Wendy is a homeless woman trekking to alaska in search of a job. Wendy and lucy is a gently made, simple story, with a great deal of compassion in it. Wendy and lucy is a 2008 american drama film directed by kelly reichardt. A wonderful movie, fueled by a very good performance by michelle williams. Wendy is driving with her dog lucy to alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the fish cannery. Reichardt and jon raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story train. Wendy and lucy is an independent movie, without a music score, filled with wind and wandering and a woman just barely hanging on to hope. At the beginning of kelly reichardts deeply affecting wendy and lucy, a young woman, en route to alaska in hopes of getting a job, stalls out. When wendy realizes that theres nothing keeping her in her home state of indiana, she makes the decision to relocate to alaska. By the time wendy pays her fine and gets back to the supermarket, lucy is gone. The latest example is wendy and lucy, which tells the story of a struggling young woman trying to make it to alaska, so she can reach her idea of employment nirvana. It had its world premiere at the 2008 cannes film festival and was screened at several additional film festivals before receiving a limited. Starring michelle williams, will patton, wally dalton, will oldham, john robinson, larry fessenden.
But i know, or feel, everything about wendy at this moment. This is wendy and lucy trailer by filmscience on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Emotionally full, wendy s character is revealed slowly, with great empathy. The movie follows what happens to her, and her pet dog lucy, when her 1988 honda accord breaks down in a sleepy little town in oregon. I know so much about wendy, although this movie tells me so little. Homeless and virtually penniless, she is making her painstaking way north to alaska, where she hopes to find work. Dreaming of the cold alaskan landscapes and a better future, young wendy carroll and her dog, lucy, become stranded in a small oregon town, when her old, rusty, and decrepit car breaks down. It is about a woman who is homeless, hopefully temporarily, looking to go from indiana to alaska for work, only to get stuck in portland when her car doesnt start, and then her troubles begin. Wendy carroll michelle williams is driving to alaska in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the northwestern fish cannery, and the start of a new. Wendy carroll is driving to ketchikan, alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the northwestern fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, lucy. The touchingly vulnerable michelle williams stars as wendy, a midwestern girl stuck in an impoverished town, writes philip french. Reichardt and jon raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story train choir.
Director kelly reichardt spends the 75 minutes of wendy and lucy narrative weaving an intimate, narrowly focused. The film stars michelle williams as wendy, a homeless woman who searches for her lost dog, lucy. I think most everyone can relate to her in some ways, but if you cant, this film will leave you cold. Its quiet virtually silent in parts and at just 80 minutes, it makes its point without overstating it. Wendy and lucy, director kelly reichardts second madeinoregon feature and second work based on a story by portland author jon raymond, presents a tiny world, minimal dialogue and relatively. Wendy and lucy official trailer hd oscilloscope laboratories.
Wendy and lucy belongs to the special genre of realistic films, in which, every inch of the onscreen happenings, its conversations, its performances and even its musical score which is just the underplayed whistling tone of the lead character and the ambient noise of the surroundings is grounded firmly within inarguable realism and most. Wendy carol is driving to ketchikan, alaska, in the hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the northwestern fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, lucy. Wendy and lucy would have been more effective if there had been some sort of triumph by the heroine. There is a moment int the middle of the film, when fears and night terrors are realized, and michelle.
The remainder of the movie, the last 45 minutes or so, finds wendy morosely wandering the unfamiliar town, looking for the pound, trying to find her mutt and get her car fixed. Released december 10th, 2008, wendy and lucy stars michelle williams, will patton, will oldham, john robinson the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of 80 out of. Watch wendy and lucy full online for free memovies. Its a heartbreaking movie that somehow mirrors whats happening to many through america because of the the current recession wendy and lucy is an independent movie but it has a countrywide release, to know the nearest theater in which you may watch wendy and lucy, just head to the official site at. Michelle williams in wendy and lucy 2008 lucy in wendy and lucy 2008 wally dalton in wendy and lucy. I know almost nothing about where she came from, what her life was like. Rent wendy and lucy 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Follow the movie on facebook plot summary wendy michelle williams, a nearpenniless drifter, is traveling to alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, lucy.
Directed by kelly reichardt old joy, wendy and lucy employs a formal minimalist style that evolves into a subtle political road film by. Her only companion is her golden retriever lucy, and when wendys clappedout old car finally breaks down, she faces the prospect of having to survive alone on the streets. With michelle williams, lucy, david koppell, max clement. Wendy and lucy 2008 stream and watch online moviefone. This is survival, revealed in all the mundane details of a documentary portrait and the simple power. Eventually she finds lucy and notices that she is living with what appears to be a.
Played by academy awardnominated actress michelle williams, wendy is a downonherluck girl whos hoping to turn things around for herself with a summer job in alaska. Wendy and lucy is an oldschool indie portrait of a woman in a desperate situation. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic. Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart. Wendy and lucy is an interesting film that needs the audience to serve as a mirror for wendys travails and emotions. Movies like wendy and lucy if you like wendy and lucy you are looking for touching, realistic and psychological movies about with dog, small town, life is a bitch, social problems, hopes, down on your luck and financial problem themes of drama genre shot in usa.
Watch free wendy and lucy on 123movies, gomovies, gostream or 123movieshub new link. Wendy and lucy 2008 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Wendy and lucy is like lassie come home directed by antonioni. When her car breaks down in oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with. Whats piercing about it, and also disturbing, is that reichardt views the renunciation of society with something close to righteous purity as a lefty romantic dream. Old joy director kelly reichardt crafts this intimate tale of wendy, an alienated indiana woman who packs. I know almost nothing about where she came from, what her life was like, how realistic she is about the world, where her ambition lies. Oh, and if youve seen her dog lucy lately, some news of the mutts.
Wendy michelle williams, a nearpenniless drifter, is traveling to alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, lucy. Emotionally full, wendys character is revealed slowly, with great empathy. Reichardt has adapted wendy and lucy along with author jon raymond from one of his own short stories, a pairing that also yielded the 2006 film old joy. Hungry, without friends, and almost penniless, wendy will have to resort to desperate measures, only to come face to face with her worst fear. For wendy, the drive to ketchikan, alaska, was meant to be the start of a new life. Michelle williams as wendy is fine but she doesnt have much to do and her role is much more reactive than proactive. The film sometimes has the feel of an academic project, but consistently rises above pat conclusions and easy solutions. But when her car breaks down in oregon, everything unravels. Wendy and lucy is a touching political road movie about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful dog and the wideopen spaces of the pacific northwest. Already perilously close to losing everything, wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food.
When her car breaks down in oregon, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she faces a series of increasingly dire challenges. When wendy carrolls car breaks down, the thin fabric of her financial. Wendy and lucy is a work of selfconscious manipulation, in which reichardt filters out the cinemas subjectivity and personalism in order to intensify the viewers sympathy with a cipher. Played by academy awardnominated actress michelle williams, wendy is a downonherluck girl whos hoping to turn things around for herself with a. The movies realistic atmosphere offers little hope, save for one character who does his best with what little he has to help wendy.
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