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God's Pocket is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery, his feature film directorial debut. Slattery co-wrote the screenplay with Alex Metcalf, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Richard Jenkins.
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- God's Pocket, by Pete Dexter
Aug 8, 2014 · God's Pocket: Directed by John Slattery. With Christina Hendricks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry Jones. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss.
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- Crime, Drama
- John Slattery
- 2014-08-08
May 9, 2014 · Slattery’s directorial debut opens with a bit of overwritten columnist prose from writer Richard Shellburn ( Richard Jenkins) about the "simple men" who live in God’s Pocket, a blue-collar community of hard drinkers, gambling addicts, tough workers, and the women who love them. "Whatever they are is what they are."
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John Turturro. Actor. Caleb Landry Jones. Leon Scarpato. Watchlist. Neighbors. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. A boozy lowlife (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tries to bury the truth about his crazy...
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- Philip Seymour Hoffman
May 9, 2014 · 'God's Pocket' Is Horrifying, Humanist And Heartbreaking. May 9, 201412:11 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. By. David Edelstein. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Many people will find God's Pocket...
Summaries. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss. When Mickey's crazy step-son Leon is killed in a construction 'accident', nobody in the working class neighborhood of God's Pocket is sorry he's gone.