On 15th june 1560, william somer sommers, former court fool to henry viii, edward vi and mary i died in shoreditch, london. The kings fools disability in the tudor court historic. His mission is to lift simon to his feet, apparently, and instill a sense of mission in him. In his mundane existence comes henry fool, a freewheeling writer who inspires the repressed simon to. Ned rifle is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by hal hartley. Warren punches henry in the gut and throws him to the floor. As in the unbelievable truth, an earlier hartley film, expectation and reality again conflict.
Henry fool is the whole nine yards on hal hartley in one movie. Somer served as henry viiis fool from june 1535 and just a month later got into trouble with the king. Henry opens a magical world of literature to simon who turns his hand to writing the great american poem. Poseys acid tongued, oversexed fay is one of the consistent delights of. As simon begins his controversial ascent to the dizzying heights of nobel prize. Henry fool is set in an apparently settled suburban community whose underlying tensions come bursting to the surface with the arrival of a stranger in town henry fool. Socially inept garbage man simon is befriended by henry fool, a witty roguish, but talentless novelist. Rent henry fool 1997 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Sep 18, 2005 henry fool, which im hardly writing about because its 2. Mixed at chaos studios, except for tracks 3 and which were mixed at no mans land, february 2001. Originally, he, along with improvisation partner neil crone, auditioned for the part of the troublesome trucks.
Henry fool soundtrack from 1997, composed by hal hartley. Mar 27, 2008 garbageman simon grims life of routine drudgery is changed forever when the rogueish henry fool moves into his familys basement apartment. In hal hartleys new film henry fool, simon is almost always shot with his head tilted down and cocked to one. He moves into henrys basement, where the flames from the furnace reinforce his satanic undertones. Henry fool officially formed in spring 2000 with the two men gathering also bassist peter chilvers, pendragons drummer fudge. Shakespeare in love which won the academy award for best picture, saving private ryan, american history x, the truman show, primary colors, rushmore, rush hour, theres something about mary, the big lebowski, and terrence malicks directorial return in the thin red line. Hal hartleys best yet, about a selfdeluding literary pygmalion, a poetic savant, queens and the rest of the world. Thomas jay ryan was born on august 1, 1962 in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa. The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including. Henry fool came in life out of the coffee shop chats between nomans singer tim bowness and exlahostairbridges keyboardist stephen bennett to come up with a project indicating their music influences as youngsters.
Henry opens a magical world of literature to simon who turns his hand to writing the great american poem, but as simon begins his controversial ascent to the dizzying heights of nobel prize winning poet, henry s past is about to catch up with him. Hal hartleys 10yearslater sequel to henry fool 1998 is a hugely entertaining followup to his ponderous suburban fable about a boorish, selfstyled intellectual and the garbage man he. Henry then stabs warren in the gut with a screwdriver no blood, but possibly killing him. Henry convinces simon to write in a journal and learns that he is a poetic prodigy. It takes one hour and fortyfive minutes of one to one and a half star material and then spends twentyfive minutes turning it all into three and a half star material. Henry fool is a 1997 american black comedydrama film written, produced and directed by hal hartley, featuring thomas jay ryan, james urbaniak, and parker posey. He provided voices for some of the characters in thomas and the magic railroad.
Also featuring parker posey superman returns, henry fool is an original and thoughtprovoking film. Henry fool s music draws on 1970s british progressive rock but with other influences drawn from 1960s psychedelia,1980s art rock, 1990s postrock, jazz,and elsewhere. An unshaven embodiment of the life force, henry insinuates himself into the family of a garbage man named simon and changes their lives. Rent henry fool 1997 starring thomas jay ryan and james urbaniak on dvd and bluray. Simon is a garbage man who approaches the world at an angle. Simon publishes his writings and becomes, indeed, a success. Garbageman simon grims life of routine drudgery is changed forever when the rogueish henry fool moves into his familys basement apartment.
The film won the best screenplay award at the 1998 cannes film festival. He is a man so beaten down by life that he cannot look at anything straighton. Ned rifle stars liam aiken as the title character, reprising his role from the other two films, as well as aubrey plaza, parker posey, james urbaniak, and thomas jay ryan. Henry fool, an excon ryan moves into garbagman simons urbaniak basement to write his book. In 1551, some years after henry s death, a payment of 40 shillings was made to william seyton, whom his majesty hath appointed to keep william somer. The natural fool will somer was well paid, well fed and well clothed in return for his work in henry s court, but he did not lead the same life as other courtiers. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from henry fool at the discogs marketplace. Henry fool is a 1997 american black comedydrama film written, produced and directed by hal. As in the unbelievable truth, an earlier hartley film, expectation and reality again conflict the film won the best screenplay award at the 1998 cannes film festival.
Henry fool, which im hardly writing about because its 2. Parker posey and thomas jay ryan meet henry fool in this bizarrely dark indie comedy. It is the third and final film in a trilogy following characters introduced in hartleys 1997 film henry fool and 2006 sequel fay grim. This is the first time henry fool has been available in the uk on dvd. Whilst fooling around at the microphone, crone and frank were asked to try out for other characters. An unshaven embodiment of the life force, henry insinuates himself into the family of a garbage man named simon and changes their lives irrevocably. The free henry fool download ep comprises the video edit of everyone in sweden from men singing, two steven wilson mixed tracks from henry fool s longdeleted 2001 debut, plus an exclusive unreleased piece, a canterbury scene. For simon henry seems to be a good and bad influence at the same time. As simon begins his controversial ascent to the dizzying heights of nobel prize winning poet. Socially inept garbage man simon is befriended by henry fool, a witty roguish, but talentless. Third viewing, first since 1999, and now certain aspects seem weirdly prescient. An embarrassment of riches fool port november 18, 1998. Scottie and emmitt, its the last day of school, and the summer aau season is about to begin. Henry fool 1998 an egocentric bum thomas jay ryan transforms the lives of a shy new jersey garbageman james urbaniak and his sister parker posey.
Henry fool hal hartley, thomas jay ryan, james urbaniak. When simons work appears on the internet, he becomes a controversial sensation. Indie favorite hal hartley is back with this surprising sequel to henry fool, the film that won him the best screenwriter prize at the 1998 cannes film festival. Writing ignites miracles in henry fool, and hartleys exquisite control over his compositions and pacing makes the outrages, biological and otherwise, funnier than you might believe. In hal hartleys new film henry fool, simon is almost always shot with his head tilted down and cocked to one side, with the rims of his glasses positioned right above his eyes, which regard us sideways. As simons career rises and henrys falls, henry turns to simon for help. Corrigans character has a protoaltright flavor, and theres dialogue concerning the thenforthcoming digital revolution in publishing that seems intended as satire but pretty accurately predicts where we are now except that hartley couldnt foresee that the screens in question would be mostly. He encourages simon to write as well and simon develops a poem. Kevin frank born january 1957 is a canadian actor, writer and television host.
Henry fool has brains, heart ambition and fate collide in hartley epic in the five features. Recorded at chaos studios, norwich and the music farm, lenwade between april 2000 to march 2001. With thomas jay ryan, james urbaniak, parker posey, maria porter. Henry fool thomas jay ryan is a homeless drifter with a deep, wise voice. Movies about literary lives dont always catch fire, but henry fool is a glorious exception. Simons sister, fay grim, played by parker posey and thomas jay ryan as henry fool, an arrogant confident drifter he encounters who becomes his mentor as both share a similar passion for poetry and writing downs ones thoughts. Released by echostatic records in 1997 echo 105 containing music from henry fool 1997. He then takes him into the kitchen where we hear more sounds of violence and then see warren repeatedly kicking henry we only see warren and not the impact. You watch, you are absorbed, and from scene to scene, henry fool seems to be adding up, but then your hand closes on air.
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