The Greatest is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Shana Feste and starring Pierce Brosnan , Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, and Michael Shannon. When Bennett Brewer dies, his family feel like they can not go on. His mother Grace and his father Allen get an unexpected visitor knocking at their door; it turns out to be a young woman called Rose , who is pregnant with Bennett's child. As the story develops Bennett's younger brother Ryan is introduced and he is grieving the fact he did not say a final good bye to his brother. One sees the true relationships of the family as... the story comes together, Grace waits at the bed of Jordan Walker, the man driving the truck which collided with Bennett's car in the crash. She is waiting for his wake so she can ask him what her son's final 17 minutes were. After a while, she finds out the truth but is disappointed in what she hears. In the last moments, Bennett was not calling his mothers name, he was calling to Rose asking the other wounded passenger Walker to make sure that she was safe.
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| Release date: | November 5, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Shana Feste |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lynette Howell, Beau St. Clair |
| Editor: | Cara Silverman |
| Music by: | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography: | John Bailey |
| Screenplay by: | Shana Feste |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |