Get Low is a comedy, drama, mystery film that deciphers the unknowns of funeral planning. Brought to you by writers Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell and directed by Aaron Schneider, Get Low will be coming out in theatres in New York and Los Angeles on July 30, 2010, but will be widely released on December 26, 2010.
The tagline of Get Low is "Every secret dies somewhere." The short synopsis according to the International Movie Database is: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Perhaps audiences will learn a thing or two about funeral planning from this Sony Features films. Get Low stars three of the most actors in Hollywood, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray. Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray are wonderful; however, as a selection of the Sundance Film Festival, they say that it is "Robert Duvall's masterful performance as Felix that brings everything together in this heartfelt story about guilt, loss, and forgiveness."
Sundance Film Festival has said that Get Low is the, "The kind of film that you rarely see anymore - intelligent storytelling that's awash in humanity, warmth, insight, and wit."
In the film, Get Low, Felix is a sad, mean and miserable old recluse who has lived in an isolated cabin for the thirty eight years. When he gets information that that an old friend has passed away, he devises a plan to throw himself a "funeral party." He even wants the townsfolk, who do like him and fear him to attend the party. He hopes they will share all the crazy stories they may have heard about him [Felix].
The film that has been said to be at an "intensely human level" shares how one day Felix unexpectedly walks into the funeral parlor of Frank Quinn, played by Bill Murray. Frank is struggling to make ends meet during the Depression. Felix is interested in pricing a funeral -- his own -- and one other thing: He wants to stage it before he dies, so he can hear what people have to say about him.
We'll have to wait for the release of this film to see how Felix handles himself in the funeral parlor and what kind of deals he strikes up with Frank, the funeral parlor director. In pre-planning his own funeral, we'll see what kind of decisions he makes to be cost effective. The film take a humorous stand on funeral planning, one of the most important things a person will do in his or her lifetimes, but at the same time, being at a "human level," we might be able to learn a thing or two about funeral planning.
Written by KC Kelly, Ph.D.