Christina hendricks, philip seymour hoffman, glenn fleshler a guy named mic. Oct 31, 2016 lifetime movies 2020 new african american movies 2020 lmn movies based on true story duration. Slatterys take on dexters novel straddles comedy and glum dramanot always successfullybut the film is so. Philip seymour hoffman was a proud irish american, his mother marilyn oconnor is a family court judge and he had recently filmed an irish american movie called god s pocket. But when a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse.
Dexter is very harsh on it, and i wouldnt blame someone from there for thinking dexter was biased. On one of my trips shortly after finishing the god pocket by bruce wilkinson, i stopped to fill up my car with gas and noticed a couple in a beat up jeep parked off to the side of the parking lot. Gods pocket is horrifying, humanist and heartbreaking. God s pocket 2014 a boozy lowlife philip seymour hoffman tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson s suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist richard jenkins and the young man. Gods pocket film complet en francais gratuit film en. Woodlawn met hollywood when hoffman movie gods pocket. Newhall under construction newhall under construction. God s pocket is the neighborhood where the couple lives. I would also have wished the newspaperman character was more sympathetic. With philip seymour hoffman, christina hendricks, richard jenkins, john turturro. With a screenplay adapted by john slattery and alex metcalf from a 1983 novel by pete dexter, and a starfilled cast led by philip seymour hoffman, gods pocket is the first feature film. Financial analysis of gods pocket 2014 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. In the gritty, bluecollar neighborhood of gods pocket, mickey scarpatos crazy stepson, leon, is killed in a construction. It s the first time ive sat through a screening with an audience in a long time, hoffman says.
An already somber drama like this adaptation of a pete dexter novel feels even more melancholy knowing its one of the last characters that well ever get from hoffman. I enjoyed the film very much, it is superbly written, acted and directed and i have to say that it is the second time recently that a wonderful film comes out of a pete. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. Philip seymour hoffmans final film is a gritty adaptation of a pete dexter novel thats shot.
Jan 15, 2015 gods pocket should work much better than it does. Its a neighborhood so economically depressed even the funeral home has trouble making ends meet. After mickey scarpato s philip seymour hoffman, in one of his final film roles stepson leon caleb landry jones, antiviral, is killed in a construction accident, mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news along with the body. A sickly yellowbrown haze floats over the town, rotting the wallpaper and dulling emotions. A man is caught between a rock and a hard place when he tries to conceal his stepson s death. Set in the gritty bluecollar neighborhood of god s pocket, a man s crazy stepson is killed in a construction accident and the man quickly. Director john slattery and philip seymour hoffman prepare to shoot a scene in god s pocket last summer. The absurdist black comedy drawn from daily life in a bluecollar philadelphia neighborhood registers about halfway in gods pocket. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The film stars philip seymour hoffman, john turturro, christina hendricks, and richard jenkins. It thoroughly and systematically challenges the reader to try this ready to give, willing to.
Gods pocket is the best pete dexter film, true to his louche, combative vision, tonally surprising. Gods pocket is dark and sometimesbut not alwaysdarkly amusing. A film by john slattery, starring philip seymour hoffman, christina hendricks, richard jenkins, john turturro and eddie marsan. Lifetime movies 2020 new african american movies 2020 lmn movies based on true story duration. Le film ne possede pas le scenario le plus complet par contre lambiance et les. Set in the gritty bluecollar neighborhood of god s pocket, mickey s crazy stepson leon is killed in a construction accident and mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news with the body. However when i was at the cinema to see god s pocket, i saw a trailer for a most wanted man. God s pocket could be viewed in a similar way as a valedictory tribute to philip seymour hoffman. Philip seymour hoffmans final film has gotten a release date god s pocket, the late actors last movie in which he stars as the main character, will hit theaters on may 9. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including esquire, sports illustrated, and playboy. The film premiered at the 2014 sundance film festival to mixed critical. In the gritty, bluecollar neighborhood of gods pocket, mickey scarpatos crazy stepson, leon, is killed in a construction accident, and mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news with the body. Gods pocket forgot to make its characters have any redeeming qualities.
The last film, of the late, great, john wayne, was the shootist 1976. Everything you need to know about gods pocket movie 2014. Philip seymour hoffmans flame burns on in a very satisfying crime drama. It has several narrators, each more compulsive than the last and their stories are interwoven against the background of downtown philadelphia, in the suburb called god s pocket. Gods pocket is john slatterys directorial debut the. Set in the gritty bluecollar neighborhood of god s pocket, mickeys crazy stepson leon is killed in a construction accident and. But even in the gritty, bluecollar neighborhood of god s pocket, pa, no secret can stay hidden forever. Boone is a sexy bluecollar straight guy with a great body and a very nice cock.
God s pocket is a workingclass philadelphia neighborhoodand this strong, vivid, uneven first novel follows a sad handful of its denizens plus one even sadder outsider through the bleak, blackcomic aftermath of a lowkey murder. Life in gods pocket in the 1970s is a desultory affair. Gods pocket premiered at sundance, and while it had its share of adherents, many voices said the film wasnt up to snuff. Jan 18, 2014 the actor watched god s pocket with the premiere audience friday night. Slattery cowrote the screenplay with alex metcalf, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by pete dexter. It could be that the movie is set in the same era as its. John slatterys gods pocket is likely to provide the same kind of confusion. Here she talks about being bullied at school, working with philip seymour hoffman and her new film role as a grieving mother god s pocket star richard jenkins. May 15, 2014 the residents of gods pocket wear illfitting beige suits and drive the kind of roomy cars in which velour interior comes standard. Retrouvez les 18 critiques et avis pour le film gods pocket, realise par john. Alternately a working class crime drama infused with almost random bits of black comedy and ever greater shots of unrealistic silliness, the film becomes the very definition of a tonal mess. Leon hubbard, 24, a sullen creep with a straightrazor fetish, has gotten a construction jobthanks to his doting mother jeanie and his newish. Even in a disappointing film like john slatterys gods pocket, hoffman makes unique, personal, realistic choices that other actors wouldnt have considered. However, a dark undertone begins to show when mickey.
Mickey tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boys mother demands the truth, mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he cant bury, a wife he cant please and a debt he cant pay. Apr 14, 2014 trailer for god s pocket based on the novel by national book award winning author pete dexter. God s pocket on dvd september 9, 2014 starring philip seymour hoffman, richard jenkins, christina hendricks, john turturro. A boozy lowlife philip seymour hoffman tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson s suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist richard jenkins and the young man s mother complicate matters. Mad men star john slattery makes his directorial debut with a brash, black comedy about a bluecollar neighbourhood. Jan 20, 2017 a blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something s amiss. Slattery and his team shot key scenes in the film in and around flower funeral home on new. May 09, 2014 with a screenplay adapted by john slattery and alex metcalf from a 1983 novel by pete dexter, and a starfilled cast led by philip seymour hoffman, gods pocket is the first feature film.
The only aspects that kept the film watchable throughout were the music composed by nathan larson, and the strong performances delivered by. Mickey philip seymourhoffman makes endsmeet by partaking in petty crime and gambling, with his friend arthur john turturro, and then spending most of it in the local fleapit bar before stumbling home to his longsuffering wife jeanie christina hendricks. Many people will find god s pocket depressing, but once you get past the despair and carnage its full of life. God s pocket seems to be an ordinary working class neighbourhood at face value.
After mickey scarpatos philip seymour hoffman, in one of his final film roles stepson leon caleb landry jones, antiviral, is killed in a construction accident, mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news along with the body. It didnt take long and the lady got out of the jeep and headed straight for me. God s pocket 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that somethings amiss. The god pocket is a short inspirational centered around challenging people to give willingly to god and allow him to move them to give their allotted offering to a specific person, according to his timing. Gods pocket musamalizarea 2014 film online subtitrat. God s pocket, while it doesnt rise to the literary level of dexters national book awardwinning masterpiece paris trout, maintains a strong element of suspense, only dragging occasionally when dexter indulges too much in painting his alter ego, a newspaper columnist unraveling the impact of the central death on the neighborhood.
Gods pocket discover the best in independent, foreign. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something s amiss. Trailer for god s pocket based on the novel by national book award winning author pete dexter. This is a hot video where our newly found straight guy, boone gets serviced for the first time by a guy and on film. Philip seymour hoffmans final film gods pocket gets a. Mickey philip seymourhoffman makes endsmeet by partaking in petty crime and gambling, with his friend arthur john turturro, and then spending most of it in the local fleapit bar before stumbling home to his longsuffering wife jeanie. It strands its talented cast with lessthandeserving material.
Mad men star john slattery makes his directorial debut with a brash, black comedy about a. A glorious, tremendously compulsive book, god s pocket is full of dark, violent, black humour. When mickeys crazy stepson leon is killed in a construction accident, nobody in the working class neighborhood of god s pocket is sorry hes gone. Christina hendricks, philip seymour hoffman, glenn fleshler. This just wasnt a kissable face ryan gilbey on god s pocket. Philip seymour hoffmans final film is a gritty adaptation of a pete dexter novel thats shot through. Theo and hugo french movie with portuguese subtitles 73k 99% 101min 360p. God s pocket is a film that takes its time in drawing the screenplays best elements, leaving me throughout most of the first act highly bored, hoping for even the slightest elevation in drama or tension. In one of his last film roles, philip seymour hoffman stars as hapless mickey scarpato. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout as well as spooner, paper trails, gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, and train. Gods pocket is john slatterys directorial debut the new.
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