News
Get Low Opens Nationwide
WHAT
GET LOW, an independent film, executive produced by Robert Duvall, guaranteed to stir passionate discussions about grace, forgiveness, and free will—expands nationwide today. This unusual story was spun from accounts of a real 1930s hermit, Felix Bush, who came out of the woods after 40 years to get some things off his chest—at his own funeral—while he was still alive. GET LOW offers a unique portrait of one man’s struggle to come to terms with his deeds, his inability to accept a free gift of grace, and his attempt to find forgiveness on his terms. He yearns for and rejects grace in the same breath.
WHO
Robert Duvall stars as hermit, Felix Bush; Sissy Spacek as a girl from the past, Maddie Darrow; Bill Murray as Frank Quinn, the undertaker; Lucas Black as Buddy who works at the funeral home and befriends Bush; and Bill Cobbs as the pastor who knows Felix’s secret. A Lutheran pastor, Scott Seeke, heard the story from a family member involved in the real incident, and passed it to Chris Provensano, writer of the acclaimed Mad Men TV series. Chris, along with BLOOD DIAMOND screenwriter C. Gaby Mitchell wrote the screenplay. Academy Award-winner Aaron Schneider, directed.
WHERE
GET LOW, which opened in NY and LA on July 30 and slowly rolled across the country, expands to a nationwide release today, August 27. For theater listing: SonyClassics.com/GetLow/dates.html, or see local listings.