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Get low / directed by Aaron Schneider ; produced by Dean Zanuck ; produced by David Gundlach ; a Zanuck Independent production ; in co-production with David Gundlach Productions, Lara Enterprises, TVN.

Academic Video Online: Premium - United States Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Schneider, Aaron (Aaron E.), director.
Zanuck, Dean, 1972- producer.
Gundlach, David, producer.
Zanuck Independent (Firm), production company.
David Gundlach Productions (Firm), production company.
Lara Enterprises (Firm), production company.
TVN (Television network), production company.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hermits--Tennessee--Drama.
Hermits.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Tennessee--Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Genre:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (103 minutes)
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2010.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
data file
Summary:
Academy Award winner Robert Duvall (1983, Best Actor, Tender Mercies) is Felix Bush, the "Hermit of Caleb County", a man so haunted by his secrets that he has lived in quiet desolation in Tennessee backwoods for over 40 years. Realizing that he is near his own mortality, Bush decides to have a "living funeral party," inviting people to tell their stories about him. Enlisting the help of Frank Quinn (Golden Globe winner Bill Murray, 2004, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Lost in Translation) and Buddy Robinson (Lucas Black, Legion), Bush goes through a process of self-discovery, allowing him to deal with his past secrets, including ones involving old flame (and new widow) Mattie (Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek, 1980, Best Actress, Coal Miner's Daughter).
Participant:
Bill Cobbs, Gerald McRaney, Lucas Black, Bill Murray, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed May 26, 2017).
Nominated 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated 2011 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best Supporting Actress
Nominated 2011 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best Supporting Actor
Nominated 2011 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Best actor
Won 2010 African-American Film Critics Association, Top 10 Films
Nominated 2011 Art Directors Guild, Period Film
Nominated 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor
Nominated 2009 Camerimage, Main Competition
Nominated 2010 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Most Promising Filmmaker
Nominated 2011 Chlotrudis Awards, Best Supporting Actress
Nominated 2011 Chlotrudis Awards, Best Cinematography
Nominated 2010 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor
Nominated 2010 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, Best Supporting Actor
Nominated 2010 Hollywood Post Alliance, US, Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process
Nominated 2010 Houston Film Critics Society Awards, Best Supporting Actor
Nominated 2010 Houston Film Critics Society Awards, Best Actor
Won 2011 Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Feature
Nominated 2011 Independent Spirit Awards, Best Supporting Male
Nominated 2010 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, Best Actor
Nominated 2011 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
Nominated 2010 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Screenplay, Original
Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Motion Picture, Drama
2nd Place 2010 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, Wyatt Award
Won 2009 Torino Film Festival, Holden Award for Best Script - Special Mention
Won 2009 Torino Film Festival, Best Actor
Nominated 2009 Torino Film Festival, Best Feature Film
Nominated 2011 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, Best First Feature
Nominated 2010 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor
OCLC:
989794938

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