Sentences with phrase «contribute dramatic heft»

A robust screenplay by David Scarpa, direction by Ridley Scott as bracing as a strong belt of brandy, and an excellent cast giving it all they've got contribute dramatic heft to a riveting story of American avarice and greed behind the factual 1973 kidnapping of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's grandson, J. Paul Getty III (aka «Paul»), snatched from the streets of Rome on a sunny July day and held for a $ 17 million ransom which the old man refused to pay.