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Just as the new southern bootleg film lawless is derived from matt bondurant s 2008 novel the wettest county in the world, bondurant himself has created a story rooted in historical events involving his grandfather jack and uncles forrest and howard. The story of the bondurant brothers of virginia is told as historical fiction, written by one of the grandsons. A book by novelist matt bondurant, born and raised in the mount vernon area, is now a movie called lawless, which debuted recently at the cannes film festival. The film lawless 2012, directed by john hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by nick cave. Originally published with the title the wettest county in the.
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