---
title: 'Motherless Brooklyn (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Norton'
released: '2019-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 144
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/motherless-brooklyn-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385887/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

2019 · R · 144 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Motherless Brooklyn is a 2019 American neo-noir crime film written, produced, and directed by Edward Norton, based on the 1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem. Set in 1957 New York City, the film stars Norton as a private investigator with Tourette syndrome, who is determined to solve the murder of his mentor. Motherless Brooklyn also stars Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin, Ethan Suplee and Willem Dafoe.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norton)
- **Screenplay:** [Edward Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norton)
- **Producer:** [Edward Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norton), [Stuart Blumberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-blumberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Craig Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-armstrong)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-pope)
- **Editor:** [Joe Klotz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-klotz)

## Cast

- [Leslie Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-mann) as Julia Minna
- [Josh Pais](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-pais) as William Lieberman
- [Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://cinepixo.com/people/gugu-mbatha-raw) as Laura Rose
- [Bobby Cannavale](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-cannavale) as Tony Vermonte
- [Dallas Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/dallas-roberts) as Danny Fantl
- [Robert Wisdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wisdom) as Billy Rose
- [Michael K. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-k-williams) as Trumpet Man
- [Ethan Suplee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-suplee) as Gilbert Coney
- [Alec Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-baldwin) as Moses Randolph
- [Cherry Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/cherry-jones) as Gabby Horowitz
- [Fisher Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/fisher-stevens) as Lou
- [Edward Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norton) as Lionel Essrog
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe) as Paul Randolph

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Official site: http://www.motherlessbrooklynfilm.net/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/motherless-brooklyn-2019
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