Check out the first pair of pictures from David O. Russell‘s American Hustle featuring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams. In his recent past, David O. Russell has directed three actors to Academy Award-wins (Christian Bale and Melissa Leo in The Fighter and Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook), earned four of his actors Academy nominations (Amy Adams in The Fighter, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver in Silver Linings Playbook) and taken home two directing nominations for himself. Whether this will be the year the O. Russell finally takes home his first golden statute, there is no doubt that he will guide himself and his talented troop of actors to many, many nominations.

American Hustle is the story of a con artist (Bale) and his partner in crime (Adams), who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians – namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey. Take a peek at these greatly costumed pics of Bale, Adams, and Cooper. If I was a betting man, I would take out a wager now that all three are nominated this year.

American Hustle is directed by David O. Russell and stars Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Robert De Niro, Michael Peña, Louis C.K. and Amy Adams. It opens in limited theaters on December 13 and opens wide on December 25.

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