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Director:
Gary Hawkins
Writer:
Gary Hawkins (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary
Plot:
The life and works of Oxford, Miss. fireman-turned-writer Larry Brown are examined in a unique documentary... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Awesome! more (10 total)

Cast

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Will Patton ... Frank in 'Samaritans'
Natalie Canerday ... Woman in 'Samaritans'
Dakota Smith ... Boy in Bar in 'Samaritans'

Paul Schneider ... Voice-over / Man in 'Wild Thing' (voice)
Kendra Cover ... Wild Thing
Gaye-Taylor Upchurch ... Wife in 'Wild Thing'
Vic Chesnutt ... Narrator in 'Boy & Dog'
Justin Stone ... Boy in 'Boy & Dog'
Brent Burditt ... Hero in 'Boy & Dog'
Larry Brown ... Fire Chief in 'Boy & Dog'
David Gordon Green ... Fireman in 'Boy & Dog'
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Scott Clackum ... Mustang Driver
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Runtime:
79 min | USA:85 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Ledford, North Carolina, USA more
Company:
Blue Moon Filmed Productions more

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Soundtrack:
I KNEW IT WOULD COME TO THIS more

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Awesome!, 3 May 2005
10/10
Author: patsycovington from United States

If you're a Larry Brown fan this film is a must see, and if you love the special ambiance only central Mississippi has, then you must see it. If you're not a Larry Brown fan, I don't know what to say except that you should be. His writing should appeal to anyone who loves to open a book and get lost in it.

My favorite book was FAY so I'd suggest you start there if you haven't read him. Then see this film.

I can't get Larry Brown's face and voice out of my mind. I just watched the film last night. All the heart and sorrow and soul that you find in his writing, you'll find in his face, his eyes, and his voice, and Gary Hawkins has captured it all not just once or twice but over and over in the film.

He's shown us what it was like to be Larry Brown—a beautiful tribute to a man whose voice was silenced far too soon. If I ever doubted that a writer who could put words together in such a beautiful way could also be a man for the common people—so real it hurts sometimes to watch—this film forever banished the idea from my mind.

If you're a struggling writer and want to know what it takes to make it as a writer, please don't miss this documentary. There's something here for you that's worth more than I can tell you.

I hope Gary Hawkins is working on a screenplay for a major movie based on Larry Brown's life – different from a documentary in that it can be a bit more fictionalized. I see a great opportunity for a screenwriter in this man's life. I'd see the movie and I'd even buy it.

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