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{{Infobox film
|  name = Live Free or Die
| image = Live free or diemp.jpg
| caption = ''Live Free or Die'' [[one sheet]]
| director = [[Gregg Kavet]]<br>[[Andy Robin]]
| writer = Gregg Kavet<br>Andy Robin
| starring = [[Aaron Stanford]]<br>[[Paul Schneider (actor)|Paul Schneider]]<br>[[Ebon Moss-Bachrach]]<br>[[Judah Friedlander]]<br>[[Michael Rapaport]]<br>[[Kevin Dunn]]<br>[[Zooey Deschanel]]
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''Live Free or Die''''' is an American 2006 [[black comedy]] film starring [[Aaron Stanford]], [[Paul Schneider (actor)|Paul Schneider]], [[Zooey Deschanel]], [[Michael Rapaport]], [[Judah Friedlander]], [[Kevin Dunn]], and [[Ebon Moss-Bachrach]].  It was written and directed by former ''[[Seinfeld]]'' writers [[Gregg Kavet]] and [[Andy Robin]]. The film was shot in 2004.
==Plot==
A clueless, aspiring criminal named John "Rugged" Rudgate spends his days forging rebate coupons and selling speakers out the back of his van. One day, Rugged runs into an old acquaintance, the dim-witted Jeff Lagrand, who recently returned home to help his cynical sister run the storage facility that they inherited from their father. When Rugged tries to force his way into the Lagrand family business, things go terribly wrong—and the situation gets even more complicated when an emotionally unstable cop begins investigating.
==Filming & Production==
Most of the film was shot in 2004.
==Reception==
The film-review aggregate [[website]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a 40% approval rating.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/live_free_or_die/| title=''Live Free or Die'' Reviews| publisher=Rotten Tomatoes| accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref> Film critic [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Film Journal International]]'' praised Aaron Stanford as "the young [[Steve Buscemi]]" and wrote that despite the film's "lack of visual click, ''Live Free or Die'' manages to be poignant without even being maudlin" and that "none of the movie's flaws negate its many remarkable little performances and casually insightful script.'<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003571021 |title=Film Journal International: ''Live Free or Die''| author=Frank Lovece| accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref>
==See also==
*"[[Live Free or Die]]," the state motto of [[New Hampshire]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0432318|title=Live Free or Die}}
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