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(2012)
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: John Krasinski, Matt Damon, Dave Eggers
Producers: Isabel Freer, Jonathan King, Chris Moore, Mike Sablone, Ron Schmidt, Jeff Skoll, Drew Vinton
Synopsis: 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. -- (Written by Focus Features)
Cast:
- Matt Damon
- Frances McDormand
- John Krasinski
- Rosemarie DeWitt
- Hal Holbrook
