Tonight was a big toss-up for me, since there were two feature films showing tonight with some pretty bit promised talent on the red carpet, and I had difficulty choosing.
The first, The Killer Inside Me, had Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck at the premiere; whereas Get Low, the first feature film for Aaron Schneider (who won an Oscar for the William Faulkner-inspired short “Two Soldiers”), promised Bill Murray, Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek.
I chose Get Low. You can’t go wrong with Murray, Spacek and Duvall. And according to Variety, the same can be said of the movie:
Loosely based on a real-life incident that has long been recounted as legend (with a few embellishments here and there), “Get Low” intros Felix as a taciturn eccentric who, for nearly 40 years, has sternly guarded his privacy while living alone in the woods. (Pic was shot on location in Georgia.) Rumors about his violent past abound, and he lends credibility to those accounts by brandishing (and occasionally firing) a shotgun when unwelcome guests ignore the sign on the road to his property: “No damn trespassing. Beware of mule.”
One fateful day, however, Felix hitches that mule to his wagon and rides into town, where he approaches the local reverend (Gerald McRaney) to “get low” — that is, get down to business — regarding plans for a memorial service. Specifically, he wants to preside at his own funeral — to hear what folks in town and from surrounding areas have to say, good or (mostly) bad, about him — before he actually dies.
Not surprisingly, the reverend rejects the request. But Frank Quinn (Bill Murray), the cynical proprietor of a failing funeral parlor, has no qualms whatsoever about accepting Felix as a customer. Aided by his assistant, Buddy Robinson (Lucas Black), an eager young family man who mutes his own misgivings about the enterprise, Frank plots to put the “party” back into “funeral party” by attracting a large crowd of storytellers for Felix’s farewell appearance. To ensure a huge turnout, he proposes selling raffle tickets — and rewarding one lucky attendee with the deed to Felix’s property (effective, of course, after the hermit’s death).
Below are images from tonight licensed Creative Commons 3.0 with attribution:
Bill Murray
Sissy Spacek
Robert Duvall
Director Aaron Schneider
Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall
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