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LONESOME JIM

By Steve BUSCEMI

BLEIBERG ENTERTAINMENT LLC - as SALES All rights, World

Comedy - Completed 2005

Jim is a young man who, after deciding he can't make it on his own, moves back to his hometown in Indiana -- under his parents' roof. He's saved from his family's dysfunction by a local woman and her son, who sees him as a father figure.

- Year of production
- 2005
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 91 mn
- Director(s)
- Steve BUSCEMI
- Writer(s)
- James C. STROUSE
- Cast
- Casey AFFLECK, Liv TYLER, Seymour CASSEL, Mary Kay PLACE, Kevin CORRIGAN
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-61EB-0000-W-0000-0000-F
- EIDR
- 10.5240/6756-56C6-1B38-F13F-BBD3-C
- Producer(s)
- Celine RATTRAY, Galt NEIDERHOFFER, Gary WINICK
- Synopsis
- "Lonesome Jim" explores the existence of a lost young man searching for his elusive path, while painting a vivid portrait of small town life that is at once funny, sad, and true.
  Jim (Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James," "Ocean's Eleven") begrudgingly returns to his hometown in rural Indiana after failing to make it on his own in New York. Once back, living in his childhood room, he soon remembers why he left: a doting but overbearing mother (Mary Kay Place, "Citizen Ruth"), a distant father (Seymour Cassel, "The Royal Tenenbaums"), and a depressed older brother (Kevin Corrigan, "GoodFellas").
  Soon after his homecoming, Jim's brother gets in a mysterious car accident, and Jim is forced to take on his brother's duties -- working at his parent's factory and helping out with his two nieces. Crippled by these obligations and his own anxieties, Jim trudges on. A glimmer of hope springs from his developing relationship with a local nurse (Liv Tyler, "The Lord of the Rings") and her young son, and Jim slowly learns how to move forward without leaving everyone behind.
  Steve Buscemi's seamless direction combines with James C. Strouse's thoughtful script, and Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler's moving performances, to paint a picture of working-class characters filled with the comedy and rich details of everyday life.