Overview in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Everyone don comes in contact with, even sonny, seems just slightly off center. Layover, drama, to be announced tba, preproduction. Join facebook to connect with don mckay and others you may know. An admirable attempt even if the film only works spottily. Don mckay on bluray 014381647259 from image ent directed by jake goldberger.
Don mckay my sales person has been searching for a specific vehicle for me for months. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing don mckay near you. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend elisabeth shue, leaving las vegas, don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may. In june 2007, he won the griffin poetry prize for strikeslip 2006. Mckay was born in owen sound, ontario and raised in cornwall, mckay was educated at the university of western ontario and the university of wales, where he earned his phd in 1971. A white, white day is a brooding but banal revenge yarn. It premiered at the 8th annual tribeca film festival in april 2009 and received a limited release on april 2, 2010. He taught creative writing and english for 27 years in universities including the university of western ontario and the university of new brunswick in 2008, he was made a member of the order of canada. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace. Completion films is committed to the development and production of globally dynamic feature films and occasionally documentaries directed by some of the most talented filmmakers from africa. Everything you need to know about don mckay movie 2010. Don mckay is meant to be an odd film, but its odd for the wrong reasons.
Here we have a timid man, a lusty woman, a murder, a disappearing body, and a few elated opportunists. The man who knew infinity 2016, the words 2012, layover tba, don mckay. How don mckay manages to take those enticing elements and end up nowhere of note is the real mystery at hand. Newspaper editor, the limbic region, showtime, 1996 speaker, in the lake of the woods, fox, 1996 court clerk, the alibi, abc, 1997 father, breaking the surface. While his early work tended toward surrealism and the long poem long sault 1975 and lependu 1978 his breakthrough on the national poetry scene occurred in the 1980s with. Actors inhabit the films spaces awkwardly, as if these were not the sets they rehearsed in. His death was confirmed by his nephew, sean mckenna. Its been 25 years since don mckay thomas haden church turned his back on his. Don mckay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings mckay more than he bargained for. After cheney arbitrarily decides to be a republican power player after seeing thencongressman donald rumsfeld steve carell, also doing a. Don mckay is a 2009 independent drama thriller film written and directed by jake goldberger and starring thomas haden church and elisabeth shue. Feel free to browse our site to learn how the awardwinning mckay team can serve you for all of your real estate needs in sherwood park, edmonton and surrounding areas.
Don mckay cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. This blog entry was originally published on slant magazine on the date above. The story and characters are a bit too uninvolving to be very compelling. Empty don mckay is meant to be an odd film, but its odd for the wrong reasons. In this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Don mckay is a peculiar hybrid of thriller, black comedy, smalltown drama, and who knows what else, pitched at an odd angle that resembles no reality i recognized, either in life or in other movies.
May 03, 2009 the world goldberger creates can be contrived at times, but its also frenetically enthralling, and as such the few mangled twists are easily overlooked. The beginning of don mckay is mysterious, and oddly suspenseful. Mackay, don don mackay, donald mackay, don mckay personal career. The story is about a man who flees his hometown because of a tragedy, and then through circumstance is forced to return 25 years later and f. Don mckay is a low budget crime thriller in the tradition of the hollywood film noir thrillers of the past, such as the big sleep, double indemnity and out of the past. Don mckay 2010 everything appears offkilter when a man thomas haden church returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover elisabeth shue. Al sims household goods salesperson on train, the grey fox, united artists classics, 1983. He taught creative writing and english for 27 years in universities i. He has twice won the governor generals for night field 1991 and another gravity 2000, and in june 2007 he won the griffin poetry prize for strikeslip 2006 since 1975 he has served as editor and publisher with brick books. Selah and the spades is a paean to the struggle to be seen. Don mckay, who portrayed tony in the 1958 london premiere of west side story, died thursday in manhattan.
New york city, ny don mckay world war ii combat veteran and star of stage and screen died on december 27, 2018, at the age of 93. Dec 16, 20 donald fleming mckay, poet, editor, essayist, teacher b at owen sound, ont 1942. The two i spoke with have held on to day jobs, though the recent boom of production has expanded their opportunities. Jake goldbergers neonoir with thomas haden church the. Don mckay january 28, 1925 december 26, 2018 was an american actor, dancer and singer. Don mckay is sloppy and unconvincing, growing increasingly desperate to wow with the little it has to offer. Raised in cornwall, ontario, don mckay split his postsecondary studies between bishops university in quebec and the university of western ontario ma 1966. I never found love after you, elisabeth shues perpetually negligeeclad sonny tells the title character in the loopy film noir don mckay. Andy mckay s film uses evocative imagery aside the voices of five people recounting the journeys they took, from their darkest days of childhood sexual abuse, through its physical and psychological impacts, culminating in the strategies enabling their present more optimistic state of survival. Nevertheless, don mckay is an impressive first film, and, if for no other reason, it deserves support for the fact that it is truly independent, a rare breed to see in the wild these days. In addition to being shortlisted in 2007, mckays new volume strikeslip has also been awarded the dorothy livesay poetry prize. Jennifer lawrence and adam mckay team for netflix scifi comedy.
Upcoming, new, and past don mackay movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. Watch don mckay 2009 full movie free online streaming tubi. Notably absent from an earlier version of dc films movie slate, the latest rumor suggests nightwing, alongside man of steel 2, are back on the docket. Despite the financial difficulties experienced by the club, they won the scottish challenge cup in their only season in charge. The first time director discusses his film, which stars oscar. The legendary daily mirror reporter was involved in some of the biggest stories in british journalism history. When don comes home and realizes that his memories of sonny dont match up with the woman.
Mackay then had a stint as chief scout of st johnstone. Mckay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including long sault 1975, lependu 1978, and apparatus 1997. Peekyous people search has 73 people named don mckay and you can find info, photos, links, family members and more. The films visual style, when it has any, barely extends beyond pastiche, and the whole thing ends up feeling a lot like a poor mans coen brothers film.
When don returns home, sonny doesnt seem quite like he remembers her and everything seems a little bit off. Nightwing director chris mckay shares that the film s script is almost done, hyping up fans for big things to come in the next several months. The poetry of don mckay edited by meira cook 2006 songs for the songs of birds, audiobook 2008 leaf to leaffoglio a foglia italian translation by sara fruner and filippo mariano, edited by angelo longo 2010 paradoxides 2012 angular unconformity. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Don mckay is a quiet and unassuming high school janitor. Apr 24, 2009 director jake goldberger talks don mckay exclusive jami philbrick jun 30, 2010. Sonny for don mckay, where they discuss their interest in the film. The first time director discusses his film, which stars oscar nominee thomas haden church and is now available on. Mackay then worked as a scout for arsenal, where he discovered the young freddie ljungberg. Financial analysis of don mckay 2010 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. He played in musicals like make a wish and top banana in 1951, and west side story in 1958 and 1964, as well as show boat in 1959 and on the town in 1963. Whats uncanny about anne and peters home is, of course, the way it gleams a kind of speckless completion of the heterosexual project, which could only ever be. Don mckay, an actor, singer and dancer who portrayed tony in three early productions of west side story, died wednesday in manhattan.
Shelter is your number one priority and your first shelter is clothing. With an old time feel, complete with faded and grainy film stock, don mckay becomes a one man show with a mishmash plot and no real reason for a viewer to care. Don mckay, cm born 1942 is a canadian poet, editor, and educator. Written by morayo akande, and directed by bafta scholar gordon napier, 1745 tells the harrowing story of two african slave sisters who escape into the wilderness of 18th century scotland.
It seems don left his hometown, and the girl he loved years ago because of the accident. Don c mckay, age 76, houston, tx 77084 view full report. Twentyfive years after abandoning his hometown, don mckay thomas haden church gets a letter from his exgirlfriend elisabeth shue saying that she is dying and wants him to come see her. Its so strange, in fact, that i halfwonder if writerdirector jake goldberger was trying to remove himself from the conventions of storytelling entirely, and stake out a. Scenes play in a halfhalting manner with too much dead space surrounding the actors. His patience, friendliness and knowledge kept me returning to stan mcnabb after visiting many other dealerships.
Separated from his high school sweetheart, sonny, for twentyfive years, don still carries a love for her. Apr 02, 2010 watch the movie trailer for don mckay 2010. Hollie mckay has a been a fox news digital staff reporter since 2007. Don mckay in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Naked and afraid strands complete strangers without food. Apr 02, 2010 don mckay is a quiet and unassuming high school janitor. Don mckay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns. With thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo, rachel harker. John mckay makes his debut as producer with 1745, a new talent short recently commissioned by the scottish film talent network. Everything appears offkilter when a man returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover.
Directed by jake goldberger and starring thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo and m. Clearly a quiet and lonely man, don mckay thomas haden church. No release date is known for the film yet, nor a reason for why the trailer calls it moment of truth. Quirky goes a surprisingly long way before stalling out in don mckay, an oddball comedy with the knowing, festering heart of a neonoir. The quarry is a western noir undone by its anonymity. Judges citation in strikeslip, don mckay walks us out to the uncertain ground between the known and unknown, between the names we have given things and things as. Don mckay, the film, not the canadian poet, was too odd for my taste the poet might be too, but i do not know him enough to judge. Several local actors with parts in don mckay have been appearing in films for decades. He has twice won the governor generals award, for night field 1991 and another gravity 2000.
Sonny, who spends her days in shiny negligees, wants to get back together, which suits don just. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. Thomas haden church plays an ordinary janitor, don mckay, who receives a letter at school because apparently he doesnt have a house that tells him to come back to his hometown where his dying exgirlfriend elisabeth shue wants to reconcile. Actor don mckay, original star of londons west side story. Feb 22, 2010 in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. With don mckay, jake goldberger puts his stamp on the latter, offering a sadsack janitor producer thomas haden church, who returns to his east coast hometown when he learns that his old girlfriend, sonny elisabeth shue, has a terminal illness. Watch don mckay movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Jennifer lawrence and the big short director adam mckay are. Nov 19, 2017 don mackay, one of fleet streets great characters, has died. Inspector mullins, dead wrong also known as the columbia connection, death. When don receives a letter telling him she is terminally ill, he drops everything and rushes to their hometown to be by her side. Don mckay, the american actor who starred as tony in the 1958 london premiere of west side story, died december 27 in manhattan at age 93. The film is a collaboration between producer jim young and firsttime director jake goldberger who met 10 years ago in a class at usc.
Birth name gender male also known as don mckay, don mac kay, don mackay. Donald r mckay free public records publicrecords360. Don mackay is an actor, known for first blood 1982, 3000 miles to graceland 2001 and millennium 1996. A school janitor, who once fled from a horrific tragedy, returns to his hometown hoping to rekindle an old romance, and is drawn into a hostile world. Vivarium looks aloofly at the nightmare of conformity. Don mckay on dvd june 29, 2010 starring thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo, m. In this edgy thriller, don mckay flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Don mckay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including long sault 1975, lependu 1978, and apparatus 1997. Don mckays peripatetic life and his amateur birding have influenced his writing. Financial analysis of don mckay 2010 including budget. Director jake goldberger talks don mckay exclusive jami philbrick jun 30, 2010. I believe this is the 6th or 7th vehicle i have purchased from this dealership.
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