It borrows heavily from the coen brothers and cormac mccarthy, but it does so very well, thanks largely to a terrific script from taylor sheridan, the redhot actorturned. May 20, 2016 hell or high water premiered at the 2016 cannes film festival. Nine films into his alloverthemap 14year movie career, david mackenzie delivers what is certainly his most commercially. Hell or high water stars chris pine and ben foster reunite. Taylor sheridan on how hell or high water explains donald. Starring academy awardwinner jeff bridges, chris pine, and ben foster, hell or high water is a tense, riveting and critically acclaimed crime thriller, from the screenwriter of sicario and the. The main characters, chris pine and ben foster turn in great performances. Hell or high water 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Chris pine and ben foster attend the premiere of hell or high. Hell or high water is a 2016 american neowestern heist film directed by david mackenzie and. Taylor sheridan, the oscar nominated screenwriter of hell or high water, says his film captures the pulse of rural, small town america that led to donald trump getting elected. Lionsgate is breaking its cbs films western hell or high water wide sooner than expected after its buzzy premiere at cannes. The western movie is alive in the landscape and the consciousness of hell or high water, a crime melodrama directed with flair, momentum and skill by the scottish filmmaker david mackenzie. Chris pine looks ohso handsome while at the photo call for his movie hell or high water during the 2016 cannes film.
A divorced father and his excon older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their familys ranch in west texas. May 04, 2016 hell or high water hits theaters on august 12, 2016. Aug 12, 2016 jeff bridges plays a texas ranger in hell or high water. Nine films into his alloverthemap 14year movie career, david mackenzie delivers what is certainly his most commercially appealing entry so far, and one. Chris pine and ben foster attend the premiere of hell or high water at the cannes film festival 2016. Hell or high water premiered at cannes last year and went on to receive. Hell or high water actor finds humanity in stark film. May 21, 2016 cannes, france david mackenzies hell or high water, a politically motivated neowestern torn from the pages of sam shepherds playbook, took off like a firecracker. Hell or high water is a 2016 american neowestern heistcrime film directed by david mackenzie and written by taylor sheridan. Back in the day we told you that repeat nm filmer jeff bridges crazy heart, true grit would be heading back to the land of enchantment.
Chris pine, ben foster, and jeff bridges are all brilliant in hell or high water, david mackenzies gripping. And yet, while moviegoers desperate to see anything that doesnt involve a superhero may be willing to overlook its shortcomings, others will undoubtedly be disappointed to find that its somewhat less than the sum of its parts. Chris pine brings hell or high water to cannes 2016. The film follows two brothers chris pine and ben foster who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two texas rangers jeff bridges and gil birmingham. Graham brown song, 1986 hell and high water black stone cherry song, 2006 hell and high water, a song by the allman brothers band from the 1980 album reach for the sky. Of polishfrench descent, she miraculously survived the tortures of a wwii concentration camp as a. Chris pine brings hell or high water to cannes 2016 photo. Starring academy awardwinner jeff bridges, chris pine, and ben foster, hell or high water is a tense, riveting and critically acclaimed crime. Comancheria turned hell or high water nm film news. Hell or high water producers on how the movie reflects the. Hell or high water is a gripping and exceedingly entertaining neowestern that delivers an ensemble of stellar performances particularly bridges, gritty action and dark humour. Hell or high water offers a solidly crafted, wellacted western heist thriller that eschews mindless gunplay in favor of confident pacing and fullbodied.
This years indy film fest closes its 11day run on sunday. Hell or high water is a thrillingly good movie a crackerjack drama of crime, fear, and brotherly love set in a sunroasted, deceptively sleepy west texas that. Hell or high water is a film directed by david mackenzie with jeff bridges, chris pine, ben foster, gil birmingham, year. David mackenzie on capturing the loss of the old west cannes. Aug 14, 2016 david mackenzies hell or high water flowed into 32 theaters, becoming the highest per theater average earner of the weekend among all films reporting grosses sunday. Hell or high water premiered at the cannes film festival and will be released by cbs films on august 12. A divorced dad and his excon brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their familys farm in west texas. Last year in the cannes competition, actorturnedscreenwriter taylor. Hell or high water is a heist picture with a satirical edge that reminded me of brechts dictum about robbing a bank being a waste of time compared to owning one. Or, in other words, the type of film you might expect from a nonamerican director working in the united states. He has a knack for playing a top notch supporting role, and often times gets overlooked. With chris pine, ben foster, jeff bridges, gil birmingham.
Moral and mythic, hell or high water proves westerns are. If theres such a thing as an easygoing thriller, then hell or high water is it. David mckenzies hell or high water is a gritty, darkly humorous, and fiendishly violent neowestern. Bella darvi became a 50s symbol for one of the many movie cinderellas whose bright and beautiful hollywood fairy tale would come crashing down, ending in bitterness and tragedy. Hell or high water marks mackenzies second time at the cannes film festival after 2003s young adam.
List of accolades received by hell or high water wikipedia. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. The director is david mackenzie, the british filmmaker whose last film was the. Thank god that people like you saw it in the afternoon and it got positive feedback or i would have been dying that night. Although mackenzie is scottish, texas should just make him an honorary citizen after hell.
Hell or high water even features a cast led by the national treasure that is jeff bridges. The root of hell or high water is a cops and robbers story, with marcus jeff bridges and alberto gil birmingham playing the two cops attempting to hunt down bank robbers toby chris pine and. A selfdestructive brunette beauty, her life was full of misfortune. Apr 24, 2017 hell or high water stars chris pine and ben foster reunite with director for netflixs outlaw king. Comancheria hell or high water extrait cannes 2016 hd. May 16, 2016 hell or high water is a thrillingly good movie a crackerjack drama of crime, fear, and brotherly love set in a sunroasted, deceptively sleepy west texas that feels completely exotic for. May 19, 2016 hell or high water marks mackenzies second time at the cannes film festival after 2003s young adam. Brit director david mackenzie follows his searing 20 prison drama, starred up, with a deep dive into archetypal americana in hell or high water, a modern western thriller that combines many of. May 17, 2016 cleareyed directorial oversight similarly elevated hell or high water, a story of b movie pulp given new life through skillfully orchestrated gunfights and studied specificity of detail in time. Starring chris pine, ben foster and jeff bridges, the film follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family farm. It stars ben foster and chris pine as two brothers holding up a series of banks in west texas in an effort to raise the money to keep their dead.
The film follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two texas rangers. Hell or high water is a 2016 american neowestern heist film directed by david mackenzie and written by taylor sheridan. The film premiered at the cannes film festival on may 16, 2016 and began a limited release on august 12, 2016, in the. Hell or high water werd lovend ontvangen op het cannes film festival. Hell or high water starts off not too dissimilar in tone to one of the other great crime capers that weve witnessed at cannes this week, shane blacks pitch black comedy the nice guys. Hell or high water is a heist picture with a satirical edge that reminded.
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