Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling by Beth Raymer
Produced by
Randall Emmett George Furla Paul Trijbits
Starring
Bruce Willis Rebecca Hall Catherine Zeta-Jones Joshua Jackson
Cinematography
Michael McDonough
Edited by
Mick Audsley
Music by
James Seymour Brett
Production companies
Wild Bunch
Emmett/Furla Films
Likely Story
Random House Films[1]
Ruby Films
Jackson Investment Group
Lipsync Productions
Distributed by
Radius-TWC
Release dates
January 21, 2012 (2012-01-21) (Sundance Film Festival)
December 7, 2012 (2012-12-07) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14.7 million[2]
Box office
$1,576,687
Lay the Favorite is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by D.V. DeVincentis, and stars Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson. Based on Beth Raymer's 2010 memoir of the same name, the film follows a young, free-spirited woman as she journeys through the legal and illegal world of sports gambling.
It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 21 and was released on December 7 by The Weinstein Company through its RADiUS-TWC distribution arm. Lay the Favorite garnered negative reviews from critics, praising the performances of Willis and Hall but felt there was unexplored development in the characters and the gambling world. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $1.5 million against a production budget of $14.7 million.
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