Jayne Mansfield's Car

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Jayne Mansfield's Car
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by Geyer Kosinski
Screenplay by Tom Epperson
Billy Bob Thornton
Starring Robert Duvall
John Hurt
Kevin Bacon
Billy Bob Thornton
Katherine LaNasa
Ray Stevenson
Robert Patrick
Frances O'Connor
Cinematography Barry Markowitz
Studio Media Talent Group
Release dates
  • February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) (Berlin)
  • September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13) (United States)[1]
Country United States / Russia
Language English
Box office $14,836[2]

Jayne Mansfield's Car is a 2012 drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, marking his first directing job since 2001's Daddy and Them. Thornton also stars alongside Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Frances O'Connor, Ron White, and Robert Patrick.[3] The film had its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.[4] The film was released in limited release on September 13, 2013.[5]

One of the locations in which the movie was shot is Cedartown, Georgia, USA.[6] Exterior home shots were filmed in Troup County, Georgia,[7] while additional scenes were shot in Decatur, Georgia.[8] For the Greek Revival home, the interior shots were filmed at The Bailey-Tebault House located in Griffin, Georgia.[9]

Plot

The film is set in 1969 Alabama. The Caldwell family includes three World War II veterans -- brothers played by Thornton, Bacon and Patrick -- their sister Donna (LaNasa), and a patriarch, Jim Caldwell (Duvall), who is a World War I veteran. The Caldwells are involved in a cultural clash with the Bedfords, a family which includes Phillip (Stevenson), a World War II veteran, his sister Camilla (O'Connor), and their father Kingsley (Hurt), also a World War I veteran.

The Bedfords are a London family who, as is revealed in the film, are in the Caldwell hometown for the funeral of Kingsley's wife, who is the ex-wife of Jim Caldwell and the mother of Caldwell's children. Duvall described the film in an interview as "putting Tennessee Williams in the back seat".[10]

The film's title refers to the automobile in which movie star Jayne Mansfield was supposedly decapitated in 1967. When a nearby town has a side show displaying the vehicle, Jim Caldwell takes Kingsley Bedford along to gawk at the grisly artifact.

Cast

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 33% approval rating with an average rating of 5.4/10 based on 33 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Jayne Mansfield's Car assembles an impressive number of talented actors, but the screenplay -- co-written by director and star Billy Bob Thornton -- never gives them much of anything to do."[12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=92893
  2. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaynemansfieldscar.htm
  3. ↑ "Billy Bob Thornton Sets Cast, Funding For First Directing Effort In Decade". Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Press Release, 9th Jan". berlinale.de. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-09. 
  5. ↑ http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=92893
  6. ↑ "UPDATE: ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ set to shoot in Cedartown, GA, Extras Needed". 
  7. ↑ "Movie crew to film in Troup". 
  8. ↑ Varela, Anna (2011-07-05). ""Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Bacon Shoot Film in Decatur: Billy Bob Thornton shoots scenes for his latest project, Jane Mansfield's Car, around the Oakhurst neighborhood.", ''Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch'', July 5, 2011". Decatur.patch.com. Retrieved 2012-09-12. 
  9. ↑ http://lagrangenews.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Movie+crew+to+film+in+Troup%20&id=14461730&instance=secondary_news_left_column
  10. ↑ "Robert Duvall cast in Billy Bob Thornton's film Jayne Mansfield's Car". Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
  11. ↑ http://collider.com/billy-bob-thornton-jayne-mansfields-car-bad-santa-2-interview/
  12. ↑ "Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2014. 

External links

Films directed by Billy Bob Thornton
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