‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Plays A Paralyzed Cartoonist
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This week kicks off the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and we’ll be catching glimpses of plenty of indie releases that will likely be hitting theaters throughout the year, not to mention some possible awards contenders for next year. In fact, directorGus Van Sant(Good Will Hunting) seems to have a contender premiering at the festival in the form of a new drama based on the life of cartoonistJohn Callahan.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Footis based onJohn Callahan’s autobiography of the same name, and it seesJoaquin Phoenixplaying the man whose life was changed by a near fatal car accident, confining him to a wheelchair, and leading him down a completely different path than he ever intended to take.
Watch the Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot Trailer
This is only a teaser trailer for the film, so we don’t get much of the story other than the fact that Joaquin Phoenix’s character is stuck in a wheelchair after the aforementioned car accident, and he’s getting help for alcoholism fromJonah Hilland a group of fellow troubled alcoholics. However, the synopsis for the book mentions details about “how a quadriplegic with a healthy libido has sex, what it’s like to live in the exitless maze of the welfare system, where a cartoonist finds his comedy, and how a man with no reason to believe in anything discovers his own brand of faith.” So those are all possibilities for the movie to explore.
Obviously it’s far too early to make any kind of real predictions for awards that are still over a year away, but this looks like exactly the kind of Sundance selection that makes waves during awards season. It’s been awhile since Gus Van Santhad a movie worth gushing over, but this looks like it could be a return to form for the filmmaker. Plus, the use of the John Lennon song “Isolation” is fantastic.
The rest of the cast includesRooney Mara, Jack Black, Carrie Brownstein, Beth DittoandKim Gordon.
We’ll be catching this film at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival this month, so stay tuned for a review. Until then, here’s the official synopsis forDon’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot:
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foothits theaters onMay 11, 2018.
