Downtown Owl (2023)

Directed by

Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1980s North Dakota, a lonely high school teacher and a retiring farmer navigate their lives in a small town. The story follows their intersecting experiences with the town's eccentric residents and the looming winter.

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What happens

Downtown Owl is a 2023 American comedy drama film directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, in their directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Linklater. It is based on the 2008 novel by Chuck Klosterman. The film is produced by Rabe, Bettina Barrow, Linklater (in his debut production), and Rebecca Green under Kill Claudio Productions, Three Point Capital and Esme Grace Media, in association with Stage 6 Films. It stars Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, August Blanco Rosenstein, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wittrock, and Henry Golding. Downtown Owl premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2023. It was released in the United States on April 23, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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