The Untold Truth Of American Hustle
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The Untold Truth Of American Hustle
It’s hard to believe “American Hustle” came out so long ago. With a high-profile cast starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Christian Bale, the stylish biographic drama was an awards darling in 2013. Hot off the heels of “Silver Linings Playbook” — a successful collaboration with Lawrence and Cooper — filmmaker David O. Russell wrote and directed this biopic based on the FBI Abscam operation and turned the late ’70s fashion up to 11.
“American Hustle” starts in 1978 and focuses on con man Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) as he begins to fall in love with his fellow con artist Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams). The FBI catches the two, but instead of putting them away, agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) recruits them to work on a large-scale sting operation aimed at taking down corrupt New Jersey Mayor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner). When Irving’s jealous wife, Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), gets irritated, she ends up getting involved in a world much larger than she is used to.
What you might not know about “American Hustle” is how much it strays from the truth. Or just how long the script was tossed around for before it finally wound up on screen. There are many stories, both funny and concerning, that have come out of the making of “American Hustle.”