The thunder road film became a cult classic and continued to be shown at theaters of the south into the 1980s. In another light it is purely, and uproariously funny, and, having seen the film with audiences on multiple occasions, ive noticed viewers are often confused in which direction to err. If hed secured the rights to bruce springsteens thunder. Obviously the shot itself is nearly identical, but the acting and a few little decisions change the dynamic of the entire thing. Anchorage international film festival 2016 winner best short film. When it played the festival circuit in 2016 winning jury prizes at sundance and practically everywhere else, jim cummings minute short thunder road was hard to forget a deeply strange. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Based on the sundancewinning short film, thunder road follows a texan police officer who loses his mother, custody of his daughter, and eventually his job. Starring, written and directed by jim cummings, this short film won the grand jury prize at the sxsw film festival. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Of course, this brought some heat to the short and cummings, which meant attention was also paid to a major question from the film.
The movie has scene after scene that depicts this inside knowledge. How selfdistributed thunder road made its money back in one week. Thunder road takes top prize for short films at sundance. Thunder road 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Shot in one take, the film depicts a police officer giving a eulogy for. Jim cummings performance in the sundance winning, oneshot short film thunder road was the talk of the indie film world in 2016. Fury road is a 2015 postapocalyptic action film cowritten, produced, and directed by george miller. A featurelength adaptation of the same name was released in 2018, also directed by cummings. An expanded, featurelength version of the sundance grand jury prizewinning dramatic short of the same title, jim cummings thunder road tells the story of flawed police officer jim arnaud also played by cummings, who lives a shambolic life thats somehow made even worse by his mothers passing. Thunder road cleveland institute of art college of art. Listen to doug fabrizios recent radiowest interview with director jim cummings.
Shot in one take, the film depicts a police officer giving a eulogy for his mother. Watch the 2016 sundance jury prize winning short film thunder. Thunder road took the short film grand jury prize as the sundance institute unveiled the jury prizes in. Having impressively upped the ante on its short film roots, thunder road then faces the daunting task of stretching that queasily hilarious air of distressing character comedy over the course of a. Based on a short film he made in 2016, cummings developed it into a feature that has. Writerdirectorstar jim cummings and kendal farr in thunder road. Thunder road, one of the finalists in thewrap s shortlist film festival, is an alternately funny and wrenching story about a cop played by cummings who goes to his mothers funeral and. Thunder road deftly balances emotionally affecting drama against bruising comedy and serves as an outstanding calling card for writerdirectorstar jim cummings.
Sundance awards short film thunder road grand jury prize. From the start, writer, director and star jim cummings had always thought of his short thunder road as something hed toss up on vimeo and share with the world. Cummings also served as coeditor, composer and visual effects artist. Thunder road jim cummings writes, directs, and stars in the uncanny tale of a middle american cop whos a funny, crazy, moving, indelibly authentic lost soul. It also stars kendal farr, nican robinson, macon blair, jocelyn deboer, chelsea edmunson, ammie leonards, and bill wise. Mitchum had a big hand in creating this cult favorite which reportedly played in driveins around america for years, writing the script, producing the movie, and even composing and singing the movie. Cummings not only wrote and directed the film but also starred as a grieving decorated cop who faces a meltdown after his mothers death. An early version of that scene was produced as a standalone short that won an award at the 2016 sundance film festival. The film that follows reflects cummings background as a shorts director in that its very episodic, arguably containing a few variations on the original thunder road as jim loses his cool in key moments, including a courtroom and the parking lot of his police department. This week, jim cummings director of thunder road joins me on the show to demystify the process behind his massive success in filmmaking over the past few years. Thunder road is a short comedydrama film written, directed by, and starring jim cummings.
Sinopsis film thunder road 2018 sinopsis film terbaru. The title of the movie and ballad came from one of the lines in the song. Jimm cumming directorial thunder road has won the grand prize at the 44th edition of the normandieset deauville american film festival. The song said, his daddy made the whiskey, his son drove the load, and when his engine roared, they called the highway thunder road. The preeminent moonshine movie, the 1958 thunder road stars robert mitchum as a backwoods bootlegger in tennessee, getting squeezed by both the federal government and organized crime.
In a terrific opening scene basically a remake of cummings awardwinning 2016 short film of the same. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Thunder road deftly balances emotionally affecting drama against bruising comedy and serves as an outstanding calling. Thunder road is a 2018 american comedydrama microbudget film directed, written by, and starring jim cummings, based on his 2016 short film of the same name. Jim cummings is a producer and director, known for thunder road 2018, thunder road 2016 and the robbery 2017.
Thunder road is a 2018 american comedydrama microbudget film directed, written. One must give credit to jim cummings for the tremendous effort put in thunder road, a comedydrama based on his 2016 short film of the same name. Jim cummings deeply discomfiting comedy thunder road takes its title from the majestic opening track of bruce springsteens breakthrough album, born to run, but its spirit recalls the bosss throatier cries from the heart and yawls of confused bluecollar emotion. Thunder road deftly balances emotionally affecting drama against bruising.
At the sundance film festival in january 2016, multitasking forceofnature jim cummings unveiled a brilliantly excruciating short about a. Mitchum actually spent time in central north carolina getting to know the moonshine makers in the area. In may 20, thunder road signed on a deal with cutting edge group to finance the companys film music slate, and from that the first film getting covered was john wick. Then he turned it into a feature, and it won the grand jury prize at the sxsw film festival. Thunder road follows a southern police officer jim cummings on his journey to raise his young daughter as a love letter to his late mom. This single shot, which opens thunder road, runs unbroken for almost 12 mins. The fourth installment and a revisiting of the mad max films, it is a joint australianamerican venture produced by kennedy miller mitchell, ratpac.
A tragicomic portrait of a failing figure of authority in america. In a certain light, thunder road is a heartstring tugging tragedy of naked grief on display, and arnauds inability to express it is pitiable. Cummings thunder road which he wrote, directed, and stars in is an idiosyncratic character study. Introduces a major talentthe indie film you need to see this year. Watch thunder road, the onetake short that won sundance. Based on the sundancewinning short film, thunder road follows a texan police officer who loses his mother, custody of his daughter, and.
Watch the 2016 sundance jury prize winning short film. Thunder road was awarded the short film grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival on tuesday. Watch thunder road by jim cummings on short of the weeka comedy about loss in liveactionusa, 12 min. Thunder road makes cringe comedy from despair film. The question becomes whether he can hold it all together for what was going to be the centerpiece of the eulogy around brendas favorite song, bruce springsteens thunder road.
Thunder road grabs grand prize at deauville film festival. Thunder road official uk trailer in cinemas friday youtube. Now cummings has decided to turn down less than thrilling distribution offers and make the risky decision to distribute thunder road himself. It also makes up the short film of the same name that earned kudos at sundance in 2016, though he actually sings the. Thunder road is the quintessential bootlegger movie. Jims plans for the eulogy go slightly off the rails as his emotions take over leading to a stream of consciousness delivery about how he is truly feeling. Best film of 2016 went to writer, director and star jim cummings thunder road. A smalltown police officer struggles with the death of his mother, an impending divorce and custody battle, and his own clueless antics, in this awardwinning offbeat characterdriven film that blends cringeworthy humor with deep emotion. The director who pleaded online with bruce springsteen for the rights to his.