[jBosco]

As a Kevin Bacon fan, I am all giddy with anticipation for this to come out everywhere. I've heard excellent reviews about it. Though after watching Open Water, anything sounds pretty good.

Synopsis - (from http://movieweb.com )
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 (Bacon) arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie (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 warily eyed by his brother-in-law (Benjamin Bratt), shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police office, Detective Lucas (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, directed by Nicole Kassell produced by Lee Daniels, to be distributed domestically by Newmarket Films -- is an unnerving, ultimately hopeful portrait of compulsion and hard-won redemption.

Official Site: http://www.thewoodsmanfilm.com
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newmar..._woodsman.html
Reviews: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newmar..._woodsman.html

Opened in theaters Dec. 24 - Unfortunately only in New York...possibly in L.A.

[jBosco]

I found the playdates for The Woodsman in other areas. I know it is already playing in some cities - has anyone seen it?

Playdates from: Newmarket Films

12/24/04 - Sunset 5 - West Hollywood, CA
Mann Criterion 6 Theatres - Santa Monica, CA
Embarcadero Center Cinema - San Francisco, CA
Loews Lincoln Square - New York, NY
Loews 19th Street East - New York, NY
Sunshine Cinema - Manhattan, NY

12/29/04 Playhouse 7 Cinemas - Pasadena, CA
Century Palo Alto Square - Palo Alto, CA
Camera 12 - San Jose, CA
Cinearts @ Santana Row - San Jose, CA
Shattuck Cinemas - Berkeley, CA
Sequoia Twin - Mill Valley, CA
AMC Empire 25 Theaters - New York, NY

01/07/05 Galleria Stadium 16 - Sherman Oaks, CA
Century Downtown 10 - Ventura, CA
Century Stadium 25 Theatre - Orange - Orange, CA
Rancho Niguel 8 Cinemas - Laguna Niguel, CA
Century Hyatt 3 Theatre - Burlingame - Burlingame, CA
Century 5 Theatre - Pleasant Hill - Pleasant Hill, CA
Rialto Cinemas Lakeside - Santa Rosa, CA
Garden Cinemas Norwalk - Norwalk, CT
Landmark E Street Cinema - Washington, DC
Loews Georgetown 14 - Washington, DC
Loews Esquire Theatre - Chicago, IL
Landmark's Century Centre Cinema - Chicago, IL
Century Cinearts 6 - Evanston, IL
Loews Boston Commons 19 - Boston, MA
Loews Harvard Square 1-5 - Cambridge, MA
Bethesda Row Cinema - Bethesda, MD
Cinema Arts Centre - Huntington, NY
Tinseltown 20 - Plano - Plano, TX
AMC Grapevine 30 Theatres - Grapevine, TX
Angelika Film Center & Cafe - Dallas, TX
Cranford Theatre - Cranford, NJ

01/14/05 Camelview 5 Theatre - Scottsdale, AZ
Century El Con 20 Theatre - Tucson, AZ
Empire 3 - San Francisco, CA
Century @ the River - Rancho Mirage, CA
Riviera - Santa Barbara, CA
Hillcrest Cinemas - San Diego, CA
Esquire Theatre - Denver, CO
AMC Aventura Mall 24 Theatres - Aventura, FL
AMC Sunset Place 24 Theatres - South Miami, FL
AMC Mansell Crossing 14 Theatres - Alpharetta, GA
Midtown Art Cinemas 8 - Atlanta, GA
AMC Studio 30 - Olathe, KS
Canal Place Cinema - New Orleans, LA
Charles Theatre - Baltimore, MD
Landmark Lagoon Cinema - Minneapolis, MN
AMC Har Mar 3 - Roseville, MN
Plaza Frontenac Cinema - Frontenac, MO
Palace 15 - Kansas City, MO
Ritz Sixteen - Voorhees, NJ
Century 14 Downtown - Alburquerque, NM
Century Suncoast 16 - Las Vegas, NV
BAM Rose Cinemas - Brooklyn, NY
Esquire Theatre - Cincinnati, OH
Cinema 21 Theatre - Portland, OR
Ritz 5 Movies - Philadelphia, PA
AMC Studio 30 Theatres - Houston - Houston, TX
Loews River Oaks 12 - Houston, TX
Crossroads 6 Theatres - San Antonio, TX
AMC Huebner Oaks 24 - San Antonio, TX
Dobie Theatre - Austin, TX
AMC Barton Creek 14 - Austin, TX
Cinema Art Theatre - Fairfax, VA
Loews Shirlington 7 - Arlington, VA
Loews Uptown Cinemas - Seattle, WA
Metro Cinemas - Seattle, WA
AMC - Mansell Crossing 14 Theatres - Alpharetta, GA
Moviehouse - Millerton, NY
Tinker Street Cinema - Woodstock, NY

01/21/05 Nickelodeon Theatres - Santa Cruz, CA
Crossroads Theatre - Boulder, CO
Holiday Mallview Cinemas - Waterbury, CT
Movies at Midway - Rehoboth Beach, DE
AMC Regency 24 - Jacksonville - Jacksonville, FL
AMC Pleasure Island 24 - Lake Buena Vista, FL
AMC Veterans Expressway 24 - Tampa, FL
Royal Park Stadium 16 - Gainesville, FL
Miracle Theatre - Tallahassee, FL
Varsity Theatres - Honolulu, HI
Embassy Cinema - Waltham, MA
Maple Art Theatre - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Emagine Novi 18 - Novi, MI
State Theater - Ann Arbor, MI
AMC Concord Mills 24 - Concord Mills, NC
AMC Oak View 24 - Omaha, NE
Century Riverside 12 - Reno, NV
Spectrum - Albany, NY
Amherst - Amherst, NY
Little Theatre - Rochester, NY
Drexel Grandview - Columbus, OH
Cedar Lee Theatres - Cleveland Heights, OH
AMC Quail Springs 24 - Oklahoma City, OK
AMC Southroads 20 - Tulsa, OK
Squirrel Hill - Pittsburgh, PA
Studio on the Square 5 - Memphis, TN
Carmike 16 - El Paso, TX
Commonwealth 20 Theatres - Richmond, VA
Oriental Theatre - Milwaukee, WI
Hilldale - Madison, WI

01/28/05 Bantam Cinema - Bantam, CT
The Flicks - Boise, ID
Pocono Cinema & Coffee Shop - East Stroudsburg, PA
Midtown Cinema - Harrisburg, PA

02/04/05 Broadway Centre Cinemas - Salt Lake City, UT

02/11/05 Rialto - Bozeman, MT

02/18/05 Newburyport Screening Room - Newburyport, MA

03/04/05 Bayview Cinema - Camden, ME

[*MaRiGoLd*]

I cant wait for this movie....it looks so damn good!!!....I'm a very huge Kevin fan since forever...

[jBosco]

I know

I am so jealous of those who were able to see it in December!

[shrrshrr]

Yeah - I'm not a Kevin Bacon fan (with the exception of Tremors, which was brilliant), so I think I'll skip this one - but thanks for the information!

[ROCKSTAR]

I saw this movie yesterday. It was very good. The subject is horrible enough to make my shiver by itself but Bacon captured the air around a conflicted monster. His character clearly understood what he was doing but couldn't help himself. He's a horrible man, but he has a conscience.

I hope that the character got over his sickness and had a 'normal' life like he wished for. It's quite disgusting to know that in real life people do this and are so disturbed. But when the sickness has a face, a story, a family, etc, it becomes intoxicating. You try to understand but there's nothing to be understood.

Walter would be a menace but because he didn't 'hurt' his victims you get a sense that he could outgrow it, that something won't let him be normal but that he can at least try.

Other criminals would have accepted and embraced the sickness, probably become serial murderers and such. It's a complex movie featuring an unlikeable yet pityful criminal who probably suffers are much as his victims.

[S.A.S.H.A.]

I saw this movie over a year ago. Great performances! It was so creepy seeing him with that little bird watcher. I was on the edge of my seat just hoping that he wouldn't harm her.

Sasha