Xixax Film Forum

Trailer here. (http://www.woodcockmovie.com/)

Release Date: January 19, 2007

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, Emily Wagner, Evan Helmuth

Director: Craig Gillespie

Screenwriter: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert

Premise: John Farley, author of a best-selling self-help book about letting go of the past, violates his own advice when he returns to his small hometown to receive the community's highest honor. While there, John learns, to his horror, that his widowed mother, Beverly, is engaged to be married to none other than Mr. Woodcock, the gym teacher whose sadistic exploits were the bane of John's youth. Abetted by his nerdy old pal, Nedderman, John plots to break-up the relationship. But their well-laid plans go awry.

The title is glaring. Back when I was younger, I always watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and I always took a personal liking to the poor train attendant who was at the misfortune of dealing with two robberies in a row by the Hole in the Wall gang. The actor's voice was so dinstinctive and Newman's geniune concern for him always touched me. Only Newman could romantize the Wild West the way he did. The film is terribly stale, but wonderfully enjoyable. In any case, the poor attendant was named "Woodcock".

I couldn't even finish this trailer...dammit.