Northfork
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- Synopsis
- Set in the mid 1950s, a once-great Montana frontier town is scheduled to be destroyed when a new dam under construction will flood their land. The last few proud residents refuse to leave, including a frail orphan boy with an elaborate fantasy life....
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- Starring
- James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Duel Farnes, Mark Polish
- Director(s)
- Mark Polish, Michael Polish
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 103 min.
Critic Reviews
There has never been a movie quite like Northfork… The movie is visionary and elegiac, more a fable than a story, and frame by frame, it looks like a portfolio of spaces so wide, so open, that men must wonder if they have a role beneath such indifferent skies.Read the full review
A thoroughly original accomplishment of a high artistic order, Northfork features flawless, spare production design by Ichelle Spitzig and the Polish brothers' father, Del, and cinematographer M. David Mullen's striking images slide effortlessly into Dalí-like Surrealism.Read the full review
There is nothing quite like this movie, and I'm not altogether sure there is much more to it than its lovely peculiarity. But at a moment when so many films strive to be obvious and interchangeable as possible, it is gratifying to find one that is puzzling, subtle and handmade.Read the full review
