A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hop... Read allA grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
Aly Lovelace
- Mary Beth
- (as Alexandra Lovelace)
David Flannery
- Jacob Taylor (aka Dorm Dude)
- (as David Adam Flannery)
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- TriviaBilly Crudup sings the songs in the movie, and he plays his own guitar. During the filming of Almost Famous (2000), he really took to playing guitar and has played ever since.
- GoofsIn the beginning, there are many banners for the university as well as a gate clearly showing the university is UCO, the University of Central Oklahoma. Moments later during the news scenes, the university is called Central Plains State University.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: William H. Macy/Kenny Smith/The Districts (2015)
- SoundtracksHold On
Written by Simon Steadman and Charlton Pettus
Performed by Ben Limpic and Selena Gomez
Produced by SolidState
Courtesy of Nakatomi Plaza Publishing/Margerine Music (ASCAP)
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Great job by William H Macy for his debut in the director's chair
I do love movies about music, even if I'm not a huge fan of the music, but the band Rudderless got an interesting start.
Sam Manning is a father who lost his son in a tragic campus shooting. As his life unravels, he discovers his late son's talent for song writing. As a way to connect with his son, Sam begins performing his songs. This is were he meets Quentin, a kid the same age as his boy who falls passionately in love with the songs he hears Sam plays, and convinces Sam that he can add something to the music. Thus the band Rudderless was formed.
This is the reason why I wanted to see the movie, but what's great about the film is that the story is deeper than that, especially when we start to learn ore about Sam's son Josh.
Billy Crudup as Sam was great. It was emotional watching him deal with something that he could not deal with. The scenes where he hit the bottle and then go into self destruction mode were just too real. Anton Yelchin as Quentin was terrific. The movie is split in-between Drama and music and while Crudup brought the Drama, it was Yelchin who brought most of the music.
The great Laurence Fishburne was also part of the cast, as well as Selena Gomez who did great in her small but meaningful part in the film.
Plus the Director himself William H. Macy has a small role in his directorial debut.
A passionate musical drama for the music lover in all of us.
Sam Manning is a father who lost his son in a tragic campus shooting. As his life unravels, he discovers his late son's talent for song writing. As a way to connect with his son, Sam begins performing his songs. This is were he meets Quentin, a kid the same age as his boy who falls passionately in love with the songs he hears Sam plays, and convinces Sam that he can add something to the music. Thus the band Rudderless was formed.
This is the reason why I wanted to see the movie, but what's great about the film is that the story is deeper than that, especially when we start to learn ore about Sam's son Josh.
Billy Crudup as Sam was great. It was emotional watching him deal with something that he could not deal with. The scenes where he hit the bottle and then go into self destruction mode were just too real. Anton Yelchin as Quentin was terrific. The movie is split in-between Drama and music and while Crudup brought the Drama, it was Yelchin who brought most of the music.
The great Laurence Fishburne was also part of the cast, as well as Selena Gomez who did great in her small but meaningful part in the film.
Plus the Director himself William H. Macy has a small role in his directorial debut.
A passionate musical drama for the music lover in all of us.
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- Oct 21, 2014
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- Sống Lại
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- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $58,293
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $37,440
- Oct 19, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $546,149
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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