Just call it Cogan’s bluff…
The Weinstein Company has retitled COGAN’S TRADE – director Andrew Dominik’s upcoming Brad Pitt-as-a-mob-enforcer flick – to KILLING THEM SOFTLY.
Didn’t Roberta Flack and Lauren Hill sing this?
Dominik, the director of CHOPPER and the Brad Pitt starring THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, has lined up a stellar cast for COGAN’S TRADE/KILLING THEM SOFTLY.
Brad Pitt headlines with a supporting cast that includes Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Bella Heathcote, Sam Shepard, and Garret Dillahunt. The film itself is an adaptation of the book by George V. Higgins called Cogan’s Trade.
Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The film opens on September 21.
