<P> Baby Driver is a 2017 action crime film written and directed by Edgar Wright . It stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal . The plot follows Baby, a young getaway driver and music lover who must work for a kingpin . The film features choreography in which the actors' movements synchronize with the soundtrack . </P> <P> Baby Driver was co-produced by Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions and Media Rights Capital, and was distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures and by TriStar Pictures in the US . It premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2017, and was released theatrically on June 28, 2017 . The film received critical acclaim and has grossed $226 million worldwide against a production budget of $34 million, making it Wright's highest - grossing film as director . </P> <P> Baby is a getaway driver in Atlanta, Georgia . When he was a child, a car accident killed his parents and left him with tinnitus, which he blocks out by listening to music on iPods . He ferries crews of robbers assembled by Doc, a heist mastermind, to pay off a debt he incurred after stealing one of Doc's cars . Between jobs, he creates remixes from snippets of conversations he records, and cares for his deaf foster father Joseph . At a diner, he meets a waitress, Debora, and they start dating . </P> <P> Baby's next robbery goes awry after an armed bystander chases them down, but Baby evades him and the police . Having paid his debt, Baby quits his life of crime and starts delivering pizzas . While Baby is on a date with Debora, Doc insists he join a heist at a post office, threatening to hurt Debora if he refuses . </P>

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