In the late 1920's Sutton Vane wrote a play called OUTWARD BOUND about a group of people who passed on, including a few suicides. It was made into a movie of same title in 1930 & then again in 1944 under the title BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, Each version was a heavy fantasy drama with little comedy,
Now in 2006 Gorin Dukis wrote a screenplay based on a short story.
The author of the short story must have been influenced by the original, & since the play is in public domain freely adapted it. Gorin Dukas directed this very funny fantasy creating humorous situations out of something quite serious.
By casting little or unknown actors is these somewhat different characters & situations, a very funny & also very tender romantic comic fantasy has been created,The settings seem & are very bizarre & actually very beautiful. The cast which has as its leads Patrick Fugit,Shaannyn Sossamon,Shea Whigham & featuring among others Tom Waits, Will Arnett & Leslie Bibb.
The running time is a brief 88 minutes, it also has a very good song score, many of you know that I generally detest song scores. this one fits. Its from Sundance so it probably will be on that cable channel soon or rent the DVD. I doubt that you will be sorry you did,It is a good film & the ending is a pleasant but obvious twist,just like the play & films mentioned above, Look up Between two Worlds for its all star big name (many still familiar today) cast.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)
Now in 2006 Gorin Dukis wrote a screenplay based on a short story.
The author of the short story must have been influenced by the original, & since the play is in public domain freely adapted it. Gorin Dukas directed this very funny fantasy creating humorous situations out of something quite serious.
By casting little or unknown actors is these somewhat different characters & situations, a very funny & also very tender romantic comic fantasy has been created,The settings seem & are very bizarre & actually very beautiful. The cast which has as its leads Patrick Fugit,Shaannyn Sossamon,Shea Whigham & featuring among others Tom Waits, Will Arnett & Leslie Bibb.
The running time is a brief 88 minutes, it also has a very good song score, many of you know that I generally detest song scores. this one fits. Its from Sundance so it probably will be on that cable channel soon or rent the DVD. I doubt that you will be sorry you did,It is a good film & the ending is a pleasant but obvious twist,just like the play & films mentioned above, Look up Between two Worlds for its all star big name (many still familiar today) cast.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)