Fay Grim
Year: 2006
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
118 minutes
Indie king throughout the 90s, Hal Hartley brings his cool reserve to a post-9/11 world in FAY GRIM, a sequel to his outstanding film, "Henry Fool." Hartley assembles the original cast: James Urbaniak as Simon Grim, Thomas Jay Ryan as Henry Fool, and Parker Posey as Fay Grim. This is a dry comedy (dry as in a good martini) that spins into an international spy spoof as Fay tries to find her self-exiled husband, Henry Fool. The plot is sheer lunacy, the dialogue is silly, and smartly so, and those tilted camera angles keep things off-kilter. The "story" is that CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) lures Fay to Paris to recover either Henry, or Henry's infamous "confessions" - sub-par prose that may be encrypted with a host of national security secrets. Turns out other world governments are after the "confessions," and an atypical, extended chase ensues. –A.S.
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Screenplay
Hal Hartley
Director
Hal Hartley
Producer
Jason Kilot, Joana Vicente, Martin Hagemann, Mike S. Ryan, Hal Hartley
Cinematography
Sarah Cawley
Editing
Hal Hartley
Principal Cast
Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Thomas Jay Ryan
Magnolia Films
Kichler
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