The Killer Inside Me Sales Trailer: Michael Winterbottom Does Sex and Violence and Desperation

Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 by Russ Fischer

I’ve really been looking forward to footage from Michael Winterbottom‘s adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me. I’m a massive Thompson fan, and adaptations of his novels have about a .500 average. (I’m the guy that doesn’t like The Grifters much; I infinitely prefer a movie like Tavernier’s Coup de Torchon.)

The cast here seems to be on the money — Casey Affleck as the duplicitous small-town sheriff deputy Lou Ford, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson as the women in his life, and supporting work from Ned Beatty, Bill Pullman and Elias Koteas. Now there’s a rough long-form sales trailer that makes the concoction look fairly potent. See it after the jump. Read More »

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First Look: Michael Winterbottom’s Take on The Killer Inside Me

Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 by Russ Fischer

I’m excited for any new adaptation of the novels of Jim Thompson (who also dabbled in screenwriting, collaborating with Kubrick and Peckinpah) so it stands to reason that I’m excited to see what Michael Winterbottom is doing with his version of The Killer Inside Me. Thompson’s book follows small town Texas sheriff Lou Ford, who isn’t quite as dumb and grinningly affable as he seems. Murderous impulses lie beneath the lawman’s surface. Casey Affleck plays Ford; Kate Hudson plays the schoolteacher that wants him to marry her, and Jessica Alba is the prostitute that Ford keeps on a leash instead of running out of town. Now we’ve got some pics of the cast in character and a couple of producer interviews from the set. Read More »

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