I heard about this film a year ago because a friend's daughter worked in the costume department. At the time, I thought, this one's gonna be good.This week on Box Office Mojo, I see it went straight to video. How did that happen?
Rented and watched it last night. Screenwriters, if you want to see an example of episodic and why that's bad, this is the film to watch.
In The Electric Mist With The Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke is a beautiful book.
The film's a vehicle carrying a lot of talent going no where.
Alas.
I saw that and thought...how does a Tommy Lee Jones movie go straight to video!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe it either. Tommy Lee Jones - Academy Award winner. Mary Steenburgen - Academy Award winner. John Goodman - from Louisanna and Emmy and Golden Globe winner. And the book was great. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteGuess it's like William Goldman says (about who can tell what will be a hit) Nobody knows anything.