Don't Come Knocking
Release Date - March 17, 2006
Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange (as Doreen), Tim Roth, Sarah Polley, Eva Marie Saint, Gabrielle Mann, Fairuza Balk
Directed by Wim Wenders
122 min.
Box office gross - $438,732
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Sam Shepard teams again with director Wim Wenders (they had previously collaborated on the film Paris, Texas in 1984) to star as Howard Spence, a Clint Eastwood type Western Star who abruptly leaves the set of his latest film to embark on a journey to reunite with his past.
After visiting his mother (Eva Marie Saint), who he hasn't seen in 30 years, she tells him that she was contacted by one of his ex-lovers, who had a child by him. Spence then tracks down Doreen (Lange), who owns and manages a bar in Butte, Montana, finds his long lost son and discovers that he has a daughter by another woman as well.
Most critics agreed that the film is a meandering menagerie of parts that don't quite gel. Much praise was given for the film's cinematography and visual style. Many critics were not happy with Lange's performance and several made comments about her appearance and alluded to plastic surgery.
Release Date - March 17, 2006
Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange (as Doreen), Tim Roth, Sarah Polley, Eva Marie Saint, Gabrielle Mann, Fairuza Balk
Directed by Wim Wenders
122 min.
Box office gross - $438,732
See complete credits at Internet Movie Database
Official Web Site
Trailer
Sam Shepard teams again with director Wim Wenders (they had previously collaborated on the film Paris, Texas in 1984) to star as Howard Spence, a Clint Eastwood type Western Star who abruptly leaves the set of his latest film to embark on a journey to reunite with his past.
After visiting his mother (Eva Marie Saint), who he hasn't seen in 30 years, she tells him that she was contacted by one of his ex-lovers, who had a child by him. Spence then tracks down Doreen (Lange), who owns and manages a bar in Butte, Montana, finds his long lost son and discovers that he has a daughter by another woman as well.
Most critics agreed that the film is a meandering menagerie of parts that don't quite gel. Much praise was given for the film's cinematography and visual style. Many critics were not happy with Lange's performance and several made comments about her appearance and alluded to plastic surgery.
Critical Sampling:
".. everyone here seems to be acting in a different movie. Shepard's doing existential Gary Cooper, Lange has a couple of her big weeping/laughing scenes (they're wonderful, but still), Mann grows smaller with every tantrum, Balk clomps around as if she's in a screwball punk comedy -- grating at first, she's downright lovable by the end -- and Roth works with calibrated British finesse." (Ty Burr, Boston Globe) Back to Film & Television |
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