Filmmaker-actor Tim Blake Nelson commands the screen in the Western thriller “Old Henry,” written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli. Nelson’s intense performance as a man driven to extremes in order to protect his son in early 1900s Oklahoma drives the narrative.
What appealed to you most about the script?
I’ve always loved Westerns. It was a true meat-and-potatoes take on the genre, but my main connection to the material was as a dad, as I’ve got three ornery kids in New York City, two of whom are in college. Raising kids is tough because you always want to shield them from the challenges of the world, and I loved how Potsy’s script examined the real tension that comes with parenthood, and how parents always have to decide how much of the real world they should be exposing their children to.
Who is Potsy Ponciroli?
I didn...
What appealed to you most about the script?
I’ve always loved Westerns. It was a true meat-and-potatoes take on the genre, but my main connection to the material was as a dad, as I’ve got three ornery kids in New York City, two of whom are in college. Raising kids is tough because you always want to shield them from the challenges of the world, and I loved how Potsy’s script examined the real tension that comes with parenthood, and how parents always have to decide how much of the real world they should be exposing their children to.
Who is Potsy Ponciroli?
I didn...
- 1/15/2022
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
O'seas 'Affair' appeals to Myriad
NEW YORK -- International film financier, production and sales outfit Myriad Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire all international rights to A Foreign Affair, starring David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson and Emily Mortimer. Myriad will be offering the film -- which screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival in the American Spectrum section -- at the upcoming Cannes Market. The debut feature of Dutch director Helmut Schleppi, Affair was penned by Geert Heetebrij and follows two naive brothers from small-town America (Arquette, Nelson) who, after their doting mother passes away, travel to Russia as part of a singles program, hoping to find a traditionally minded woman like their mom.
- 5/1/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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