On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, horror director Lucky McKee chats about the new re-release of his movie The Woman and his all-time favourite – Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade…
On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, filmmaker Lucky McKee takes a look at the new Arrow Video release of his 2011 horror The Woman and then discusses his favourite movie of all time – the sensational Billy Bob Thornton drama Sling Blade. We chat about Thornton’s iconic performance, its portrayal of rural America and its unlikely connection to The Woman.
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The Woman (Pollyanna McIntosh) is the last surviving member of a deadly clan of feral cannibals that has roamed the American wilderness for decades. When successful country lawyer Chris Cleek (Sean Bridgers) stumbles upon her whilst hunting in the woods, he decides to capture and “civilise” her with the help of his seemingly perfect all-American family, including his wife Belle (Angela Bettis) and daughter Peggy (Lauren Ashley Carter). The Cleeks will soon learn, however, that hell hath no fury like The Woman scorned…
The Woman is available on a new Arrow Blu-ray from 25th May.
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