Tully (2000)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Hilary Birmingham

Writers:

Hilary Birmingham (writer)
Matt Drake (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Tully Coates, Jr., with his good looks and chiseled body, is the local heartthrob, and while he has a new girlfriend virtually every night...

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Nebraska | Stripper | Father Son Relationship | Small Town

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Glenn Fitzgerald	...	Earl Coates
Anson Mount	...	Tully Coates Jr.
Bob Burrus	...	Tully Russell Coates Sr.
Julianne Nicholson	...	Ella Smalley
Laura Walker	...	Wendy Adams
Joe Smalley	...	Brad
Tim Driscoll	...	Clarence Heiting
Aaron Zavitz	...	Chuck
Kristopher Kling	...	Dexter
Catherine Kellner	...	April Reece
Vivek Kumar	...	Essa
John Durbin	...	Marshall
V. Craig Heidenreich	...	Burt Hodges
Natalie Canerday	...	Claire
Kathryn Gayner	...	Irene Duffy (photos)

Also Known As:

The Truth About Tully (USA) (festival title)
What Happened to Tully (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ft. Calhoun, Nebraska, USA

Company:

Telltale Films

Trivia:

It was originally titled "The Truth About Tully" but was changed when Jonathan Demme's The Truth About Charlie (2002) was announced to be released around the same time.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the junkyard scene with Ella, the replacement hood they find on the yellow Cadillac is an early '80s style hood, but when the hood is shown on Tully's Cadillac, it's an early '70s style. The cowl lines are noticeably different between these two styles.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV)

See this film!

Was it great acting or great directing or a great script that made this film work so well? The people in the movie Tully are not one dimensional, they are real people. I loved all of them. The way the father pursed his lips.

The way Tully sometimes looked handsome, sometimes plain. The way Ella gave just the right thing at the right time. The way the clerk cheerfully bantered. The way Earl corrected Tully's misremembering. The town sleaze's greasy humor. I wish I knew any of them, even April! :) The main thing that struck me about Tully is the trueness of the dialog. It was minimal, the way people really are, shown from the outside in, without being corny. Everyone gave great performances. The movie is special. Hope I see more of every actor in this film, all of whom were new to me. All were MEMORABLE. That says a lot because I think I have early Alzheimers! Too bad this movie wasn't a hit. I wish I lived on a farm and/or had this kind of sensitive, nuanced experience everyday! Unpretentious.