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Down in the Valley (2006)

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Release Date: May 5, 2006 (LA/NY)
On DVD: September 26, 2006
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: David Jacobson
Writer: David Jacobson
Cast: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Pena, Muse Watson
Studio: THINKFilm
Official site: downinthevalleyfilm.com
Running Time: 125 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and drug use.

Siblings Lonnie and Tobe live at the edge of the bleeding sprawl of the San Fernando Valley. One day, a mysterious horseman strolls into their lives. With his folksy-naïve manner and cowboy garb, Harlan Fairfax Carruthers initially evokes a bemused "Are you for real?" from one of their friends. But to Lonnie and Tobe, Harlan's alien behavior seems to be exactly what they need....

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Edward Norton is one of the best actors in his field, and certainly one of the best actors to never win an Academy Award. That being said, most of his films are fairly marketable, which makes Down in the Valley all that more of a surprise as few people have heard of it and even fewer have seen it. It's a shame, because the movie is surprisingly good.

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