Baby, aware of Bats' homicidal habit, stops him from killing her to avoid paying.ĭoc is furious, revealing that the dealers were dirty cops on his payroll. Afterward, Bats makes Baby stop at Debora's diner, unaware of their romance. When the crew attempts to purchase illegal firearms, Bats recognizes one of the dealers as an undercover cop and opens fire. The crew consists of easygoing Buddy, his sharpshooter wife Darling, and trigger-happy Bats, who takes an immediate dislike to Baby. Doc interrupts Baby's date with Debora and insists he join a post office heist, threatening to hurt Debora and Joseph should he refuse. Having paid his debt, Baby quits his life of crime and starts delivering pizzas. At Bo's Diner, he meets a waitress named Debora, and they start dating.īaby's next robbery goes awry after an armed bystander chases them down, but Baby evades him and the police. Between jobs, he remixes snippets of conversations he records and cares for his deaf foster father Joseph. Baby ferries crews of robbers assembled by criminal mastermind Doc as recompense for the theft of a car containing Doc's stolen goods. Baby typically uses one of many stolen iPods to soothe his tinnitus with music. As a child he survived a car crash, which killed his parents and left him with tinnitus, and he finds catharsis in music. The success of Baby Driver has increased studio interest in producing a sequel.īaby is a getaway driver in Atlanta. Baby Driver was nominated for numerous awards, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards (with a win for Editing), two Critics' Choice Awards (again, with a win for Editing), and a Golden Globe Award, and won several other honors, chiefly for technical achievement. It earned $226 million globally, bolstered by positive word-of-mouth support and flagging interest in blockbuster franchises. The National Board of Review selected Baby Driver as one of the top films of the year. It was well-received by the media for its craftsmanship and style, though the characterization and screenwriting drew occasional criticism.
Critics have examined Baby Driver 's subject matter in thematic studies of the film, with emphasis on its use of color symbolism and focus on Baby's evolving morality.īaby Driver premiered at the South by Southwest festival on March 11, 2017, and was released in North America and the United Kingdom on June 28. Production involved the planning of meticulously coordinated stunts, choreography, and in-camera shooting. Principal photography took place in Atlanta over four months, from February to May 2016. Originally based in Los Angeles, Wright revised the film's setting to Atlanta, integrating the city's ethos into an important storytelling device. He devised the idea while in his youth, and his early directing experience further shaped his ambitions for Baby Driver. Wright developed Baby Driver for over two decades. Baby Driver was financed through a partnership between TriStar and MRC.
Sony and TriStar Pictures handled commercial distribution of the film. Eric Fellner and his Working Title Films partner Tim Bevan produced Baby Driver in association with Big Talk Productions' Nira Park. Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal appear in supporting roles. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora ( Lily James). Baby Driver is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright.
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