Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

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Directed by Gus Van Sant
Produced by Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Steve Golin, Mourad Belkeddar, and Nicolas Lhermitte

Screenplay by Gus Van Sant Screen Story by Gus Van Sant, Jack Gibson, and William Andrew Eatman Based on the memoir by John Callahan

With: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Tony Greenhand, Beth Ditto, Mark Webber, Ronnie Adrian, Kim Gordon, Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, and Gus Van Sant

Cinematography: Christopher Blauvelt
Editing: Gus Van Sant and David Marks
Music: Danny Elfman

Runtime: 114 min
Release Date: 04 April 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color

Sharp, unexpected casting can't hold together this intentionally disjointed and lightweight biopic of alcoholic quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan. Adds little to the addiction memoir genre other than the usual well acted stand-alone scenes.

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