Don't Come Knocking Movie Review 2005

Aging movie star Howard Spence (Shepard) is better known for his life of drugs, booze, and babes. Fed-up with his latest cowboy flick, he literally rides off the set, leaving chaos behind him. Spence heads to Nevada to visit his mother (Saint), whom he hasn't seen in 30 years. She blithely informs him that an ex-flame of his had once come calling with the news of her pregnancy, and Spence tracks down barkeep Doreen (Lange) and their bitter son, Earl (Mann). Seems Spence was more fertile than he knew when he's later accosted by Sky (Polley), who claims to be his daughter. Spence wants another chance but he's pretty much a jerk so it's hard to take any interest. The desert vistas (Utah, Montana) are beautiful, though.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Modern Cowboys, Road Trip, Family Drama, Growing Older, Bad Dads

Screenplay

Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders

Cast

Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Sarah Polley, Gabriel Mann, Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk, Eva Marie Saint, James Gammon, George Kennedy, Marley Shelton, Rodney A. Grant, Tim Matheson, Julia Sweeney, Kurt Fuller, James Roday

Cinematography

Franz Lustig

Director

Wim Wenders

Music

T-Bone Burnett

Other

Matthew Nicolay, Peter Przygodda, Oli Weiss, William Budge, Nicole Lobart, Caroline Eselin, Nathan Amondson

Producer

In-Ah Lee, Peter Schwartzkopff, Karsten Brunig, HanWay, Reverse Angle Intl., Sony Classics Pictures