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Main Street (2010)
- IMDb page: Main Street (2010)
- Rate: 4.7/10 total 1,111 votes
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 92 min
- Filming Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Budget: $10,000,000(estimated)
- Gross: $2,560(USA)(15 September 2011)
- Director: John Doyle
- Stars: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn and Patricia Clarkson
- Original Music By: Patrick Doyle
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Plot Keyword: Durham North Carolina
Writing Credits By:
- Horton Foote (written by)
Known Trivia
- The black-and-white shots that appear in the opening minute were made in Durham, N.C., in the late 1930s by H. Lee Waters (1902-1997), an itinerant photographer from Lexington, N.C. During the later years of the Great Depression, Waters earned money by visiting more than one hundred towns in North Carolina and surrounding states and shooting 16mm film of everyday scenes and people. He would arrange to exhibit his films in a local theater where the movies were shot. In an era when movie camera ownership was rare, and long before home video cameras became common, people would flock to the theaters to see themselves and their neighbors in moving pictures. Many of Waters’s films have been collected and archived in North and South Carolina. One of his films, made in Kannapolis, N.C. in 1941, was added to the National Film Registry in 2005. Other samples of his work can be seen in “The Cameraman Has Visited Our Town” on folkstreams.net.
- The old home occupied by Georgiana Carr is located at 206 N. Dillard Street in Durham. It was built about 1909 by a grocery wholesaler (as opposed to 1923 by tobacco magnate, as the movie states), has gone through several owners and configurations, and now is owned and used by the Durham Crisis Reponse Center, an agency that supports victims of domestic violence. The home is across Dillard Street from a television station, and the station’s satellite dishes are seen in some shots in the film.
- Ellen Burstyn’s character, “Georgiana Carr,” bears the last name of an actual Durham, N.C., family that was prominent in the tobacco business. The large portrait in her house, showing a uniformed man with a big white mustache, is a picture of Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924), one of Durham’s earliest tobacco magnates, who was involved in a variety of other business enterprises and was a highly regarded philanthropist. The portrait normally resides in the North Carolina Collection of the Durham County Public Library.
Goofs: Continuity: While Mary and her mother are talking in her bedroom, her mother's hair changes position – alternately behind and in front of her ear.
Plot: Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with… See more » | »
Story: Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community, will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood.Written by Anonymous
FullCast & Crew
Produced By:
- Yvette Bikoff known as co-producer
- Megan Ellison known as producer
- Sandy Freeman known as associate producer
- William S. Gilmore known as line producer
- Jonah M. Hirsch known as producer (as Jonah Hirsch)
- Justin Hirsch known as associate producer
- David Sardi known as associate producer
- Douglas Saylor Jr. known as executive producer
- Ted Schipper known as executive producer
- Adi Shankar known as executive producer
- Rob Shoaf known as associate producer
- Spencer Silna known as producer
- Joel Thomas known as associate producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Colin Firth known as Gus Leroy
- Ellen Burstyn known as Georgiana Carr
- Patricia Clarkson known as Willa Jenkins
- Orlando Bloom known as Harris Parker
- Amber Tamblyn known as Mary Saunders
- Margo Martindale known as Myrtle Parker
- Andrew McCarthy known as Howard Mercer
- Victoria Clark known as Miriam
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. known as Mayor
- Tom Wopat known as Frank
- Viktor Hernandez known as Estaquio
- Juan Piedrahita known as Jose (as Juan Carlos Piedrahita)
- Thomas Upchurch known as Trooper Williams
- Reid Dalton known as Crosby Gage
- Amy da Luz known as Rita
- Nadya Simpson known as Kate
- Rick Hamilton known as Elliott
- Martin Thompson known as Vaughn Guess
- J.W. Smith known as Bill
- Veda Wilson known as Shirley
- Cheryl McConnell known as Lucille
- Gezell Fleming known as Rebecca
- Stuart Hough known as Raymond
- Cheri Varnadoe known as Clara
- Andrea Powell known as Hostess
- Ednali Figueroa known as Woman at Warehouse
- Luis Lopez known as Truck Driver
- Michael Fraguada known as Other Truck Driver
- Ivory Dortch known as College student (uncredited)
- Cricket Ellis known as Town Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Liam Ferguson known as Henry (uncredited)
- Tyler Getzelmann known as Latino child (uncredited)
- Los Hickson known as College Student (uncredited)
- Christopher Houldsworth known as Man in Police Station (uncredited)
- Alena Koch known as Town Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Gary Moore known as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Anna Nalepka known as Migrant worker (uncredited)
- Pierre Ortiz known as Passenger (uncredited)
- Anita Richter known as Extra (uncredited)
- John Rutland known as Reporter (uncredited)
- Jacques Shy known as College student (uncredited)
- Matt Whitnack known as Driver (uncredited)
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Supporting Department
Makeup Department:- Susan Buffington known as hair stylist
- Kelly Caldwell known as assistant hair stylist
- Sandra S. Orsolyak known as makeup department head
- Holly Sago known as assistant makeup artist
- Joan Shay known as hair department head
Art Department:
- Craig Gilmore known as storyboard artist
- Chris Holcombe known as key greensman
- Chris Holcombe known as set dresser
- Margie McLamb Holowaty known as set buyer
- Michael Dean Kiesling known as prop assistant
- Walter Kiesling known as assistant property master
- Lauren Mallard known as art department coordinator
- James Passanante known as lead scenic
- John Sanders known as property master
- Jeffrey Schlatter known as construction foreman
- Bob Smith known as leadman
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Company
Production Companies:
- 1984 Private Defense Contractors (presents) (as 1984 Films)
- Annapurna Productions
Other Companies:
- Air-Edel Associates music services by
- Dolby Laboratories sound mix
- Du Art Film and Video post-production facilities (Dailies)
- Filmtools expendables
- Gallagher Entertainment insurance
- Lightnin' Production Rentals transportation equipment
- PES Payroll payroll services
- Premiere Entertainment Services production services co.
- Sonic Magic sound post-production
Distributors:
- Magnolia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
- Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
- DTP Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
- Eagle Films (2011) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
- Paris Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (DVD)
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Other Stuff
Visual Effects by:- Alden Anderson known as visual effects
- John Bowers known as compositor
Release Date:
- USA 21 October 2010 (Austin Film Festival) (premiere)
- Sweden 6 April 2011 (DVD premiere)
- Brazil 18 May 2011 (DVD premiere)
- USA 9 September 2011 (limited)
- Germany 15 November 2011 (DVD premiere)
MPAA: Rated PG for mild thematic elements, brief language and smoking
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
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29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
When I saw the movie had actors Colin Firth, Orlando Bloom, AmberTamblyn, Patricia Clarkson participating I thought this would be amovie worth watching, unfortunately I was mistaken.
While the actors do a good job with what they were provided with, themovie does nothing for them, it is a go nowhere movie that to me was acomplete waste of time, thankfully not a huge amount of time to wasteconsidering the length of the movie.
I have long been a big fan of Colin Firth and generally seek out moviesthat he is in. Unfortunately, while I felt he did a good job I think hemade a bad choice with this one.
4 out of 10 for me.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
Not to knock Hallmark Channel movies, but this is far worse thansomething that network would air.
Main Street has a fine cast, but the plot is lacking, editing anddirecting are poor, and the entire film suffers.
There is no antagonist. We keep expecting things that we are being toldto develop and instead they do not. Many characters seem to be in adifferent movie, and sometimes the plot thinks the viewers are insecond grade.
For example, one character, we are repeatedly told, used to "go steady"with another character in high school. They are still in daily contact.At one point in the film the other character stops to explain thatanother character isn't her father, he's her step-father. The firstcharacter says, "I know". He should, he dated her for years, accordingto what the characters keep telling us.
The biggest problem with the film is that it simply ends, with no clearending point. I felt like much more had likely been filmed but it wasedited in this manner to get it out the door and let the studio washtheir hands of it.
A complete waste of an hour and a half.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
I waited and waited for the plot to develop – to no avail. There seemedto be no point to this film; no in depth character development and moredisappointedly, no story. Colin Firth, undoubtedly a superb actor wherequintessential English characterisation is required, is appalling whencast as an American. His accent is shocking and comparable only to DickVan Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins!
The world has some brilliant English actors, and some brilliantAmerican actors. Why does the industry insist on using UK actors todepict US characters and vice versa?
An absolute waste of time.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
A rather sweet, sensitive, modest little film that had me enthralledall the way through – until the very abrupt ending, which came much toosoon and left me without a clear sense of resolution. It almost feelsas if the film ended half way, just as it was starting to get reallyinteresting. Nonetheless, the acting is superb, especially on the partof Colin Firth, who virtually disappears into the role, though hisinnate gentility and decency shine through. Orland Bloom looks gorgeousbut a bit affect-less, as usual. Ellen Burstyn makes a pleasantappearance. While I certainly don't feel like I wasted my time, thisgentle film could have been so much more – and it would not have beenso difficult to carry it a bit further….
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
A few first things first. One. What were these very fine actorsthinking, appearing in this movie? All due respect to the great HortonFoote, but, honestly…. Did anyone read the script beforehand? Or wasit originally good and then cut back to the shell of a story that thismovie became? Two. The Southern accents of its two British leads, ColinFirth and Orlando Bloom. Much has been written and criticized aboutthem. I am a Texan. I had no problem with either of these actors'renditions of Texas and North Carolina accents respectively. I haveknown north Texas guys who sounded very much like the twangy, nasallyMr. Firth. That said, Bloom carries off this requirement with much moreease, in my view. My quarrel is in the casting, or MIS-casting, of Mr.Firth in the first place. If they needed a big, tall, good-looking guywho happened to be Texan, I think maybe there are several Americanactors who could have filled that bill. Or, in view of the BP oilspill, he could have convincingly remained British. (Though I thinkthis movie's filming preceded that tragedy. It also was filmed prior toFirth's triumphant roles in "The King's Speech" and I would think "ASingle Man" as well.)
The other actors/actresses, who are all fine in their own right, werewoefully underused.
These actors struggle mightily against a truly tepid plot. No one comesoff really well because there is no there, there. Stories are truncatedor non-existent, or simply have some sort of quick resolution which nopart of the story leads to in the first place. I won't go into detailabout the plot of this movie, since it is so thin, but I would imaginea Lifetime cable movie with unknown actors could have pulled this offequally well. In brief: Big bad company and its big bad Texas rep comesto a small town where a sweet cop, his sorta sweetheart, an old ladyand her niece, and a sad city council all strive to keep their livesgoing in a dying town. Texan, Gus, offers rewards and happiness inreturn for storing, y'know, a few lil' ol' barrels of bad stuff in theold lady's warehouse, which he has leased.
I won't go into the nutty notion of grown children living with theirparents and there being maybe a problem for them getting out on theirown. Or the change of heart Gus gets in the blink of an eye to helpwrap this thing up — dust off hands — the end.
I am a fan of Firth, Bloom, Tamblyn, Burstyn and Clarkson and wishingthis had never come their way or that they had chosen not to appear init. My only guess is, they felt it had the potential to be somethingvery good and they ended up participating in something they may notwant to mention in the catalog of their individual careers.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
As previous reviewers have synopsized the plot, I will not do that. Thenumber of negative reviews is surprising, especially since most ofthose have no clue what this movie is about. And, their lack of insightis what leads them to think it is simple and uninteresting. Nothingcould be further from the truth for movie-goers who are more interestedin humanity than in over-wrought drama (e.g., serial killers, absurddisasters, cartoonish fantasies, etc., etc. — save me from"Hollywood")that offer no real insight into our humanity.
Here is what this movie is about: the "hazardous waste" is puremetaphor for our fears: our fears of the future, of technology, of theunknown. The question this movie poses so clearly and powerfully is:how should we confront the fear of the future, which is inevitably oneof confronting the nature of what our humanity involves: technology andchange? And, it does have an answer, with which I could not agree more– and with which I would hope anyone watching this movie would also,easily or not, come to agree.
Just as "To Kill a Mockingbird" was about our fears of others who areunknown to us and with whom we have no real experience, this movie asksus how we react to the unknown: Do we flee, or do we stand and makesomething out of whatever it is we have? The heroes in this movie dothe latter and show those who would do otherwise the way forward …which is what the best in our humanity always does, after all.
Orlando Bloom's character's mother (Mrs. Parker) and his erstwhilegirlfriend's mother (Miriam) are afraid of the future and want towithdraw, hunker down. They have no will for their children toovercome. Orlando Bloom's character deals with the uncertain future byworking hard to make something good of it. His girlfriend's characterwants to run away.
Ellen Burstyn's character is caught in the middle of a dilemma: trustthe unknown that offers progress and salvation, or give in to somethingsafely predictable by selling out. In the end, she let's go of what istruly in the past (her home) and embraces what it is that offers hopefor the future (the warehouse).
When our cities, our lives, our civilizations appear to be crumbling,what works: retreating from the challenge? Or, embracing new,uncertain, potentially scary things (metaphorically — yes,metaphorically — represented by nuclear waste)? This movie dealspowerfully with those who would point to every "problem" on the way tothe future (e.g., Fukushima) as a reason to retreat rather than as alesson to learn, a problem to overcome. It basically says: accidentswill happen: some good, some bad; get over it by learning from them andmoving on. Imagine humanity retreating in the face of all the disastersit has encountered on the way to its current future? We would be stillchipping flint with a lifespan of less than 30 difficult years.
Yes, this movie makes plain that Luddites are much to be feared, as arethose who believe that "corporations" are bad and industry is almostcertainly hiding are all sorts of horrible things. Instead, this moviesays that we humans are, on balance, good. If we do not give in to ourfears we can overcome those among us who would give in. By moving ahead(not by retreating or running away) we can overcome the challenges wecreate for ourselves because our very nature is to overcome. We aretool makers. We are proactive. We want good things for our children.Those who are destructive among us are a minority and will be overcome.But, do not fear what we are. Do not fear technology. Do not fear theway we organize our abilities to trade our best efforts with each other(i.e., industry, corporations, technology, progress).
Typical "Hollywood types" will not like this film because it countersevery one of their most cherished beliefs: that Western Civilization,in its current most fully-realized form, is almost certainly bad forthe humanity in us. Instead, it shows that our humanity is mostrealized when we trust ourselves to use our knowledge to give us whatit will. After all, we (and I mean all 7 billion of us) would not beliving longer, more satisfying, more comfortable lives than ourpredecessors in the 18th or 19th centuries had we not done so beforenow.
Beyond the point of the movie, the plot is one that could not be moresatisfying in its simplicity or more poignant. These are real peopleleading real lives that many among us have led. No serial killers, noabsurd global calamities, no over-dramatic nonsense. Just real peoplefacing difficult human emotions and choices and helping each otherthrough them. I can see why these fine actors decided to work in thisfilm. Each of the actors delivers powerful performances: Ellen Burtsynhas never been better. My heart ached as she dithered about what to dowith her life, both past, present, and future. Colin Firth was perfectin presenting the face of the future: shining with promise, but makingus wonder nonetheless. Can we trust him? Until we realize the realquestion is: can we trust ourselves? Orlando Bloom shows us why it isso hard for those who believe in themselves and believe in the futureto soldier on, despite so many disbelievers around, especially amongloved-ones.
I could go, but the cast was magnificent and did the screenplay suchjustice. Horton Foote, despite his age, was at the height of hisstory-telling prowess. If you like real people; if you like movies thatare real about humanity, then you will like "Main Street."
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
This film is about an old lady renting a warehouse to a Texan man,enabling a hazardous waste disposal company to expand its operationinto a small Southern town.
"Main Street" revolves around an old lady, played expertly by EllenBurstyn. She is broke and has to either sell the house or to lease herwarehouse. Her fragile mental state and her internal struggle aboutwhat is right to do are well portrayed. "Main Street" has an engagingplot, characters are developed well, so viewers get to care for everycharacter. The only drawback is that the budget seems to have gone tothe cast, with almost nothing left for the technical equipment. Anyway,"Main Street" is still an enjoyable and engaging drama.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
"The company sent me to look for towns or cities that might benefitfrom our services. Durham was on my list." The town of Durham, likemost cities has been hit hard by the bad economy. People are moving outand the unemployment rate is high. Gus Leroy (Firth) comes into townwith a track record of helping towns recover and end unemployment. Thetown is unsure of his method, storing hazardous waste until it can betransported. This is another movie that proves that just because amovie has no CGI or explosions every five minutes it receives nomarketing and the release it needs. This is a movie that is full ofgreat actors and great performances. The plot is not that exciting, butthe acting makes up for it. Colin Firth does a fantastic job in thismovie of playing a guy who you aren't sure of. The entire movie hekeeps you on edge wondering if he is really as good as he seems. Muchlike "Company Men" this is a movie that is a serious subject thatsounds boring when you read it, but the acting makes it great. A mustwatch. Overall, a great movie filled with great acting that deserves abigger audience then it will get. I give it an A.
Would I watch again? – Yes I would.
*Also try – Company Men
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
I watched to the end, so it wasn't "that bad", as I saw the movie on aDVD at home and could have turned it off at any time. But that muchsaid, it barely crossed my personal limit for "tolerable". Thestoryline is pretty dull and nothing can "fix" this. When you startwith an uninteresting story, you get an uninteresting movie. I have noidea what Colin Firth was thinking to accept this part. I chose themovie because I figured he was a star and would surely only appear in asolidly good movie. I was wrong! Perhaps he thought it would be achallenge for him to play a character who is a Texan and felt thiswould give him a chance to break into being offered also roles forcharacters who are supposed to speak with American accents. He didquite well in terms of portraying a Texan, but that hardly compensatedfor a lack of an interesting plot.
29 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
This was a beautiful film, written by Horton Foote, who wrote thescreenplay of To Kill a Mockingbird. It has the same classic feel, withan updated story to fit modern times and conflicts. Top-notch actorsmake it even better. No, this is not a slam-bam action flick. If youwant something like that, watch Transformers. There is a plot, and it'spretty straightforward — a hazardous waste company sends a rep to adying town to try to convince them to let them build a plant. The filmcovers not only what happens in this layer, but how the residents cometo appreciate and love their town. The people have heart. There is no"bad guy" here, just people trying to live. Not many films these daysgive me a warm, cozy feeling by the time they're through. This one did.I'm satisfied it was worth the money to watch it.