A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Acting
Duvall's career-capping monologue will wreck you.
Cinematography
Honey-drenched Depression-era Tennessee, gorgeously lived-in.
Writing
Based on an actual hermit's funeral — truth stranger than fiction.
Director
Aaron Schneider
Robert Duvall
Felix Bush
Bill Murray
Frank Quinn
Sissy Spacek
Mattie Darrow
Lucas Black
Buddy
Bill Cobbs
Rev. Charlie Jackson
Gerald McRaney
Rev. Gus Horton
Scott Cooper
Carl
Chandler Riggs
Tom
Lori Beth Sikes
Kathryn
Linds Edwards
WKNG Announcer
Andrea Powell
Bonnie
Danny Vinson
Grier
Blerim Destani
Gary
Tomasz Karolak
Orville
Andy Stahl
Photographer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Felix 'Bush' Breazeale, a real Roane County, Tennessee hermit who threw his living funeral in 1938; over 12,000 people attended.
US
