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Anchor Bay has acquired North American distribution rights to Touchback, the Don Handfield-directed gridiron drama that stars Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Christine Lahti, Drew Powell, Kevin Covais and Marc Blucas. The plan is to release the film next year. Presley stars as a struggling farmer and former football hero who laments scoring the winning touchdown in the Ohio State High School Championship game years ago, because he injured his knee and was robbed of a pro career. He goes back in time to the week before the game and struggles over whether to call a different play, and whether he should marry his shigh school sweetheart. Handfield wrote the script, and Freedom Films’ Brian Presley, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel produced. Anchor Bay’s Kevin Kasha brokered the deal with Gersh’s Jay Cohen. Hannibal Classics is handling foreign sales.
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Didn’t they make Mr. Destiny already?
Saw this at a test screening at the Block at Orange. Really good movie. Presley is great. Kurt Russell is amazing and Christine Lahti, whose screen time is limited, is also very, very good.
Has a real Americana, Hoosiers feel to it. Not the most original premise, but they tweak it in the right ways. Hope this finds the audience it deserves.
Kurt’s the best. Time for a comedy!
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Bad time to announce a football movie with “Touch” in the title.
The Best Of Times…Travel!
I hope he wears his white cleats
I loved this film and while I agree that Kurt and Brian were excellent, and of course, Christine Lahti was her usual wonderful self, you really have to give a lot of credit to Melanie Lenske. She was so believable in her role and you could feel the goodness of her heart all the way to the very back row of even the largest theater.
But, how good would any of the actors be without the cinematographer? David Morrison did an amazing job of making every scene an exciting visual experience. His camera helped us connect with the emotional aspects of the characters and allowed us to feel right there on the sidelines of the football game, if not, actually, in it.
Somehow, the actors are always referred to as “the talent”. I never understood that. Yes, I give them all the credit they deserve, but the talent of the cinematographer helps them become the best they can be.
And the “talent” of the writer creates the words that come out of the actors’ mouths, along with a first glimpse at the emotions and moods of the characters and the movie.
Time traveling back to play in a high school football game was Uncle Rico’s fantasy in Napoleon Dynamite: “We’d have been state champions, no doubt. You better believe things woulda been different. I’d have gone pro in a heartbeat. I’d be makin’ millions of dollars and livin’ in a big ol’ mansion somewhere, soaking it up in a hot tub with my soul mate.”
Going back in time to lose the big game is an interesting twist.
It was an interesting 4 nights on the football field in Coopersville. I was one of the football officials and I’m looking forward to seeing this movie.