Don mckay is a quiet and unassuming high school janitor. Its been 25 years since don mckay thomas haden church turned his back on his. Notably absent from an earlier version of dc films movie slate, the latest rumor suggests nightwing, alongside man of steel 2, are back on the docket. Empty don mckay is meant to be an odd film, but its odd for the wrong reasons. The first time director discusses his film, which stars oscar nominee thomas haden church and is now available on. Don mckay is a peculiar hybrid of thriller, black comedy, smalltown drama, and who knows what else, pitched at an odd angle that resembles no reality i recognized, either in life or in other movies. Don mckay, who portrayed tony in the 1958 london premiere of west side story, died thursday in manhattan. Financial analysis of don mckay 2010 including budget.
Thomas haden church plays an ordinary janitor, don mckay, who receives a letter at school because apparently he doesnt have a house that tells him to come back to his hometown where his dying exgirlfriend elisabeth shue wants to reconcile. After cheney arbitrarily decides to be a republican power player after seeing thencongressman donald rumsfeld steve carell, also doing a. Apr 02, 2010 don mckay is a quiet and unassuming high school janitor. His death was confirmed by his nephew, sean mckenna. Sonny for don mckay, where they discuss their interest in the film. Don mckay 2010 everything appears offkilter when a man thomas haden church returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover elisabeth shue. In addition to being shortlisted in 2007, mckays new volume strikeslip has also been awarded the dorothy livesay poetry prize. Director jake goldberger talks don mckay exclusive jami philbrick jun 30, 2010. Scenes play in a halfhalting manner with too much dead space surrounding the actors. When don comes home and realizes that his memories of sonny dont match up with the woman.
Don mckay, the film, not the canadian poet, was too odd for my taste the poet might be too, but i do not know him enough to judge. It premiered at the 8th annual tribeca film festival in april 2009 and received a limited release on april 2, 2010. He taught creative writing and english for 27 years in universities i. Selah and the spades is a paean to the struggle to be seen. Its so strange, in fact, that i halfwonder if writerdirector jake goldberger was trying to remove himself from the conventions of storytelling entirely, and stake out a. Don mckay is sloppy and unconvincing, growing increasingly desperate to wow with the little it has to offer. He played in musicals like make a wish and top banana in 1951, and west side story in 1958 and 1964, as well as show boat in 1959 and on the town in 1963.
Naked and afraid strands complete strangers without food. The story is about a man who flees his hometown because of a tragedy, and then through circumstance is forced to return 25 years later and f. Nevertheless, don mckay is an impressive first film, and, if for no other reason, it deserves support for the fact that it is truly independent, a rare breed to see in the wild these days. Jake goldbergers neonoir with thomas haden church the. In this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Layover, drama, to be announced tba, preproduction. I believe this is the 6th or 7th vehicle i have purchased from this dealership. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. The quarry is a western noir undone by its anonymity. Mckay was born in owen sound, ontario and raised in cornwall, mckay was educated at the university of western ontario and the university of wales, where he earned his phd in 1971. The story and characters are a bit too uninvolving to be very compelling. New york city, ny don mckay world war ii combat veteran and star of stage and screen died on december 27, 2018, at the age of 93. Nightwing director chris mckay shares that the film s script is almost done, hyping up fans for big things to come in the next several months.
Jennifer lawrence and the big short director adam mckay are. Peekyous people search has 73 people named don mckay and you can find info, photos, links, family members and more. I never found love after you, elisabeth shues perpetually negligeeclad sonny tells the title character in the loopy film noir don mckay. The poetry of don mckay edited by meira cook 2006 songs for the songs of birds, audiobook 2008 leaf to leaffoglio a foglia italian translation by sara fruner and filippo mariano, edited by angelo longo 2010 paradoxides 2012 angular unconformity. Jennifer lawrence and adam mckay team for netflix scifi comedy. Actors inhabit the films spaces awkwardly, as if these were not the sets they rehearsed in. Don mckays peripatetic life and his amateur birding have influenced his writing. John mckay makes his debut as producer with 1745, a new talent short recently commissioned by the scottish film talent network. Don mckay on dvd june 29, 2010 starring thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo, m. While his early work tended toward surrealism and the long poem long sault 1975 and lependu 1978 his breakthrough on the national poetry scene occurred in the 1980s with. Join facebook to connect with don mckay and others you may know.
A school janitor, who once fled from a horrific tragedy, returns to his hometown hoping to rekindle an old romance, and is drawn into a hostile world. Al sims household goods salesperson on train, the grey fox, united artists classics, 1983. Raised in cornwall, ontario, don mckay split his postsecondary studies between bishops university in quebec and the university of western ontario ma 1966. Don mckay, cm born 1942 is a canadian poet, editor, and educator. Everything appears offkilter when a man returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend elisabeth shue, leaving las vegas, don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may. He has twice won the governor generals award, for night field 1991 and another gravity 2000. Separated from his high school sweetheart, sonny, for twentyfive years, don still carries a love for her. Everything you need to know about don mckay movie 2010. No release date is known for the film yet, nor a reason for why the trailer calls it moment of truth. Apr 24, 2009 director jake goldberger talks don mckay exclusive jami philbrick jun 30, 2010.
The film is a collaboration between producer jim young and firsttime director jake goldberger who met 10 years ago in a class at usc. Despite the financial difficulties experienced by the club, they won the scottish challenge cup in their only season in charge. Don mckay is meant to be an odd film, but its odd for the wrong reasons. Twentyfive years after abandoning his hometown, don mckay thomas haden church gets a letter from his exgirlfriend elisabeth shue saying that she is dying and wants him to come see her. The first time director discusses his film, which stars oscar. The legendary daily mirror reporter was involved in some of the biggest stories in british journalism history. Apr 02, 2010 watch the movie trailer for don mckay 2010. Shelter is your number one priority and your first shelter is clothing. In this edgy thriller, don mckay flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Don mckay january 28, 1925 december 26, 2018 was an american actor, dancer and singer. Mackay, don don mackay, donald mackay, don mckay personal career.
Vivarium looks aloofly at the nightmare of conformity. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. An admirable attempt even if the film only works spottily. Financial analysis of don mckay 2010 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Quirky goes a surprisingly long way before stalling out in don mckay, an oddball comedy with the knowing, festering heart of a neonoir. A white, white day is a brooding but banal revenge yarn. It seems don left his hometown, and the girl he loved years ago because of the accident. He has twice won the governor generals for night field 1991 and another gravity 2000, and in june 2007 he won the griffin poetry prize for strikeslip 2006 since 1975 he has served as editor and publisher with brick books. And though it may wear its references on its sleeves, as sheer, thrilling entertainment, don mckay deceives like the best of them. Don mckay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns. Completion films is committed to the development and production of globally dynamic feature films and occasionally documentaries directed by some of the most talented filmmakers from africa. Don mckay my sales person has been searching for a specific vehicle for me for months.
When don receives a letter telling him she is terminally ill, he drops everything and rushes to their hometown to be by her side. Feel free to browse our site to learn how the awardwinning mckay team can serve you for all of your real estate needs in sherwood park, edmonton and surrounding areas. Written by morayo akande, and directed by bafta scholar gordon napier, 1745 tells the harrowing story of two african slave sisters who escape into the wilderness of 18th century scotland. Hollie mckay has a been a fox news digital staff reporter since 2007. Don mackay is an actor, known for first blood 1982, 3000 miles to graceland 2001 and millennium 1996. How don mckay manages to take those enticing elements and end up nowhere of note is the real mystery at hand.
Sonny, who spends her days in shiny negligees, wants to get back together, which suits don just. Judges citation in strikeslip, don mckay walks us out to the uncertain ground between the known and unknown, between the names we have given things and things as. Don mckay in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Don mckay is a low budget crime thriller in the tradition of the hollywood film noir thrillers of the past, such as the big sleep, double indemnity and out of the past. Feb 22, 2010 in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return.
Don c mckay, age 76, houston, tx 77084 view full report. The films visual style, when it has any, barely extends beyond pastiche, and the whole thing ends up feeling a lot like a poor mans coen brothers film. Don mckay, an actor, singer and dancer who portrayed tony in three early productions of west side story, died wednesday in manhattan. With thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo, rachel harker. Don mckay, the american actor who starred as tony in the 1958 london premiere of west side story, died december 27 in manhattan at age 93.
Andy mckay s film uses evocative imagery aside the voices of five people recounting the journeys they took, from their darkest days of childhood sexual abuse, through its physical and psychological impacts, culminating in the strategies enabling their present more optimistic state of survival. The two i spoke with have held on to day jobs, though the recent boom of production has expanded their opportunities. Whats uncanny about anne and peters home is, of course, the way it gleams a kind of speckless completion of the heterosexual project, which could only ever be. Several local actors with parts in don mckay have been appearing in films for decades. Donald r mckay free public records publicrecords360. In june 2007, he won the griffin poetry prize for strikeslip 2006. May 03, 2009 the world goldberger creates can be contrived at times, but its also frenetically enthralling, and as such the few mangled twists are easily overlooked. The man who knew infinity 2016, the words 2012, layover tba, don mckay. Watch don mckay 2009 full movie free online streaming tubi.
Mackay then had a stint as chief scout of st johnstone. With don mckay, jake goldberger puts his stamp on the latter, offering a sadsack janitor producer thomas haden church, who returns to his east coast hometown when he learns that his old girlfriend, sonny elisabeth shue, has a terminal illness. Actor don mckay, original star of londons west side story. Watch don mckay movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Directed by jake goldberger and starring thomas haden church, elisabeth shue, melissa leo and m. Don mckay on bluray 014381647259 from image ent directed by jake goldberger.
But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace. Inspector mullins, dead wrong also known as the columbia connection, death. Don mckay is a 2009 independent drama thriller film written and directed by jake goldberger and starring thomas haden church and elisabeth shue. Don mckay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including long sault 1975, lependu 1978, and apparatus 1997. Upcoming, new, and past don mackay movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. His patience, friendliness and knowledge kept me returning to stan mcnabb after visiting many other dealerships.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing don mckay near you. Nov 19, 2017 don mackay, one of fleet streets great characters, has died. Mackay then worked as a scout for arsenal, where he discovered the young freddie ljungberg. When don returns home, sonny doesnt seem quite like he remembers her and everything seems a little bit off. Don mckay cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. He taught creative writing and english for 27 years in universities including the university of western ontario and the university of new brunswick in 2008, he was made a member of the order of canada. Dec 16, 20 donald fleming mckay, poet, editor, essayist, teacher b at owen sound, ont 1942. Mckay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including long sault 1975, lependu 1978, and apparatus 1997. Here we have a timid man, a lusty woman, a murder, a disappearing body, and a few elated opportunists. The beginning of don mckay is mysterious, and oddly suspenseful.
Overview in this edgy thriller, don mckay thomas haden church, sideways flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. Don mckay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings mckay more than he bargained for. Everyone don comes in contact with, even sonny, seems just slightly off center. Newspaper editor, the limbic region, showtime, 1996 speaker, in the lake of the woods, fox, 1996 court clerk, the alibi, abc, 1997 father, breaking the surface. With an old time feel, complete with faded and grainy film stock, don mckay becomes a one man show with a mishmash plot and no real reason for a viewer to care. This blog entry was originally published on slant magazine on the date above.
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