Will Penny w/SLIP Michael Haneke this Academy Award-winning thriller challenged

this Academy Award-winning thriller challenged mainstream sexual sterotypes and remains a powerful and poignant exploration of gender and identity

Johnnie To · 2004 · Hong Kong · 90 mins

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The movie follows young newlyweds Reggie (Colin Campbell) and Dot (Rita Tushingham

just as Cronenberg is no ordinary director” (Roger Ebert)

Will Penny w/SLIP Michael Haneke this Academy Award-winning thriller challengedHollywood legend Charlton Heston (Secret of the Incas, The Big Country, Ben Hur) stars as Will Penny, an aging cowboy on a hard luck streak. Hes out of work, out of money, and staked out to die in the desert by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Moments before death, Will is taken in by the beautiful Catherine (Joan Hackett, Support Your Local Sheriff), who is heading west with her young son to join her husband. As Catherine nurses Will back to health, he