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Oct 21, 2010 · Director. Horton Foote. Screenplay. From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their quiet town.
When comparing the action of Main Street to that of, say, Tender Mercies, Foote’s brilliant tale about the midlife redemption of a washed-up country singer, for which he won an Academy Award for ...
Nov 27, 2011 · Main Street slots somewhere between the likes of Cedar Rapids and Larry Crowne, except without even the saving grace of a few light-hearted chuckles. The film was the brainchild of the late Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist Horton Foote, which only serves as yet another example of the massive divide between the disciplines of film writing and ...
Sep 9, 2011 · Main Street - Metacritic. Summary From Horton Foote, Oscar winning screenwriter of To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, comes MAIN STREET, a moving ensemble drama starring Oscar winner Colin Firth, Orlando Bloom, Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson, Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, and Andrew McCarthy.
- John Doyle
- Colin Firth
Sep 10, 2011 · Main Street Uneven performances and flat direction make this understated indie drama a minor footnote to Horton Foote's career.
Nov 15, 2011 · 1 hour 32 minutes. Cast. Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson. Theatre Release. July 26, 2012 by Magnolia Pictures. A few years back, playwright Horton Foote said that his harshest...
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, [1] and his original screenplay for the film Tender Mercies (1983).
