| ORIGINAL TITLE |
Promised Land |
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| DIRECTOR |
Gus Van Sant |
| SCREENWRITER |
Matt Damon, John Krasinski |
| COMPOSER |
Danny Elfman |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER |
Linus Sandgren |
| CAST |
Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Lucas Black, Titus Welliver, Tim Guinee, Scoot McNairy, Terry Kinney, Johnny Cicco, Rosemary Howard, Sara Lindsey, Lennon Wynn, John W. Iwanonkiw, Lexi Cowan, Kristin Slaysman, Joe Coyle, Jennifer Obed, Carla Bianco |
| STUDIO/PRODUCER |
Universal Pictures / Focus Features / Participant Media / Imagen Nation |
| OFFICIAL WEB |
http://focusfeatures.com/promised_land |
| AWARDS |
2012: NBR (National Board of Review): Top Ten Films of the Year
2013: Berlin Film Festival: Special Mention (tied with "Layla Fourie") |
| GENRE |
Drama | Small Town Life (North-american). Late-2000s financial crisis |
| SYNOPSIS/PLOT |
Corporate salesman Steve Butler (Matt Damon) arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand). With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski) who counters Steve both personally and professionally. |
| PRO REVIEWS |
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"A quietly absorbing if finally somewhat dubious drama. (...) Yet the authenticity of Van Sant's portraiture has the effect of exposing a certain inauthenticity at the story's core" (Justin Chang: Variety)
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"Promised Land presents its environmental concerns in a clear, upfront manner but hits some narrative and character bumps in the second half that weaken the impact of this fundamentally gentle, sympathetic work". (Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter)
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"'Promised Land' feels divided against itself, not quite sure how to reconcile its polemical intentions with its storytelling impulses, and thus finally unable to fulfill its own promise" (A. O. Scott: The New York Times)
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"'Promised Land' is an involving and timely tale that explores the changing nature and complex challenges of rural life (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Claudia Puig: USA Today)
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"Director Gus Van Sant finds the human side of a knotty issue. No polemics. Just the face of a new America in crisis (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)
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