where they handle business right there on the bridge.
GOD bless you stuanch brothers Chicago was born again out at that buetiful place the wettest county in that world. GOD love yas
Guy pearce sure made me mad in this movie...he done a good job
You're grandfather was a legend
The movie is so good bro
Poppaw would be angry putting it in eggnog with cinnamon.
11:45~ Lemon and Limes in Moonshine.....? I grew up in N.Georgia in an town that had more stills than people at one time, near the area where Nascar was started by bootleggers, but I've never seen or heard of making fruity with lemon/limes(peaches,cherries,muscadines,were common). It must be a "new" practice because I don't imagine limes and lemons were cheap or easy to get in Appalachia back in the day.
Atticus Reid I could see them being cheap because they can be grown in Florida
@Vincent paul
How do you see them getting from Florida to the Appalachian area???
In the 1920’s and 1930’s, roads weren’t all that great and in the mountainous areas of Appalachia, they were barely more than rutted out and widened cow paths and a few of the roads would follow creek beds for several yards to a mile or more!
Therefore I’m thinking that shipping fruit from Florida into moonshine country was not as readily possible as one might think!
I'm from North ga my self and now I live here in Virginia just 30 miles from where this took place
It wouldn't have been impossible for them to get citrus fruits, lemons and limes were as readily available back then as they are now. Just because they lived in rural Appalachia doesn't mean they were blocked off from the world. Bootleggers gained majority of their profits from selling in cities, so it's likely they had a lemon and lime supplier in one of the cities they frequented.
@@zeffiexx I agree....... A lot of the items they got was in trade for the spirits that they had made. Prob sent couple of their cases south and couple days later they had case of limes and lemons show up for them.
The greatest movie I have seen my great grandfather was a moon shine runner who was killed a book was wrote about him to
Cosby Tennessee. My grandfathers home. Not a big moonshiner, but made moonshine.
The hat might have been cocked because the sun would have been in his eyes if he didn't
There are spirits all in the photographs
Jassmine James what do u mean
Appalachian life was hard, hard as it gets. My Grandfather was a Moonshiner. Raised 9 kids on shining.
Fores best
I love the movie. We have forgotten what true freedom is all about. To many powers in government telling you how to live. Many of ouf life styles should be personal choices not someone with moral superiority telling you whats right or wrong when they figure out how to tax it then it becomes legal its not a moral issue anymore
Boots now days called Linemen boots. Basicly for climbing poles. Some call them Logger Boots I had couple pairs. Nice boots. I like them
My grandpa father side, chased and caught game, fished huge gar. And had no respect for cops . A real life mexican cowboy near the Nueces river. Catulla tx.
Your grandfather seems much tougher than Shia Labeouf, or Tom Hardy, for that matter.
Wow, Tom Hardy resembles your grandfather
“Have you met Howard?”
I enjoyed the movie of your family. I hope they were portrayed accurately.
All except Charlie Rakes.
He was not originally from Chicago like the movie portrayed him. He was a sheriff's deputy from franklin county where the brothers were from.
And Maggie did not find forrest with his throat cut and take him to the hospital. Reports indicate the Forrest walked himself to the hospital after his throat had been cut that night at Blackwater Station.
@@thomasbaron5367 yep in the movie everyone believes he walked to the hospital on his own so records would show that, his girl admitted privately too him thta it was her who helped him.
I drank moonshine unknowingly when I was 7 years old. My grandfather handed me a jar out of the fridge and said you want a drink of water, I must of drank a cup full before it hit me and in the floor I went and couldn't breathe, I thought my grandfather was trying to kill me.
I personally enjoy straight white lightning maybe im just weird
A fine , fee, penalty , or tax is revenue to gvt. They will far expend more than they collect to enforce their need for “ revenue”. Yet, they got put in there by votes.
which of the brothers was yr grandfather??
You know what I must be like to have the last name bondurant
My grandfather was a moonshiner in Eastern Kentucky. There's no telling how many people he killed. There basically was no law up there back then. The very few police and judges he was in business with and he killed people for them. The stories I have heard from my aunts and uncles would make most of this movie seem tame. Those old mountain men were not to be trifled with. He was a sociopath without a doubt. He would walk outside and shoot his kids pet dogs and laugh. These guys would have been scared of him. Real evil exists and I pray you never experience it. He died a very gruesome death. I was just a baby but I was in the bed with him right before he died. I slept with my grandparents every night till I was 3. I was the only thing he loved in the world. Why nobody knew. He told everyone I was gonna be as mean as him. While I am way shorter tempered than most I am nothing like him. I'm only mean to the deserving of such.
That pistol is a 38 colt police. I have the same pistol. Except mine has factory grips. Inherited from my father💯 👊
It's a S&W K Frame. You can tell by the cylinder latch and the ejecter lug under the barrel. A Colt had a different style of cylinder latch and no ejecter lug. I've got a K Frame S&W model 13 with the exact same latch and lug.
@@txgunguy2766 your wrong I've got the exact same colt police positive. Nickel plated,walnut grips same exact pistol! If I could post a picture I would show you💯
@@jamescarter1500
No, I am not wrong. Colt revolvers and S&W revolvers have VERY distinctly different cylinder latches which makes them very easy to tell apart.
The pistol in the picture very clearly has a S&W cylinder latch which is pushed forward to release the cylinder. The cylinder latch of Colt is pulled rearward.
All I got a say is.... Tom Hardy.
Dude hes a gangster..he was just a thinker..doesnt mean hes not.
@3:09 a.k.a. peaky blinder.
Thank goid am emglishman stared in tjis true movie of american crime
Can't.
8:20 this is everyday clothing for poor rural America in the '20s.
wonder if they any relation to the twins Pete and PatBondurant
This is my aunt's family.
I'm a fan but not white lightning it's moonshine. Big difference.
Ok.. Stupid question... Is your grandfather Forrest or Jack?
Jack
Bondurant vs Shelby Bros from Peaky Blinders 😏
Brewing alcohol is an art.
Did any of the brothers run into Bonnie and Clyde or ask Capone?
Al Capone, stupid spell check!😡
Dont make em like they use to
Where is that Town
South Western Virginia.
Not far from Roanoke.
Rocky Mount, has it at movie “ Rocky mount hotel” at the town where that old gangster shooting on the street
Did Forrest and Jack die of their bullet wounds in the Bridge Shooting?? SINCERELY.
Buzz Clark they both survived the shooting. Forrest, past of pneumonia, and Jack, of old age.
Big govt little people
Copper Head Road
Its like drinking kerosene.
No it's not. Good shine has no taste at all and goes down like water. Of course when it hits bottom that's when people notice it.
@@jimborden3827
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
While thats not only pretty funny, its only partially true.
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I was very common for the women to run the stills dressed as men
That was not a 400 gallon still that was more like a 80 gallon still a 400 gallon still would be a giant and that is not