Promised Land
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Main Cast
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards. He also received three BAFTA Award nominations, seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and six Screen Actors Guild Awards. Damon made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came to prominence when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting (1997), which won them the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He continued to garner praise for his roles in Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), the Ocean's trilogy (2001-2007), the Bourne franchise (2002-2016), The Departed (2006), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Behind The Candelabra (2013), The Martian (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Air (2023). Damon has co-written the feature films Good Will Hunting (1997), Gerry (2002), Promised Land (2012) and The Last Duel (2021). He has produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001-2015) as well as multiple films including Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Last Duel (2021). In 2022, he co-founded the production company Artists Equity.
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Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actress. McDormand began her career on stage and made her screen debut in the 1984 film Blood Simple, having since appeared in several theatrical and television roles. McDormand has been recognized for her performances in 'Mississippi Burning' (1988), 'Short Cuts' (1993), 'Fargo' (1996), 'Wonder Boys' (2000), 'Almost Famous' (2000), 'North Country' (2005), 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2012), 'Hail, Caesar!' (2016), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), 'Nomadland' (2020) and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' (2021). Throughout her career, she has been nominated for eight Golden Globes, five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Emmy Awards. She is one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting", winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her role as Marge Gunderson in 'Fargo'. She also won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance in 'Wonder Boys' (2000). McDormand returned to the stage in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Good People on Broadway from February 8, 2011 to April 24, 2011. In 2017, McDormand starred in 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' which earned her a second Academy Award for Best Actress. McDormand has been married to filmmaker Joel Coen since 1984, they reside in New York City along with their adopted son Pedro.
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John Krasinski
John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, film director and writer. He is widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. He has also appeared in several films including License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Aloha (2015), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), Detroit (2017), and A Quiet Place (2018), which he also directed and co-wrote. Also in 2018, Krasinski returned to television portraying the titular character in the Amazon series Jack Ryan.
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Rosemarie DeWitt
Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt (born October 26, 1971) is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series Standoff (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on United States of Tara. She also was the title character in 2008's Rachel Getting Married, garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress. She starred in the horror/thriller Poltergeist (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name.
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Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000). Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Holbrook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Titus Welliver
Titus Welliver is an American painter, stage and screen actor, best known for his leading role as Harry Bosch in the Amazon series "Bosch".
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Lucas Black
Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade, Jarhead, Friday Night Lights, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Legion and Get Low. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tim Guinee
Tim Guinee (born November 18, 1962) is an American stage, television, and film actor.
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Scoot McNairy
John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy (born November 11, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles in films such as Monsters (2010), Argo, Killing Them Softly (both 2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Gone Girl (2014), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022), Speak No Evil, and Nightbitch (both 2024). On television, McNairy starred as Gordon Clark in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017), Bill McNue in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017), Walt Breslin on Netflix's Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021), Tom Purcell on the third season of True Detective (2019), and Rod Rosenstein in the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). His accolades include an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scoot McNairy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Terry Kinney
Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theatre director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Kinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sara Lindsey
Sara Lindsey was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Ellicott City, Maryland. She is the youngest of four children and only daughter of two physicians. She showed an interest in the performing arts at an early age; her first play was an adaptation of Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic with her first grade class. She continued acting through elementary and middle school, and started performing in shows at professional theaters in the area. In addition to acting, Sara was a very musical child and started playing instruments and singing at school and in choirs. She became an accomplished oboe player, performing for several years as principal oboist in the Peabody Preparatory Sinfonietta in Baltimore, Maryland. She was also a member of Maryland All State Choir for six consecutive years. Throughout high school, she continued to act in plays and musicals, and went on to study drama at Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated with a BFA in 2011. She booked her first film role while still in college in the J.J. Abrams thriller Super 8, and quickly moved to Los Angeles to pursue more film and television. Within one year of graduating, Sara landed roles in four other feature films: Won't Back Down, Fun Size, Jack Reacher, and most notably Promised Land with Matt Damon and Frances McDormand. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Max.
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John W. Iwanonkiw
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Joe Fishel
Joe Fishel is known for The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Occurrence at Mills Creek (2020) and Concussion (2015).
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Benjamin Sheeler
Benjamin Sheeler is known for his work on Marshall (2017), The Chop (2017) and Before the Border (2015).
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Cain Alexander
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Andrew Kuebel
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Gus Van Sant
- Writers:
- Matt Damon, John Krasinski
- Production:
- Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Focus Features, Media Farm, Sunday Night Productions, Pearl Street Films, Participant
- Revenue:
- $8,100,000
- Budget:
- $15,000,000
Key Crew
- Story:
- Dave Eggers
- Original Music Composer:
- Danny Elfman
- Editor:
- Billy Rich
- Director of Photography:
- Linus Sandgren
- Music Supervisor:
- Brian Reitzell
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- AE; US
- Filming:
- AE; US
- Languages:
- en