Zooey's Good Life
Filed under: Drama, Independent, Casting, Family Films, Newsstand, Cinematical Indie
Writer/director Steve
Berra has put together a cast sprinkled with recognizable names for his first feature, a "coming-of-age
drama" called The Good Life. The film (which sounds for all the world like a period piece, but as far as
I can tell actually takes place in the present day) is set in a small, football-obsessed town where the high school
coach (Bruce
McGill) is a god, and ex-players (Chris Klein, in particular) can
be assholes and get away with it because they were once heroes. At the center of the story are a kid who doesn't quite
fit in (Mark
Webber), and a good-hearted girl (you knew one of those would be coming soon, didn't you?) who "encourages him
to pursue his own path." And, since the girl is played by Zooey
Deschanel, it's probably a safe bet that he does what she says. Also in the cast are Harry
Dean Stanton and Bill Paxton whose character, apropos of nothing,
is described as "A Judy Garland fan." Ha! Haaaa! Assuming that's a euphemism for "gay," I love it.
And if it's not, I love it even more.Production on Berra's film is already underway in Winnipeg, which was clearly cheaper than Nebraska, where the story takes place. Mmm ... Canadian dollars.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-03-2006 @ 3:45PM
Brendon said...
This place is Zooey crazy.
Makes two of us.
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4-03-2006 @ 8:50PM
Monte said...
A football-obsessed town where ex-players can get away with being assholes? As someone who lives in Nebraska, it sure sounds like present-day to me. But the movie is obviously half fantasy if Paxton's character is gay, as I don't think homosexuals even exist in this state, nor do girls here who look like Zooey Deschanel go anywhere within a mile of guys who "don't fit in."
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4-07-2006 @ 11:25PM
Khal said...
I'm in that movie now - I'll be that guy dancing in front of Bill Paxton with a silver watch on. Bill is dressed as Judy Garland.
Don't know if I'll tell my parents yet.
BTW... yes I am now Zooey crazy I I extra'd in a scene with her: I think that counts as some kind of afterlife.
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