GOD’S POCKET (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Richard Jenkins (Burn After Reading), Christina Hendricks (Drive), Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class), Domenick Lombardozzi (Public Enemies), John Turturro (The Big Lebowski), Eddie Marsan (The World’s End), Peter Gerety (War of the Worlds), Molly Price (Sweet and Lowdown), Joyce Van Patten (As The World Turns)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John Slattery (Mad Men), director, writer, producer; Alex Metcalf (An American Affair), writer; Lance Acord (Being John Malkovich), producer, cinematographer; Jackie Kelman Bisbee (Robot & Frank), Sam Bisbee (Don’t Go in the Woods), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master) and Emily Ziff (Jack Goes Boating), producers; Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry), composer; Tom McArdle (Win Win), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When Leon (Jones) is killed in a supposed construction accident, nobody in the working class neighbourhood of God’s Pocket is upset or even sorry he’s gone. His father, Mickey (Hoffman), attempts to bury the bad news with the body of his step-son, but things go from bad to worse when questions start being asked about what really happened to Leon…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

God’s Pocket not only marks the debut of Mad Men regular John Slattery as a feature director, but also showcases one of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final completed films before his untimely passing earlier this year.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH AUGUST 2014

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