He may have just been confirmed as the lead of FX’s forthcoming television series based on the Coen Brothers’ FARGO, but the brand new trailer for Billy Bob Thornton’s JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR has also just arrived. Being a huge fan of Thornton’s Oscar-winning directorial debut SLING BLADE and his astonishing performances in both that film and Sam Raimi’s underrated A SIMPLE PLAN, I always have time for any project he’s tied to.
In what critics are calling his best work as writer/director since SLING BLADE, Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton stars – along with Oscar-winner Robert Duvall, two-time Oscar-nominee John Hurt and Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon – in this story of fathers and sons, wars and peace, and the turbulent time that changed America forever. It’s 1969 in a small Alabama town, and the death of a quirky clan’s long-estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families for the funeral. But do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to the most unexpected collisions of all? Robert Patrick, Ray Stevenson, Katherine LaNasa and Frances O’Connor co-star in the acclaimed comedy/drama.
JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR is available on VOD on August 20th and then US select cinemas on September 13th. A UK is still to be confirmed.
Source: Yahoo! Movies/CinemaBlend
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
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