In 2000, the then 25yearold director david gordon green released his first movie, george washington, a luminous, unhurried, gorgeously photographed comingof. David gordon green born april 9, 1975 is an american filmmaker. Nicholas cage has been impressing me lately with his small movies the frozen ground is another good one. David gordon greens joe is the directors return to his lowbudget roots after a stint whipping up bigbudget, potlaced hollywood comedies like pineapple express and your highness. Youve got to admit, david gordon green has some serious follow through. The latest from the eversurprising david gordon green is a moody, southern gothic drama featuring a mighty performance from nicolas cage as the roughandtumble title character, an excon whos lived hard and looks it, but who develops a soft spot for a troubled teenager sheridan. Nicolas cage cuts a brooding figure in this powerful slice of southern gothic realism by david gordon green director of. In both his comedic and dramatic works, prolific director david gordon green has demonstrated a preoccupation with the idea of manhood as a performative, limiting, almost unsustainable act that. Green saw the movie as a western, and said for research purposes, he only really watched shane. Nicolas cage reconnects with his serious side in david. In 2000, the then 25yearold director david gordon green released his first movie, george washington, a luminous, unhurried, gorgeously photographed comingofage picture set in north carolina. Our long national nightmare is finally over director david gordon green has returned to making the types of films that put the indie filmmaker on the map in the early film school rejects. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch.
Joe is geregisseerd door david gordon green, bekend van pineapple express. Exceedingly dark and unrelenting, gordon green s vision infuses a juxtaposition of themes into the film. He is a producer and director, known for halloween 2018, joe 20 and prince avalanche 20. Joe hires them both, but the selfdestructive dad is quickly told. In the movie, cage plays joe ransom, an excon and unlikely role model, who is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin when he meets a 15yearold boy. Green followed it with three more acclaimed indie dramas, all the real girls, undertow, and snow angels, before veering into comedy with the 2008 film pineapple express. Actor nicolas cage and director david gordon green on joe in a new film, cage plays an excon who takes a teenage boy under his. Cast joe ransom nicolas cage gary tye sheridan wade, gdaawg gary poulter willierussell ronnie gene blevins. The most obvious sign that joe is adapted from a wellwritten novel is the slow, meticulous exploration of the change in its protagonist. The most indelible scenes in david gordon greens joe, filmed in the backwoods of texas, have the fierce clarity of illuminations glimpsed in a lightning flash. David gordon greens return to dejection is one of pure excellence and what he snares from his actors is beyond extraordinary.
Directed by david gordon green, joe film brings academy award r winner nicolas cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hardliving. It stars nicolas cage and tye sheridan, revolving around a tormented man who hires a 15yearold boy and protects him from his abusive father. Director david gordon green s resume is eclectic to say the least. Nicolas cage tries to keep a lid on his demons in a dark backwoods texas, in david gordon greens latest realamerican. Directed by david gordon green prince avalanche, pineapple express, the film brings oscarwinner nicolas cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hardliving, hottempered excon joe ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble until he meets a kid tye sheridan, tree of life, mud who awakens in him a fierce. One day, 15yearold gary tye sheridan arrives at the worksite looking for a job for both himself and his alcoholic, shiftless father. Worldwide entertainment announced today that they will finance and produce director david gordon greens pineapple express gritty, southern drama joe. This is a story, a very good story and fascinating too. Arkansasborn, texasraised writerdirector david gordon green made a deep, lasting impression with his 2000 feature debut, george washington, a lyrical, elusive movie about kids in rural north carolina. David gordon greens joe stars nicolas cage as the title character, the foreman of a work crew hired to poison trees before they are cleared from land owned by people who plan to develop it. From the romantic indie all the real girls to the raucous pineapple express, green is not content to stick to one genre.
Joe film 20 wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. Worldview entertainment is financing and producing the gritty southern drama. David gordon green was born on april 9, 1975 in little rock, arkansas, usa. Starring nicolas cage, tye sheridan, gary poulter, ronnie gene blevins, adriene mishler, brian mays, aj wilson.
He directed the dramas george washington 2000, all the real girls 2003, and snow angels 2007, as well as the thriller undertow 2004, all of which he wrote or cowrote in 2008, green transitioned into comedy, directing the films pineapple express 2008, your highness and the sitter both 2011. David gordon green reestablishes himself as one of the great american filmmakers of our time with this bleak, harrowing drama. The film is dark, brooding, intense and most of all depressing. The david gordon greendirected joe is drawing a crowd. Halloween director david gordon green waited a decade to. Joe is difficult to remain transfixed upon, but once the credits hit, the rewards are profuse. David gordon greens film, based on larry browns novel, was filmed locally in the austinarea. It is reasonable to argue that cage, too, has been rescued from life in. These days, the performances of nicolas cage can usually be divided into one of two categories. David gordon green and actor nicolas cage talk with peter travers of rolling stone about their new film, joe. In david gordon green s joe, this gifted young actor weaves a similarly earthy spell to the one he exhibited in 2012s mud. Rich in atmosphere and anchored by a powerful performance from nicolas cage, joe is a satisfying return to form for its star as well as director david gordon green.
Film ini merupakan adaptasi dari novel karya larry brown terbitan 1991 dengan judul yang sama dan tang perdana tahun 20 pada perhelatan festival film venisia, dan festival film internasional toronto tahun 20. Film profile for david gordon green, director, born 9 april 1975. Nicolas cage to star in david gordon greens joe collider. With nicolas cage, tye sheridan, gary poulter, ronnie gene blevins. Nicolas cage trades theatrics for authenticity in joe npr. Joe david gordon green, nicolas cage, tye sheridan, gary. Nicolas cage stars as joe, a hardliving excon who is the unlikeliest of role. David gordon green s return to dejection is one of pure excellence and what he snares from his actors is beyond extraordinary. David gordon green on the films that defined his life.
I had the great pleasure of interviewing director david gordon green and tye sheridan about their film joe, which opened the 38th annual atlanta film festival. Joe adalah film amerika serikat tahun 20 bergenre drama yang disutradarai oleh david gordon green, dibintangi oleh nicolas cage, tye sheridan, dan ronnie gene blevins. Its young sheridans gary who makes the film work, with his mix of earnest. For green, joe echoes his 2004 thriller undertow, another southernfried crime drama, although by contrast the new movie favors tone and. The actor is either outright bad, in that lazy con air kind of way, mumbling through his lines and defaulting to sullen actionstar mode. Usa 20 certificate 15 117m 4s director david gordon green. Films include pineapple express, halloween, and your highness. His latest is the dark drama, joe, which tells the story of an excon nicolas cage who becomes a standin father figure to a young, homeless boy. An excon, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15yearold boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. Adapted from mississippi writer larry browns 1991 novel, joe is a moody, melancholic throwback to the dramas that first gained director david gordon green. Joe is about joe nicolas cage, a solitary man who owns a company that specializes in killing trees for reforestation.
Toronto nicolas cage is set to star in david gordon greens joe. While the movie certainly has the terrence malicklike feel of greens earlier films, the biggest revelation here is a remarkable performance from nicolas cage, who does his best work in nearly a decade as the. Exceedingly dark and unrelenting, gordon greens vision. Joe is a 20 independent crime drama film directed and coproduced by david gordon green, coproduced by lisa muskat, derrick tseng and christopher. One such showcase is joe, david gordon greens gritty drama about an excon cage who strikes up an unlikely bond with a troubled teen tye sheridan of mud and tree of life. David gordon green celebrity profile check out the latest david gordon green photo gallery. Directed by david gordon green starring nicolas cage and tye sheridan on general release in the uk from 25 july 2014.
Nicolas cage, david gordon green, tye sheridan nicolas. Nicolas cage and director david gordon green sit with david poland at the toronto international film festival to discuss joe, their film about a man confronted by his own demons as he invests. A tough rural drama by david gordon green that digs deep in all the right ways. Directed by david gordon green, the film brings academy awardr winner nicolas cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hardliving, hottempered, excon joe ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble until he meets a hardluck kid played by tye sheridan who awakens in him a fierce and tenderhearted protector. It was there that sheridan backed up the career renaissance of the once doomed matthew mcconaughey, who now boasts an academy award for dallas buyers club. Joe is a comeback for nicolas cage and david gordon green.
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