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Leaves of grass doesnt stand on modern stereotypes, it doesnt make cartoonish generalizations about people, it kisses everybody. It takes all sorts of risks, including a dual role with edward. Bill kincaid, an ivy league classics professor, returns to rural oklahoma to bury his dangerously brilliant identical twin brother, only to. It was written and directed by tim blake every once in a while, a movie slips thru the cracks and ends up as a delightful surprise on cable. Sep, 2009 edward nortons leaves of grass gets september 17 release cat parker aug 31, 2010. Starring keri russell and lucy devito, the tim blake nelsondirected comedy to be. Leaves of grass currently on showtime stars edward norton in a skillful turn as twins one a classics. Watch leaves of grass movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The lives of a set of identical twins, one an ivy league philosophy professor, the other a smalltime and brilliant marijuana grower, intertwine when the professor is lured back to his oklahoma hometown for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord. The film, released on september 17, 2010, is in limited release by millennium films. Review of leaves of grass 2009 by kimberly o cinafilm.
It is there that one potsmoking brother will devise a plan to foil the plans of a local drug. Leaves of grass doesnt stand on modern stereotypes, it doesnt make cartoonish generalizations about people, it kisses everybody gently on the forehead and vindicates the lives they have chosen. Brady brings bill onto the back porch and starts smoking, and after some persuading, bill smokes too. Review of leaves of grass 2009 by matthew t cinafilm. Felt like they were trying to be a coen brothers movie. Lewis work as a device in a movie, leaves of grass makes walt whitman work as a device. Splendor in the grass was remade as the 1981 television film splendor in the grass with melissa gilbert, cyril oreilly, and michelle pfeiffer. Directed by tim blake nelson, who also costars as the redneck pothead bolger, leaves of grass is about the troubles that follow two identical twins, philosophy professor bill kincaid and his marijuanagrowing brother brady, both skillfully played by edward norton. Tim blake nelson as bolger and edward norton as brady kincaid in leaves of grass. Poems not published in his lifetime were added in 1897. Bill is an ivy league professor ashamed of his past, not wanting anything to do with his brother, mother or anyone. This stoner comedy has nothing whatsoever to do with walt whitman or poetry of any kind.
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It stars edward norton as twin brothers, alongside richard dreyfuss, nelson, susan sarandon, melanie lynskey and keri russell. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Released september 17th, 2010, leaves of grass stars ed norton, keri russell, richard dreyfuss, susan sarandon the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of 58 out of. Leaves of grass is about twin brothers bill and brady both played by norton.
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