Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a thought-provoking road trip through the American South - a world of churches prisons coalmines truck-stops juke joints swamps and mountains. Along the way we encounter various musicians including: The Handsome Family Johnny Dowd 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee Sexton; Rockabilly and Mountain Gospel churches; and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track. The film is a collage
In his writing and directing debut Sean Penn delivers a profound picture of two very different brothers one a cop with a loving family the other a lawbreaking Vietnam vet. Both coming to terms with each other and trying to maintain the bond they shared as children.
Alan Rossmore (Ed Begley Jr.) is a translator for the U.N. and together with his wife Beverly lives at the International Arms the zaniest building in all of New York since every resident is from a different country and slightly off his or her rocker. Back into their lives comes Freddie Fallon Alan's college roommate and former husband of Beverly's friend. He looks talks walks and has the same mannerisms as Freddie but their unwelcome guest announces himself as a top C.I.A. agent on the trail of a would be assassin hell bent in taking the life of President Reagan. Follow the trio as they embark on a series of hilarious encounters as each resident of International Arms becomes the prime suspect as the would be presidential assassin.
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