| First Look: The Woodsman
Release Date: December 24, 2004
Distributor: Newmarket Films
Director: Nicole Kassell
Producers: Lee Daniels,
Screenwriter: Steven Fechter & Nicole Kassell,
based on the play by Steven Fechther
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Eve,
David Alan Grier, Benjamin Bratt, & Carlos Leon
Kevin Bacon, an indispensable fixture of American cinema over
the past 20 years, delivers his finest performance in THE WOODSMAN,
a harrowing and moving tale of one man’s attempt to re-enter
society.
After twelve years in prison, Walter moves into a small apartment
across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard,
and mostly keeps to himself. He finds unexpected solace from Vicki
(Kyra Sedgwick), a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge
him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted
sex offender, Walter is shunned by his sister, lives in fear of
being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious police
detective (Mos Def). After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood
park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his
own reawakened demons.
THE WOODSMAN, based on a play of the same name, is an unnerving,
ultimately hopeful portrait of compulsion and hard-won redemption.
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