Author: John Krasinski

Format: AC-3

Release Date: 23-04-2013

Details: Product Description Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk). Matt Damon plays Steve Butler, an ace corporate salesman who is sent along with his partner, Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), to close a key rural town in his company's expansion plans. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski), as well as the interest of a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt) . Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business and the strength of small-town community converge.---------------Matt Damon stars in Promised Land, a hard-hitting contemporary drama inspired by from an original screenplay by John Krasinski and Matt Damon, directed by Gus Van Sant (The Fate of Will Hunting, Milk). Businessman Steve Butler (Damon) is sent to the rural municipality of McKinley with his colleague (Frances McDormand) in order to offer the inhabitants, hard hit by the economic crisis, financial compensation in exchange for the rights of drilling their land. But what seemed like an easy task quickly turns sour when a respected professor (Hal Holbrook) and a seasoned environmentalist (Krasinski) get involved, and Steve becomes infatuated with a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt). . As the two strangers face a mixture of hospitality and hostility, they will discover the full force of a small town at the crossroads. Amazon.ca Steve Butler (Matt Damon), an ambitious salesperson for a natural gas corporation, has no doubt his persuasive skills will convince a small Pennsylvania town to allow hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in their backyards. But when an environmental activist (John Krasinski, The Office) tries to stop Butler's efforts--and woos a local teacher (Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister) that Butler feels attracted to--Butler's confidence starts to unravel. On the surface, Promised Land seems like a political exposition, but it's really a character study; Damon brims with confidence but slowly reveals doubt and conflict within. The supporting performances are excellent, including Hal Holbrook as a skeptical science teacher and the ever-superb Frances McDormand, both flinty and vulnerable as Butler's sales partner. Damon and Krasinski cowrote the script (from a story by novelist Dave Eggers) and smartly don't let the arguments get smug; moral curveballs get thrown whenever things seem too simple. The resolution is an uneasy mix of conspiracy theory and a Frank Capra movie, but the richness of the performances--guided by director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk), who has an incredible eye for visual beauty--makes Promised Land as seductive as one of Butler's sales pitches. --Bret Fetzer

UPC: 065935592334

EAN: 0065935592334

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood