A sad, reflective portrait of a desperate man clinging to his own delusions, with a fascinating relationship between mother and son that prevents it from becoming too conventional.
Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
Coming Soon:
Magnolia Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with an exclusive clip from Miguel (L.I.E.) Cuesta's drama Roadie, starring Ron Eldard as Jimmy Testagross, a longtime roadie for the '70s rock band Blue Oyster Cult, who finds himself returning home to Forest Hills, Queens after being let go. Having not been home in many years, he finds himself trying to reconnect with his aging mother, as well as an old flame Nicole (Jill Hennessy) who is now married to one of Jimmy's high school rivals (Bobby Cannavale).
Hadn't seen Jill Hennessy in anything in a long time. Didn't even know she could sing...
Deadline says:
Magnolia Pictures has landed U.S. rights to the Michael Cuesta-directed drama Roadie, which stars Ron Eldard as a longtime Blue Oyster Cult roadie who is fired and returns home to Queens, where he has a wild encounter with a pair of old high school buddies. Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith co-star. The film is written by Gerald Cuesta and Michael Cuesta, and produced by Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Magnolia will release the film through its Ultra VOD program; it will be available on those platforms beginning December 2 and be released theatrically on January 6, 2012. Magnolia’s Dori Begley and Chris Matson negotiated the deal with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina and Christine D’Souza and WME’s Graham Taylor repping the filmmakers.
