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Directed by Lance Hammer.
The static living arrangement between three lonely souls living in a rural Mississippi Delta township is suddenly shaken up due to a tragic suicide in this intimate family drama from first-time writer/director Lance Hammer. Single mother Marley was barely getting by when her twelve year-old son James fell into a dangerous cycle of drugs and violence. Desperate to escape her current surroundings and save her son from becoming another statistic, Marley seeks safe harbor at a home on the property of Lawrence - a man with whom she has been locked into a bitter feud ever since the birth of her son. Brought together by circumstance and left with little choice but to work through their hardships, Marley, James, and Lawrence do their best to move beyond the grief that has befallen them, and transform tragedy into the foundation for a new and hopeful future. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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SpoutBlogSpoutBlog FilmCouch #54
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"This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog " [More]
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"This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul " [More]
SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Sundance Trailers: Ballast and ...
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"People may be going home and some may have already filed their festival recaps, but Sundance isn’t over yet. I’ve pretty much run out of real trailers to look at, though. There are technically some out there that I haven’t reviewed, but they’re for movies I really haven’t felt that inclined to highlight. So, on my last day of writing about the (disappointing) marketing of Sundance films, I’m taking a look at two of Sundance Channel’s “Meet the Filmmaker” videos, which kind of serve as unofficial trailers to the two films I’ve become most excited about. The first (above) is for Ballast, which Karina has reviewed. I don’t know if it is her favorite dramatic film of the fest, but she and others have written favorably enough about it that I’m hoping to somehow see it in the “real world”. The little bit of footage doesn’t give us much and director Lance Hammer’s description is also not the best sell, but it hardly matters. This is one film that has garnered my attention through its rece ... " [More]
SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Sundance 2008: BALLAST interview
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"Lance Hammer’s debut feature Ballast is garnering positive feedback here at Sundance (see Karina’s full review here). The film is a carefully paced drama about suicide, youth, and the emotional successes and failures that bind people together. Hammer’s influence was his setting, the Mississippi Delta. He cast only local actors, most of them with no professional experience. In this interview Hammer and stars Micheal Smith, Tarra Riggs and Johnny McPhail talk about working without a script, the bonds formed on set, and why throwing away the script is the first step toward truth in film. Ballast interviews Originally posted on:SpoutBlog " [More]
 



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