God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
05-21-13 | 09:10 AM
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God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in John Slattery’s indie drama “God’s Pocket” with Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks and John Turturro co-starring.
Slattery, in his feature directing debut, adapted the screenplay with Alex Metcalf from Pete Dexter’s novel. Jay Cohen of Gersh will handle all film sales.
Park Pictures Features will produce in partnership with Hoffman’s Cooper’s Town Prods. and Slattery’s Shoestring Pictures. Producers are Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Slattery, Lance Acord and Galt Niederhoffer for Park Pictures and Emily Ziff and Hoffman for Cooper’s Town.
Story is set in a blue-collar neighborhood of God’s Pocket, where the lead character tries to cover up his stepson’s death in a construction accident. When a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse.
Slattery, in his feature directing debut, adapted the screenplay with Alex Metcalf from Pete Dexter’s novel. Jay Cohen of Gersh will handle all film sales.
Park Pictures Features will produce in partnership with Hoffman’s Cooper’s Town Prods. and Slattery’s Shoestring Pictures. Producers are Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Slattery, Lance Acord and Galt Niederhoffer for Park Pictures and Emily Ziff and Hoffman for Cooper’s Town.
Story is set in a blue-collar neighborhood of God’s Pocket, where the lead character tries to cover up his stepson’s death in a construction accident. When a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse.
05-21-13 | 09:16 AM
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05-21-13 | 09:34 AM
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04-14-14 | 06:03 PM
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Re: God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
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04-14-14 | 07:32 PM
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04-16-14 | 02:32 AM
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Re: God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
I'll definitely check this out. great cast, one of Hoffman's last screen performances, and directed by my favorite Mad Men cast member!
11-22-14 | 08:11 PM
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Saw this on Netflix tonight and really enjoyed it. A lot of very dark laughs.
Everyone in the cast was terrific, but I got the biggest kick out of John Turturro, who appears to be playing a low-key petty criminal version of Kramer from Seinfeld.
I almost skipped it because the description made it sound more grime and emotional then I was willing to invest time this evening, but the movie has a lot of energy and HOLY SHIT moments. Very entertaining.
Everyone in the cast was terrific, but I got the biggest kick out of John Turturro, who appears to be playing a low-key petty criminal version of Kramer from Seinfeld.
I almost skipped it because the description made it sound more grime and emotional then I was willing to invest time this evening, but the movie has a lot of energy and HOLY SHIT moments. Very entertaining.
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11-22-14 | 10:31 PM
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Re: God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
Can't find it either 😢
11-22-14 | 11:15 PM
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Sorry. Netflix Canada.
11-24-14 | 01:03 AM
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They had Slattery and Hendricks on the BBC film show when this came out. He said he wanted to shoot film, but couldn't get any 
. It got middling reviews. Was it Hoffman's last role outside of HG:M?
. It got middling reviews. Was it Hoffman's last role outside of HG:M?
01-08-15 | 12:58 AM
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Re: God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
This wasn't exactly a great way for Hoffman to go out. It was worth seeing just to view him on screen one last time.
01-08-15 | 03:54 PM
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Re: God's Pocket (2014) (D: Slattery; S: Hoffman, Jenkins, Hendricks, Turturro)
I bet a lot of people would love to be in Jenkins (character in the movie) shoes with his scenes with Christina Hendrix.
