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Based on James Lee Burke's best seller
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight, It all Starts Today, The Bait, D'Artagnan's Daughter)
Starring
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Men In Black 1 & 2, Space Cowboys, Double Jeopardy, Batman Forever)
John Goodman (O Brother, The Big Lebowski)
Peter Sarsgaard (Jarhead, Flightplan)
Ned Beatty (Superman 1 & 2, Cookie's Fortune)
Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men, Nanny McPhee, Finding Neverland)
Production
Ithaca Pictures Inc., Little Bear Productions and TF1 International
2008 / Original language: English / Color / 2.35 / Dolby SRD / available in hd
New Iberia, Louisiana. Detective Dave Robicheaux is on the hunt of a serial killer who preys on young women. Driving home from another gruesome crime scene, Dave meets glamorous Hollywood star Elrod Sykes. Sykes is in town shooting his new movie, with backing from local crime kingpin Baby Feet Balboni. He tells Dave he saw a body lying in a swamp – the decomposed corpse of a black man in chains.
The discovery brings memories hurtling out of Dave's past. He senses the two cases are linked.
But as Dave gets closer to the murderer, the murderer gets closer to Dave and his family…
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DAVE ROBICHEAUX - Tommy Lee Jones
In the Valley of Elah
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2005)
Men In Black 1 & 2
Space Cowboys
Double Jeopardy
Batman Forever
JULIE “BABY FEET” BALBONI - John Goodman
O’ Brother, Where Art thou?
The Big Lebowski
ELROD T. SYKES - Peter Sarsgaard
Jarhead
Flightplan
TWINKY LEMOINE - Ned Beatty
Superman 1 & 2
Cookie’s Fortune
BEN HEBERT - James Gammon
GENERAL JOHN BELL HOOD - Levon Helm
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
KELLY DRUMOND - Kelly MacDonald
No Country For Old Men
Nanny McPhee
Finding Neverland
ROSIE GOMEZ - Justina Machado
LOU GIRARD - Pruitt Taylor Vince
And BOOTSIE ROBICHEAUX - Mary Steenburgen
Written by
Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski and Tommy Lee Jones
Based on James Lee Burke’s best-seller “In The Electric Mist With Confederate Dead"
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
(Round Midnight, It all starts today, The Bait, D'Artagnan's Daughter)
Produced by
Michael Fitzgerald - ITHACA PICTURES, INC.
(The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Pledge)
and Frédéric Bourboulon - LITTLE BEAR PRODUCTIONS
(It all starts today, The Bait, D'Artagnan's Daughter)
in coproduction with TF1 International
Production designer
Merideth Boswell
(The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
Director of photography
Bruno de Keyzer BSC
(Round Midnight, Sunday In The Country, Life And Nothing But)
Costumes
Kathy Kiatta
(The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
Editor
Roberto Silvi
(The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
Music
Marco Beltrami
(The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
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Well executed.
Cohesive & thought-provoking.
VARIETY
A panorama of low-life bayou society with a strong supporting cast.
SCREEN
A film of many excellent parts.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
In the Electric Mist is never less than deeply absorbing
Tavernier’s movie runs thick with gut-bucket jazz and blues.
LA WEEKLY
A powerful film, with true atmosphere.
VANITY FAIR
Actors are masterly.
LES INROCKUPTIBLES
A chilling thriller set in the Louisiana swamps. A resourceful story with surprising, mysterious scenes.
BILD
The city of New Iberia in eastern Louisiane is Robicheaux’s territory and “In The Electric Mist“ shows how the values and rites of yesteryear can again become topical in an age dominated by disasters and crises.
“In The Electric Mist” is a film with a special mood.
SĂśDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
Tommy Lee Jones’ performance as an aging policeman in “In The Electric Mist” shines, as always.
STERN
It’s a real pleasure to get caught up in this story as a spectator.
SPIEGEL
Highly success fusion of the American genre movie and a very European sensibility.
This movie captures the mysterious splendor of Louisiana.
Tavernier once again displays what a great director of actors he is.
LE SOIR (Belgique)
In the Electric Mist is a mood piece.
Tommy Lee brings out the complexity of his character with great restraint.
LA PRESSE (Canada)
Superbly crepuscular.
LE FIGARO
A melancholic, crepuscular atmosphere.
AFP
