Cave scored the film with Warren Ellis . Cave said '' Lawless '' screened In Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 19 and received a nearly 10-minute standing ovation . The film was theatrically released in the U.S. on Wednesday , August 29 , 2012 , as The Weinstein Company hoped that good word of mouth would be built up for the upcoming Labor Day weekend . Audiences polled by the market research firm CinemaScore gave '' Lawless '' a B grade on average
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Lawless (film)