Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Writers:

Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

Stars:

Tippi Hedren, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Duvall	...	Jim Caldwell
John Hurt	...	Kingsley Bedford
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Skip Caldwell
Kevin Bacon	...	Carroll Caldwell
Robert Patrick	...	Jimbo Caldwell
Ray Stevenson	...	Phillip Bedford
Frances O'Connor	...	Camilla Bedford
Katherine LaNasa	...	Donna Baron
Marshall Allman	...	Alan Caldwell
Shawnee Smith	...	Vicky Caldwell
John Patrick Amedori	...	Mickey Caldwell
Ron White	...	Neal Baron
Irma P. Hall	...	Dorothy Lambert
Carissa Capobianco	...	April Baron
Karli Barnett	...	Aurumn Baron

Storyline

A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point the man hasn't seen her in nearly 30 years. The two families - her original family she abandoned and her English family - meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.

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Plot Keywords:

written and directed by cast member | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content, nudity, drug use and some bloody images

Details

Country:

USA Russia

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jayne Mansfield kocsija

Filming Locations:

Cedartown, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,320 (USA) (13 September 2013)

Gross:

$14,376 (USA) (20 September 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

AR Films, Aldamisa Entertainment, Media Talent Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tippi Hedren's scenes ended up on the cutting room floor; however, the producers thanked her in the closing credits.

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Quotes

Neal Baron: Boy, it's a shame about her movin' on. She's in a better place now. Better than England anyway, from what I know of it.
[laughs]
Neal Baron: I'm just fucking with you, son.
[smacks Phillip on the back]
Neal Baron: But not really. God damn, it's miserable over there. I went over there once on business and, God damn, I don't see how y'all do it. You can't get so much as one good meal over there. They wouldn't know a grill if one bit 'em on the ass. And musty? God damn, cold shitty. Boil everything. They'd boil a goddamn ...

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Soundtracks

Hot Smoke and Sassafras
"Written by Roy E. Cox and William R. Prince
Performed by The Bubble Puppy (bubblepuppy.com)

User Reviews

Boy, it's a shame about her movin' on. She's in a better place now. Better than England anyway, from what I know of it.

Jayne Mansfield's Car has a good cast. Director-actor-writer Billy Bob Thornton is joined by other familiar names: Kevin Bacon, John Hurt, Robert Duvall, Frances O'Connor, and Robert Patrick.

The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families: one rural Alabama, and the other British. You can expect fireworks to fly.

You will find odd ducks in any family, and there are more than few in these two families. Skip (Thorton) and Camilla (O'Connor) really hit it off, as do Donna (Katherine LaNasa) and Phillip (Ray Stevenson).

There is family drama and more than a bit of comedy.

Jim Caldwell (Duvall) is obsessed with car wrecks, and takes Kingsley (Hurt) to an exhibit at the dollar store that claims to have Jayne Mansfield's death car on display. Just a little Southern weirdness that spawned the title.

It was an enjoyable film.