Don't Come Knocking
(2005)
Regisseur:
Wim WendersSchauspieler:
Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Sarah Polley, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Fairuza Balk, Rachel Amondson, Tom Farrell, Eva Marie Saint, Marley SheltonHollywoodschauspieler Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) hat schon bessere Zeiten gesehen. Eines Tages ereilt den prototypischen Kino-Cowboy in seinem Trailer die Nachricht von der Existenz eines Sohnes, von dem er bisher nichts wusste. Kurzentschlossen steigt Spence auf's Pferd und reitet in den Sonnenuntergang, um der wenig begeisterten Mutter (Jessica Lange) seine Aufwartung zu machen und jenen Teil des Lebens nachzuholen, den er zwischen Sex, Drugs und Glittertand ganz vergessen hatte.
Beim Heimspiel in Cannes gab's für den Abgesang auf den amerikanischen Mythos für den erfolgreichen deutschen Autorenfilmer Wim Wenders und die überwältigenden Bilder seines Kameramannes Franz Lustig Standing Ovations.
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...