Leaves of Grass film Wikipedia. Leaves of Grass is an American comedy drama film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Bring Out the GIMP Girls in Merciless Peril December 2009 Archives. Discussion Forum for Extreme Bondage Fantasy Video. DVDs or Web. One month of eight years worth. Download free full unlimited movies There are millions of online movies, videos and TV shows you can download direct to your PC. From Action, Horror, Adventure. Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies so far that have been certified as among the 366 weirdest ever made, along with links to films reviewed in capsule. Leaves of Grass is an American comedydrama film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. It stars Edward Norton as two twin brothers, alongside Richard Dreyfuss. AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Terms of Use Preferences Contact Us. CNN There didnt seem to be too much that Robin Williams couldnt do. As an actor, he had the range to go from playing a loveable alien on the small. It stars Edward Norton as two twin brothers, alongside Richard Dreyfuss, Blake Nelson, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey and Keri Russell. The film, released on September 1. Millennium Pictures. It was featured in the 2. Toronto International Film Festival. Set in Nelsons home state of Oklahoma, the film was actually filmed in northwestern Louisiana, which was selected for its generous film production incentives. The film opens with Bill Kincaid Edward Norton lecturing his class at Brown University about Platos Socratic dialogues. Meanwhile, Bills identical twin brother Brady Kincaid also played by Edward Norton is living in Oklahoma, growing and selling hydroponic cannabis. Brady is under pressure from local drug lord Pug Rothbaum Richard Dreyfuss to expand his sales. Despite needing money to repay a debt to Rothbaum, Brady refuses. After a phone call from Bradys partner Bolger Tim Blake Nelson telling him that Brady has died from a crossbow arrow, Bill flies to Tulsa, meeting a Jewish orthodontist on the plane. Romantic Movies 2009 Dead Leaves TabRomantic Movies 2009 Dead Leaves AnimeIn Tulsa, Bill is mistaken for Brady and is beaten up and knocked unconscious by rival marijuana dealers angry that Brady has taken half their territory. When Bill wakes, he finds that Brady is alive and has tricked him into travelling to Tulsa. Brady asks Bill to pretend to be Brady while he goes up state to take care of Rothbaum. Bill initially refuses, but later agrees, after meeting local poet Janet Keri Russell as he wants to stay and get to know her better. While Bill pretending to be Brady visits their mother, thus giving Brady an alibi, Bolger and Brady go to a synagogue in Tulsa, where Rothbaum is listening to a sermon. Also present is Ken Feinman Josh Pais, the orthodontist Bill met on the plane. He sees Brady and mistakes him for Bill. Brady and Bolger leave with Rothbaum, and Rothbaum demands the money Brady owes him. When Rothbaum threatens to kill them if they dont pay up, Bolger shoots Rothbaums thugs, and Brady stabs Rothbaum, killing him. In Tulsa, Ken Feinman hears of Rothbaums murder and figures everything out. He purchases a gun and sets off for Bradys house, where he encounters Bill and Brady and threatens to shoot them. In a panic, Ken shoots Brady and Bill shoots Ken in retaliation. Before dying, Brady tells Bill to place the gun in his hand, which Bill does. After an abortive attempt to sell Bradys dope growing system to one of Bradys former rivals, Bill is shot through the chest by a crossbow. Bolger frantically drives him to hospital, saving Bills life, and thereby repaying his debt to Brady who had saved his life in prison. Bill is forced to stay in Tulsa for a long recuperation after his injury, allowing him time to heal his relationship with his mother and develop his romance with Janet. Edward Norton as identical twins Bill and Brady Kincaid. Richard Dreyfuss as Pug Rothbaum, a business partner of Bradys. Susan Sarandon as Daisy Kincaid, Bill and Bradys mother. Keri Russell as Janet, a friend of Bradys and Bills new romantic interest. Tim Blake Nelson as Rick Bolger, Bradys best friend. Melanie Lynskey as Colleen, Bradys pregnant girlfriend. Steve Earle as Buddy Fuller, a rival drug dealer of Bradys. Watch New Daria In `Is It Fall Yet?` Online. Lucy De. Vito as Anne, a student in love with Bill. Lee Wilkof as Nathan Levy, Bills prospective boss at a new university. Ken Cheeseman as Jimmy Fuller, a rival drug dealer of Bradys. Maggie Siff as Rabbi Renannah Zimmerman. Josh Pais as Ken Feinman. Ty Burrell as Professor Sorenson. Pruitt Taylor Vince as Big Joe Sharpe. Randal Reeder as Shaver. Credited songseditSong Title. Performer. Written ByStand UpDoug Bossi. Doug BossiIllegal SmileJohn Prine. John PrineMy Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every DayThe Flatlanders. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Dan YatesFaithful and TrueRichard Myhill. Richard MyhillFat Man In The BathtubLittle Feat. Lowell GeorgeRexs BluesTownes Van Zandt. Townes Van ZandtSailin ShoesLittle Feat. Lowell GeorgeSweet RevengeJohn Prine. John PrineI Shall Be ReleasedThe Band. Bob DylanLonely Are The FreeSteve Earle. Steve EarleBoys From OklahomaCross Canadian Ragweed. Gene Collier. ReleaseeditThe film premiered at the 2. Toronto International Film Festival. Film critic Roger Ebert stated that he considered it his favorite of the festival. The film was not picked up for distribution at TIFF, so producer Avi Lerner planned to release it on April 2nd, 2. First Look Studios. This plan was abandoned on April 1st when Telepathic Studios gave Lerner enough funds to give the film a wider Summer 2. South by Southwest. However, for unknown reasons, this plan was also scrapped ultimately, Leaves of Grass debuted theatrically on just six screens, grossing around 1 million worldwide. DVD and Blu ray versions of the film were released on October 1. Blu ray with an additional 4. Critical receptioneditLeaves of Grass received mixed reviews from film critics, with praise being given to Nortons dual performance. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 5. Edward Norton delivers one of his finest performances in Leaves of Grass, but hes overpowered by the movies many jarring tonal shifts. The film received more negative reviews from audiences, receiving a 5. Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 5. Leaves of Grass has the structure and the elements of a classical Greek drama Theres treachery, mistaken identity, deadly plots, and ambition that it takes place in the middle of Oklahoma is almost irrelevant, said Paul Constant. Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four out of four stars, and stated that Tim Blake Nelsons Leaves of Grass is some kind of sweet, wacky masterpiece. It takes all sorts of risks, including a dual role with Edward Norton playing twin brothers, and it pulls them off. He closed his review with Heres a quote for the video box One of the years best No, Tim Blake Nelson. Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times also gave a positive review, particularly praising that Edward Norton turns in not just one but two terrific performances in Leaves of Grass, an offbeat thriller that is deepened rather than derailed by its tricky shift from darkly funny to just plain dark. He also praised Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, and Josh Pais for their performances. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times gave it an NYT Critics Pick, and particular praised the actors, saying Mr. Norton is a pleasure to watch, and so is everyone else. He also approved of how the film keeps you deliciously off balance its funny and unnerving at the same time. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly stated that the movie bubbles with intellectual curiosity and narrative ambition. And for that I dig it, even if Leaves of Grass has the habit of swerving and sometimes lurching from tone to tone. She praised the acting of Norton and Keri Russell. On an A to F scale, she gave the film a B. However, the film was not without its detractors. Dennis Harvey of Variety stated that Nelsons script isnt blackly comic or deep enough to successfully accommodate the introduction of jarring violence, and criticized the subplot of Pais character, Dreyfuss performance, and the perfunctory romance between Norton and Russell. He did, however, strongly praise Nortons acting, stating that his dual role is very much the main attraction, and reward, of Leaves of Grass., and also praised Nelsons acting, stating that Nelson himself provides the most valuable support in the colorful if variable cast. New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his dead end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughters wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate, a slightly prickly, 4. Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother, is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion. The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one anothers lives.