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Release Date:
15 April 2009 (France)
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Plot:
A detective in the deep South is led into a series of surreal encounters with a troop of Confederate soldiers. full summary | full synopsis
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Drunk Driving
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Deep South
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Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Tavernier's Fate includes 'La Princesse de Montpensier'
(From ioncinema. 4 September 2009)
This Week on DVD: Australia, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Ace Ventura Jr.
(From FilmJunk. 3 March 2009, 9:01 AM, PST)
(From ioncinema. 4 September 2009)
This Week on DVD: Australia, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Ace Ventura Jr.
(From FilmJunk. 3 March 2009, 9:01 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Better than it's being rated
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Dave Robicheaux | |
| John Goodman | ... | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | |
| Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Elrod Sykes | |
| Kelly Macdonald | ... | Kelly Drummond | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Bootsie Robicheaux | |
| Justina Machado | ... | Rosie Gomez | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Twinky LeMoyne | |
| James Gammon | ... | Ben Hebert | |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... | Lou Girard | |
| Levon Helm | ... | General John Bell Hood | |
| Buddy Guy | ... | Sam 'Hogman' Patin | |
| Julio Cedillo | ... | Cholo Manelli | |
| Alana Locke | ... | Alafair Robicheaux | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Randy Austin | ... | St. Clare Parish Deputy | |
| Sandra Leigh Babineaux | ... | Newspaper Clerk | |
| Samantha Beaulieu | ... | Amber (voice) | |
| Cindy Blanchard | ... | Parole Officer | |
| Walter Breaux | ... | Batist | |
| Steve Broussard | ... | Mr. Trajan | |
| Zach Broussard | ... | Captain | |
| Herman Brown | ... | Band Member 3 / Drums | |
| Andrea Frankle | ... | Margot | |
| Adella Gauthier | ... | Old Woman | |
| Danny Grisaffe | ... | Uniformed Patrolman | |
| Gary Grubbs | ... | Sheriff | |
| Greg Guirard | ... | Old Cajun Fisherman | |
| Rio Hackford | ... | Thug 2 | |
| Louis Herthum | ... | Doobie Patout | |
| Bernard Hocke | ... | Murphy Doucet | |
| Richard Jones | ... | Sollie Rothberg | |
| Richard Landry | ... | Photographer | |
| Robert Leblanc | ... | Himself - Band Member 4 / Bass | |
| Damon Lipari | ... | Stuntman | |
| Tony Molina Jr. | ... | Adonis Brown | |
| Ritchie Montgomery | ... | Bartender | |
| Matt Naquin | ... | Waiter | |
| Chukwuma Onwuchekwa | ... | Dewitt prejean | |
| Ryan Rilette | ... | Jimmie | |
| John Sayles | ... | Michael Goldman | |
| Katie Tull | ... | Assistant | |
| Dennis Paul Williams | ... | Himself - Band Member 2 / Guitar | |
| Mark A. Williams | ... | Band Member 5 / Rubboard | |
| Nathan Williams | ... | Band Member 1 / Accordion | |
| John Wilmot | ... | Mr. Meaux | |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Dans la brume électrique (France)
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (USA) (working title)
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In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
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Runtime:
Germany:117 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | USA:102 min (DVD)
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Singapore:M18 |
Netherlands:12 |
South Korea:15
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Co-stars Ned Beatty and John Goodman previously appeared together on "Roseanne" (1988). Beatty had a recurring role as Goodman's father on the show.
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Revealing mistakes: When the coroner is showing Dave the facial wounds on the dead Amber Martinez, the actress' left eye twitches.
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Quotes:
[first Lines]
Dave Robicheaux: My name's Dave Robicheaux. I'm an alcoholic. Sometimes I'm tempted to have a drink. But I never do.
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Dave Robicheaux: My name's Dave Robicheaux. I'm an alcoholic. Sometimes I'm tempted to have a drink. But I never do.
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Movie Connections:
Follows Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
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Soundtrack:
La Terre tremblante
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First, there's the great French director, Tavernier, who made many films Americans missed. But at least most remember "'Round Midnight,'" an amazingly done jazz film with the late Dexter Gordon. Then there are the great actors, from Tommy Lee (who did indeed "nail" Robicheaux), but also Ned Beatty, Mary Steenburgen (who made the ordinary character of Bootsie bearable), the other great director John Sayles (as a director,of course) and countless lesser known character actors. The production values are superb. I've read most of Burke's novels and the sets of Dave's house, the dives he visits, the bayou, all of it are exactly as I'd imagined. The writing is good and I don't get why people think the story is confusing. But there is one major flaw (for me) that rankles. Why cast musicians (Levon Helm, Buddy Guy) in roles that really need strong acting? Helm was a great drummer for The Band, but I've never seen him act with much conviction. And the character of the dead Confederate general requires strength. Hal Holbrook would have been perfect. Then there's Buddy Guy, a great Chicago blues man, but he's no actor. He seemed almost to be reading most of his lines from off camera in one scene.
You cannot put strong actors in the same scenes with weak ones. But good actors together can make a scene--witness the last confrontation between Tommy Lee's Robicheaux and Ned Beatty's Lemoyne.
So, solid direction, much strong acting, faithful to the book, great sets and setting, all brought lower by some bad casting. Still, I think this one deserves more respect, especially compared to many of this year's "Oscar worthy" films.