Lester Long never forgets a friend.
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Contemporary, classical in form, unpretentious and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixClay Bidwell
- Vince VaughnLester Long
- Janeane GarofaloAgent Dale Shelby
- Scott WilsonSheriff Dan Mooney
- Gregory SporlederEarl
- Georgina CatesAmanda
- Vince VielufDeputy Barney
- Joseph D. ReitmanGlen
- Nicole ArlynGloria Collins
- Wayne BrennanMinister
Crew
- David DobkinDirector
- Matthew L. HealyWriter
- Eric Alan EdwardsDirector of Photography
- Stan SalfasEditor
- Ridley ScottProducer
- Chris ZarpasProducer
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