Get Low

Director: Aaron Schneider
Writer: Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell
Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Theatrical Release Date: July 30, 2010 6:19 AM
Criticwire: B-
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Synopsis: For the past forty years, Felix Bush (Duvall) has lived as a hermit deep in the Tennessee woods. His clothes tattered, his manner rough and his expressions buried behind a massive white beard, he's an unnerving figure when he stalks into town with his mule, shotgun in hand. Some say he's killed men with his bare hands. One day Bush walks into the local funeral parlour and announces to Frank Quinn (Murray), “'Bout time for me to get low. Down to business. I need a funeral.” More importantly, he wants a funeral party, an event that will draw all his friends and enemies to his shack in the woods for a final reckoning – and he wants to throw the party while he's still alive. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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