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Slaughter Rule (The)
- Director: Alex Smith; Andrew J. Smith
- Writer: Alex Smith; Andrew J. Smith
- Producer: Christopher Cronyn; Josh Fagin
CGiii Comment
First feature from this auteur duo - and, it certainly is an impressive debut.
Some have commented on the gay subtext of the movie - well, for their information there is no subtext because the gay element is the fucking storyline (morons).
This is a remote tale with faultless acting - it's a slow character study of 2 generations and 2 sexualities with the inherent terms that go with them.
A fine film that shows a rare humanity in an isolated community.
Damn fine work.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In Blue Springs, Montana, high school student Roy Chutney is beginning to lose his way in life largely the result of two simultaneous events. The first is that his father, Nelson Chutney, dies. Roy hadn't seen his father much since his parents divorced and his father remarried. Nelson was run over by a train, but Roy's mother, Evangeline Chutney, with who Roy has a somewhat emotionally distant relationship, believes he committed suicide. The second is that because funding to the school has reduced the football program to just a varsity team with no junior varsity, Roy, along with half the other players, is cut from the football squad, as his coach doesn't believe he is mentally tough enough despite he being a skilled player. The two incidents combined make the situation even worse for Roy as football was his primary connection to his father.
Cast & Characters
Ryan Gosling as Roy Chutney;
David Morse as Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson;
Clea DuVall as Skyla Sisco;
David Cale as Floyd aka Studebaker;
Eddie Spears as Tracy Two Dogs;
Kelly Lynch as Evangeline Chutney;
Amy Adams as Doreen;
Ken White as Russ Colfax;
Noah Watts as Waylon Walks Along;
Kim DeLong as Lem Axelrod;
Geraldine Keams as Gretchen Two Dogs;
Douglas Seybern as Uncle Peyton;
Cody Harvey as Coach Motlow;
Melkon Andonian as Devo;
J.P. Gabriel as Jute