Alex Pettyfer
Harley Altmyer
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- Back Roads 2018 Directed by Alex Pettyfer Synopsis A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
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Summaries. In 1993, Harley's dad is shot dead and his mom goes to prison. He has to earn money and look after his 3 kid sisters. No college. Over 2 years, family secrets are slowly revealed. Will a good therapist be enough?
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After his mother is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings, which include the rebellious and promiscuous Amber, the withdrawn Misty, and youngest daughter Jody. S...
Development
An adaptation of Tawni O'Dells 1999 novel had been a long-gestating project for Adrian Lyne and was set to be his return to directing after a twenty-year absence. In 2011, Andrew Garfield, Jennifer Garner, and Marcia Gay Hardenwere reportedly attached to star, with Lyne directing from a script he co-wrote with O'Dell. In 2012, Garfield dropped out of the project due to scheduling conflicts with The Amazing Spider-Man. The project was later abandoned after financing fell through. Alex Pettyfer...
Filming
Filming took place in the town of St. Francisvillein the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana, beginning in March 2017 and taking 19 days. Pettyfer chose to set the film in the 1990s, saying, "There’s only a pay phone, and you begin feeling more and more closed in. In the beginning, there are opening shots of landscape, but then it becomes darker and more confined."
The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on April 20, 2018. On August 16, 2018, Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American distribution rights to the film. Back Roads was released on December 7, 2018, in select theaters and video on demand in the United States. A DVD release was issued on March 5, 2019.In the UK, the film was released to digita...
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A young man's life spirals out of control when he has a dangerous affair with an older married woman in rural Pennsylvania.
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- Alex Pettyfer
- Alex Pettyfer
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Synopsis. A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface. Cast. Crew.
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- Infinity Media, Upturn Productions
- Alex Pettyfer
Dec 5, 2018 · Co-scripted by novelist O’Dell and Adrian Lyne (the director’s first feature writing credit), the 1990s-set film revolves around Harley (Pettyfer), who’s desperately attempting to care for his...
Ambitions but unrefined, Alex Pettyfer’s directorial debut “Back Route” is a crude movie overburdened according heavy-handed drama. Harley (Pettyfer) gives up his chance at colleges to worry for his three sisters in rural Pennsylvania later ihr mother ( Juliette Lewis ) shoots and kills their abusive father.
