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. A divorced father and his excon older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their familys ranch in west texas. The main characters, chris pine and ben foster turn in great performances. Chris pine, ben foster, and jeff bridges are all brilliant in hell or high water, david mackenzies gripping. Chris pine looks ohso handsome while at the photo call for his movie hell or high water during the 2016 cannes film. Comancheria hell or high water extrait cannes 2016 hd. 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.
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. Chris pine and ben foster attend the premiere of hell or high. Apr 24, 2017 hell or high water stars chris pine and ben foster reunite with director for netflixs outlaw king. Hell or high water even features a cast led by the national treasure that is jeff bridges. 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. David mckenzies hell or high water is a gritty, darkly humorous, and fiendishly violent neowestern. Starring academy awardwinner jeff bridges, chris pine, and ben foster, hell or high water is a tense, riveting and critically acclaimed crime. Taylor sheridan on how hell or high water explains donald. 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. Nine films into his alloverthemap 14year movie career, david mackenzie delivers what is certainly his most commercially appealing entry so far, and one. Filled with indelible characters, sneaky humor, and mournful intelligence, its a film that deserves to be seen. This years indy film fest closes its 11day run on sunday. Although mackenzie is scottish, texas should just make him an honorary citizen after hell.
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 is a 2016 american neowestern heist film directed by david mackenzie and written by taylor sheridan. Chris pine brings hell or high water to cannes 2016 photo. 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. 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. The director is david mackenzie, the british filmmaker whose last film was the. Hell or high water actor finds humanity in stark film. Chris pine and ben foster attend the premiere of hell or high water at the cannes film festival 2016. He has a knack for playing a top notch supporting role, and often times gets overlooked.
Hell or high water is a heist picture with a satirical edge that reminded. 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. 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. Moral and mythic, hell or high water proves westerns are. Hell or high water premiered at cannes last year and went on to receive. With chris pine, ben foster, jeff bridges, gil birmingham. A divorced dad and his excon brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their familys farm in west texas. May 19, 2016 hell or high water marks mackenzies second time at the cannes film festival after 2003s young adam. Comancheria turned hell or high water nm film news. 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. If theres such a thing as an easygoing thriller, then hell or high water is it. List of accolades received by hell or high water wikipedia. Hell or high water marks mackenzies second time at the cannes film festival after 2003s young adam.
May 16, 2016 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. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. 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. 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 producers on how the movie reflects the. May 17, 2016 director david mackenzie, chris pine, ben foster and more on the red carpet for the premiere of hell or high water at the cannes film festival 2016. Hell or high water 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. 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. Hell or high water stars chris pine and ben foster reunite. 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. 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. May 16, 2016 chris pine looks ohso handsome while at the photo call for his movie hell or high water during the 2016 cannes film festival on monday may 16 in cannes, france the 35yearold actor was.
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. 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. 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. 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. Hell or high water is a film directed by david mackenzie with jeff bridges, chris pine, ben foster, gil birmingham, year. 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. 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. Hell or high water is a 2016 american neowestern heistcrime film directed by david mackenzie and written by taylor sheridan. Lionsgate is breaking its cbs films western hell or high water wide sooner than expected after its buzzy premiere at cannes.
Aug 25, 2016 courtesy of cannes film festival hell or high water cannes winners american honey and bacalaureat also are among the festival favorites getting the redcarpet treatment in switzerland. 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. Nine films into his alloverthemap 14year movie career, david mackenzie delivers what is certainly his most commercially. May 04, 2016 hell or high water hits theaters on august 12, 2016. Of polishfrench descent, she miraculously survived the tortures of a wwii concentration camp as a. A selfdestructive brunette beauty, her life was full of misfortune. Last year in the cannes competition, actorturnedscreenwriter taylor. Hell or high water werd lovend ontvangen op het cannes film festival. David mackenzie on capturing the loss of the old west cannes. Thank god that people like you saw it in the afternoon and it got positive feedback or i would have been dying that night. And as usual, he turns in what i think was the best performance of the movie. Hell or high water is a 2016 american neowestern heist film directed by david mackenzie and. Hell or high water premiered at the cannes film festival and will be released by cbs films on august 12.
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