Going All the Way
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| Going All the Way | |
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| Directed by | Mark Pellington |
| Produced by | Tom Gorai Sigurjón Sighvatsson Tom Rosenberg |
| Written by | Dan Wakefield |
| Starring | Jeremy Davies Ben Affleck Amy Locane Rachel Weisz Rose McGowan Jill Clayburgh Lesley Ann Warren |
| Music by | tomandandy |
| Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Editing by | Leo Trombetta |
| Studio | Lakeshore Entertainment |
| Distributed by | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Gramercy Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 19 September 1997 USA |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $113,069 |
Going All the Way is a 1997 film directed by Mark Pellington. The film was written by Dan Wakefield, based on his 1970 novel. It won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.[1]
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[edit] Plot
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Two men return home to Indiana after they served time in the Army during the Korean War.
[edit] Principal cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Jeremy Davies | Williard "Sonny" Burns |
| Ben Affleck | Tom "Gunner" Casselman |
| Amy Locane | Buddy Porter |
| Rachel Weisz | Marty Pilcher |
| Rose McGowan | Gale Ann Thayer |
| Jill Clayburgh | Alma |
| Lesley Ann Warren | Nina |
[edit] Critical reception
Stephen Holden of The New York Times did not care for the film, especially Pellington's direction:
| “ | When a filmmaker feels compelled to pump up a story through caricature and expressionistic visual tricks, it's usually a sign of distrust in the inherent drama of the material. In Going All the Way, a flashy movie adaptation of Dan Wakefield's popular 1970 novel about growing up in the heartland in the repressed 1950s, Mark Pellington, a director from the world of music video, has inflated a realistic memoir into a garish, hyperkinetic social satire.[2] | ” |
Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars:
| “ | Going All the Way is a deeper, cleverer film than it first seems. Much of its strength depends on the imploding performance of Jeremy Davies.[3] | ” |
[edit] References
- ^ Awards at imdb.com
- ^ Holden, Stephen (19 September 1997). "Original ''New York Times'' review". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9C00E5DA1138F93AA2575AC0A961958260. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "Going All The Way :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971010/REVIEWS/710100303/1023. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
[edit] External links
- Going All the Way at the Internet Movie Database
- Going All the Way at AllRovi
- Going All the Way at Box Office Mojo
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