A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6966692/
watched in cinema Dec 14.
No songs in the Soundtracks yet, but many are in the film credits. MA performed a few onstage (dubbed).
An excellent film, written & produced by the son of VM's character; son (b. '59) has IMDb credits dating back to '72 in acting, directing, producing, writing & more. Father also acted.
1962, 8 weeks ending Dec 24.
These 2 men are culturally divergent. The pianist lives above Carnegie Hall, and plays (pop music with an erudite twist; he's trained as a classical pianist) concerts with his trio (cello & bass); he knows nothing of popular black music (Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, etc.) The driver is a bouncer for the Copacabana nightclub, which is closed for 2 months for renovations; we see him at home putting drinking glasses in the trash after black workmen have lemonade, and he has a well-deserved reputation for being able to handle any "situation", which is what the pianist needs while touring the Deep South.
The relationship between these characters is built very gradually over the time of the tour, with lots of interesting events causing each to adapt to the other.
I will try to resist pre-ordering a disc, hopefully until they show up for a good price in the used market.
Rated 8.3 (7,166)
DreamWorks & more, dir. Farrelly, 9
