Down in the Valley (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | San Fernando cowboy |
| Original title | Down in the valley |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Jacobson |
| script | David Jacobson |
| production |
David Jacobson Stavros Merjos Bill Migliore Edward Norton Adam Rosenfelt Holly Wiersma |
| music | Peter Salett |
| camera | Enrique Chediak |
| cut | Edward Norton |
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Down in the Valley (also known as San Fernando Cowboy ) is an American drama directed by David Jacobson from 2005 . The film pays homage to classic westerns.
action
The teenage October "Tobe" lives in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles with her brother Lonnie and her stepfather Wade. When she and her friends stop at a gas station on the way to the beach, they meet Harlan. He looks strange and is ridiculed by everyone because with his cowboy hat and heavy boots he looks like from another time. Tobe shows interest in him and invites him to come to the beach. Tobe and Harlan quickly get closer to each other on the beach. They kiss passionately all the way home and sleep together at home. He wants to do Tobe properly, so he first eats with her and her brother at a diner and later goes to a party with her friends. Wade is not enthusiastic about this and would like to have his daughter more under control, who in her adolescent defiance does not want to adhere to any rules. He lets Harlan feel at every opportunity how little he trusts him. Tobes’s younger brother Lonnie, who is usually so closed, has become friends with Harlan, while he spends every free moment with Tobe. He goes on a ride with her, but it turns out that he did not borrow the horse, but stole it. Tobe breaks off contact with him and wants to keep his distance, which he does not see. Harlan practices target practice with Lonnie with the Colt, much to Tobe's annoyance. When Harlan visits her at home and tries to persuade her to leave, she refuses and he shoots her in the stomach rather out of reflex. He flees in panic.
Wade finds his daughter lying on the bed, half bleeding to death, and immediately blames Harlan. He shoots himself to cast suspicion on Wade. Tobe is in a coma and Lonnie gets a visit from Harlan, who persuades him to come with him on the pretext that Wade shot Tobe and injured him too. The little boy believes him and flees on horseback with Harlan. Wade pursues the two who fight their way through the wilderness. You spend the night in an empty house and in the morning burst into a festival in the Western style. Wade found her and shoots Harlan. He is also wounded, but manages to escape with Lonnie. They entrench themselves in a shell. Lonnie is still convinced of Harlan's innocence and has to watch as he and Wade duel with the Colt and Harlan is killed by several shots. Wade is able to convince Lonnie that Harlan shot his sister down. Some time later, the recovered Tobe and Lonnie drive with their father to a place where Harlan and Tobe spent one of their most beautiful days. She has his ashes with her in an urn, which she scattered there.
Reviews
"Down in the Valley is exactly what we don't have enough of: It's unique, unusual, unexpected, perky and confidential at the same time."
“The best thing about Down in the Valley is the hope it doesn't turn out the way you thought it would. The purity of Norton's madness is a real miracle. "
"Edward Norton is served as the lead actor and producer, but even his notoriety is insufficient to reach the broad domestic audience with this failure."
Web links
- Down in the Valley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Down in the Valley in the online film database
- Down in the Valley at Metacritic (English)