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Child of God is a 2013 American crime drama film co-written and directed by James Franco, and starring Scott Haze, based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. It was selected to be screened in the official competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film made its United States premiere at the 51st New York Film Festival and then was screened at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.
Plot
Set in mountainous Sevier County, Tennessee, in the 1950s, Child of God tells the story of Lester Ballard. Ballard is a dispossessed, violent man whom the narrator describes as a child of God much like yourself perhaps. Ballard s life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes, and with few other ties, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller, as he falls deeper into madness, crime and degradation.
Cast
- Scott Haze as Lester Ballard
- Tim Blake Nelson as Sheriff Fate
- James Franco as Jerry
- Jim Parrack as Deputy Cotton
- Fallon Goodson as Girly
- Vince Jolivette as Ernest
- Brian Lally as John Greer
- Boyd Smith as Mr. Fox
Production
On September 14, James Franco announced at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival that he was set to direct an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s third novel Child of God.
In January 2012, it was announced that Scott Haze had signed on to play Lester Ballard, the film s protagonist. It was also announced that Tim Blake Nelson and Jim Parrack had signed on to play Sheriff Fate and Deputy Cotton, respectively. Production on the film began on January 31, 2012, in West Virginia.
Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews, holding a rating of 42% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 4.90/10. The website s critical consensus states: An obviously reverent adaptation that fails to make a case for the source material being turned into a movie, Child of God finds director James Franco outmatched by Cormac McCarthy s novel.
| Year | 2013 |
| ReleaseDate | 2014-08-20 |
| RuntimeMins | 104 |
| RuntimeStr | 1h 44min |
| Plot | A dispossessed, violent man’s disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. |
| Awards | Awards, 2 wins & 1 nomination |
| Directors | James Franco |
| Writers | James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Cormac McCarthy |
| Stars | Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack |
| Produced by | Caroline Aragon, Julie Buck, Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy, Kristie Lutz |
| Music by | Aaron Embry |
| Cinematography by | Christina Alexandra Voros |
| Editing by | Curtiss Clayton |
| Casting By | Terry Berland |
| Production Design by | Kristen Adams |
| Art Direction by | Eric Morrell |
| Set Decoration by | Nora Mendis |
| Costume Design by | Malgosia Turzanska |
| Makeup Department | Ginger Basham, Dustin Blankenship, Nathaniel De Lineadeus, Sarah Hindsgaul, Chris Lyons, Amy Wadford |
| Production Management | Julie Buck, Richie Hill, Kristie Lutz |
| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Caroline Aragon, Jason Hively, Iris Torres |
| Art Department | Jen Davis, Patrick Jackson, Kari Jaick |
| Sound Department | Neil Benezra, Lara Dale, Jesse Ehredt, Art Espinosa, Dylan Goodwin, Justin Herman, Robert Jackson, Scott Kramer, Robert Langley, Tim Limer, Travis MacKay, Alex Noyes, A. Josh Reinhardt, Leslie Shatz, John St. Denis |
| Special Effects by | Brian Merrick, Austin Murray |
| Visual Effects by | Elbert Irving IV, Caleb Owens, Lauren Ritchie, Dottie Starling |
| Camera and Electrical Department | Stratton Bailey, Chad Dougherty, Sam Ellison, Andrew Juhl, Carling McManus, Chris McMillion, Dave Romero, Zach Rubin, Jen Susman, Bruce Thierry Cheung, David Wagenaar |
| Casting Department | Sam Holdren, Alaina Hower, Jordon Masters |
| Costume and Wardrobe Department | Hayley Swinson, Jennifer Louise Tillery |
| Editorial Department | Jay Davis, Eyal Dimant |
| Location Management | Zach Horton |
| Music Department | Jason Altshuler, John Warrin |
| Additional Crew | Scott Bedno, Sheridan Cleland, David Garrett, Zachary Labin, Terry Lively, Matt McCombs, Ryan McCombs, Jennifer Grey Ogrin, Carlos Rincon, Adam W. Rosen, Phillip Rush, Mark Totten, Rowdy Vass, Isaac Vess |
| Thanks | Jeremy Ambler, Jasper Moore, Christine Park, Chase Pipes, Elissa Shay, Jeffrey Tinnell |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Companies | RabbitBandini Productions, Made In Film-Land |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | R |
| ImDbRating | 5.4 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 4279 |
| MetacriticRating | 50 |
| Keywords | defecation,male masturbation,watching sex,necrophilia,violence |