Written and Directed by Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.
The M rated trailer for the NZ release is here.
Rialto Distribution says “I’ve seen the film, and its v good – with a rating of 7.8 on imdb (over 10,000 ratings)!! It is a good late afternoon & early evening session film.”
And it got 4.5 stars from the New Zealand Herald http://nzh.tw/10857171
“Quite what McDonagh’s trying to say here about the writing craft only he and his psychoanalyst know. But after a few minutes of this ferociously entertaining film, you won’t care. Verdict: Boisterous, blood-soaked and ferociously funny.”
Synopsis:
From the team who created In Bruges, comes Seven Psychopaths, an inventive, violent, hilarious film that retains the deft writing and comically twisted creativity about moralistic criminals that made In Bruges a cult classic.
Novice screenwriter Marty (Farrell) has come down with a bad case of writer’s block and is struggling to find inspiration for his new script “Seven Psychopaths”. All he needs is a little focus and some deranged oddballs for inspiration. Billy (Rockwell) is Marty’s best friend, an unemployed actor and part-time dog thief, who wants to help Marty, by any means necessary. Hans (Walken) is Billy’s partner in crime. Charlie (Harrelson) is the psychopathic gangster whose beloved dog, Billy and Hans have just stolen. Charlie is unpredictable, extremely violent and wouldn’t think twice about killing anyone and anything associated with the theft. Marty is going to get all the focus and inspiration he needs, just as long as he lives to tell the tale.
Seven Psychopaths
Cast: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko
Director: Martin McDonagh
110mins 26secs, R16 graphic violence, sex scenes & offensive language
Old School Arts Centre, Stewart St, Raglan
8pm Saturday 19th, 4.30pm Sunday 20th.
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