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Movie
German title Kansas Nights
Original title The Locusts
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Patrick Kelley
script John Patrick Kelley
production Brad Krevoy ,
Steven Stabler ,
Bradley Thomas
music Carter Burwell
camera Phedon Papamichael
cut Erica Flaum ,
Kathryn Himoff
occupation

Kansas Nights (Original: The Locusts ) is a 1997 American drama film directed by John Patrick Kelley , who also wrote the screenplay. Vince Vaughn , Kate Capshaw and Ashley Judd star .

action

The action takes place in the 1960s. Clay Hewitt arrives in a small town in Kansas looking for work . He is hired by the widowed farm owner Delilah Ashford Potts. Delilah has a son, Joseph, who almost never speaks and has already received psychiatric treatment.

Hewitt meets Kitty, with whom he has a relationship. Delilah, notorious for her male adventures, also shows an interest in her worker.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 1, 1997 that the film was more " absurd " than " bad ". You don't get the impression that the film writers are incompetent or not talented. The actors are comparable to the " icons " of the 1950s, which is meant as praise. The whole project burdened the " overstimulated " and " outrageous " plot.

Jack Mathews ridiculed the " outrageously seasoned " script in the Los Angeles Times on October 3, 2007 as a contribution to the " First Terrible Tennessee Williams Competition ." The film is a " tormented melodrama ", a fable about " sexual tyranny and ambivalence ". Vaughn brings " sincerity " to his role ; Judd plays one of the most ungrateful roles of her career, in which she hardly appears to be sexy and has to smile.

Awards

John Patrick Kelley was nominated in 1997 for the Grand Special Prize of the Deauville Film Festival and in 1998 for the Grand Prix of the Paris Film Festival . Ashley Judd won the Lone Star Film & Television Award in 1998 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Houston and several other locations in Texas . Its world premiere took place on August 28, 1997 at the Venice International Film Festival . The film has been shown in four cinemas in the United States since October 3, 1997, grossing around 10 thousand US dollars . In most countries it was published directly on video.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed November 20, 2007
  2. ↑ Jack Mathews review, accessed November 20, 2007
  3. ^ Filming locations for The Locusts, accessed November 20, 2007
  4. ↑ Release dates for The Locusts, accessed on 20 November 2007
  5. ↑ Box office / business for The Locusts, accessed November 20, 2007