live by night is based on a book by boston author dennis lahane. susan tran is in lawrence to give us a closer look. >> reporter: this is affleck's buyers movie since his breakup with swroyf garner. it looks like he time traveled back to the between tease, the courthouse convertsed to the bank and that brought all the vintage cars that lined the street. it is the roaring 20s in lawrence and ben affleck is at center stage. he is filming a bank robbery scene for his new movie "live by night." >> they made it look like a bup all these things, he was here early. >> reporter: a restaurant convertsed to a butcher shop where you can get meat and old model t's and vintage bikes and a dunkin' donuts that has been turned into the lawrence general store. even the street where this is all being filmed had to be transformed. >> helping by taking signs down and removing lines that are in the street. >> reporter: it is based on a novel written by baystate's own dennis lehane, and affleck plays a boston police officer's son who turns to a life of crime. >> i would