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TIFF Picks 09: Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass
Everyone’s looking forward to Ed Norton times 2, and I think the movie gods from above will shine on this title. His last film, The Grey Zone had the misfortune of preeming on September, 11th and you guessed it, 2001. Should be a title that sells during the fest.
#20. LEAVES OF GRASS
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Keri Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Blake Nelson
Distributor: Rights Available.
Buzz: Everyone’s looking forward to Ed Norton times 2, and I think the movie gods from above will shine on this title. His last film, The Grey Zone had the misfortune of preeming on September, 11th and you guessed it, 2001. Should be a title that sells during the fest.
The Gist: Norton is portraying twin brothers, one an Ivy League philosophy professor, the other a small-time and brilliant marijuana grower. The professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord (Dreyfuss) that unravels his life. Sarandon plays the brothers’ eccentric mother, while Russell will play a love interest. Nelson is playing a best friend to one of the brothers.
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