Get Low (2010)

"...pure gold...  Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"...Funny, touching and acutely observed film...  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...Eccentric and ultimately touching...  Tom Long, Detroit News

Editor's Note Inspired by the true story of Tennessee recluse Felix "Bush" Breazeale, who planned his funeral while he was still alive, director Aaron Schneider's dramatic period thriller stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black. Few folks have spoken with Felix Bush (Duvall) since he disappeared into the Tennessee woods 40 years ago, and the ones who have don't necessarily have the kindest things to say about him. Gruff, confrontational, and ill-tempered, Felix has been the source of many malicious rumors over the years. Some say he's a cold-hearted killer and his penchant for walking into town with a shotgun, a wild beard, and threadbare clothes doesn't exactly give the impression of a man who seeks to make friends. When Felix walks into Frank Quinn's (Murray) funeral parlor and announces his intentions to throw himself a massive party before he passes away, word quickly spreads through town and anticipation starts to run high. Before long the big day has finally arrived, and Felix surprises everyone by revealing exactly why he shunned society to lead a life of solitude in the deep woods.

	Gerald McRaney
	Sissy Spacek
	Robert Duvall
	Bill Murray
	Lucas Black
	Andrea Powell - Co-Star
	Tomasz Karolak - Co-Star
	Lori Beth Edgeman - Co-Star
	Danny Vinson - Co-Star
	Linds Edwards - Co-Star
	Blerim Destani - Co-Star
	Scott Cooper - Co-Star
	Chandler Riggs - Co-Star
	Gracie - Co-Star
	Andrew Stahl - Co-Star
	David Boyd - Director of Photography
	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Composer
	Evyen Klean - Music Director
	C. Gaby Mitchell - Screenwriter
	Chris Provenzano - Screenwriter
	Chris Provenzano - Story
	Scott Seeke - Story
	Bill Cobbs - Co-Star
	Marc Gowan - Co-Star
	Aaron Schneider - Director

Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[W]atching Murray spar with Duvall is pure pleasure....[A] funny, touching and acutely observed film..." 08/05/2010

Movieline
"The picture is beautifully shot by DAvid Boyd....He captures the Kodachrome contrast of rugged gray trees against bright blue sky, and his interiors have a burnished worn-velvet glow." 07/23/2010

Box Office
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] funny, touching debut....A deft blend of drama, comedy, mystery and a touch of romance..." 01/27/2010

Los Angeles Times
"[C]inematographer-turned-director Aaron Schneider has fashioned a measured fable, witty and deeply felt...' 07/30/2010

A.V. Club
"Schneider establishes a tone as gentle and homespun as a bluegrass lullaby..." 07/29/2010

New York Times
"[I]ts protagonist is vivid, enigmatic and unpredictable....Mr. Duvall is still able to carry a movie easily and gracefully." 07/30/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "Duvall is authentic right down to the bone...Just plain enjoyable..." 08/04/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"Duvall makes Felix a gruffly soft-spoken eccentric with a lethal mystique." 08/06/2010

Washington Post
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[Duvall's] performance in this quiet, affecting drama is a veritable shoo-in for an Oscar nomination..." 08/13/2010

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Murray who make the greater impact, his droll deadpan and deft underplaying offering a neat, sly complement to Duvall and Spacek's more actorly flourishes." 12/25/2010

Sight and Sound
"Murray puts his usual deadpan spin on every line..." 02/01/2011

Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "The cinematography is gorgeous...and the acting enjoyable..." 03/01/2011

Orlando Sentinel 10 of 10
Director Aaron Schneider, working from a script by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell, walks a delicate line between the silly and the sentimental as we taste Bush's cussedness and meet people (Sissy Spacek, Bill Cobbs) who might have gentler memories of him. Schneider lucked out with his cast - two Oscar winners, with Murray's performance feeling for all the world like a best supporting actor nomination. But McRaney makes you forget he was ever a middling TV actor (Major Dad, Simon & Simon) and Murray, despite tossing off lines that play like comebacks he came up with himself, shows a humanity and vulnerability that you'd never those traits were in his bag of tricks. Credit the director. And Duvall, an American Lear not going gently into that good night, reminds us that it will be a sad day indeed for movie fans when it's about time for him to Get Low. - Roger Moore