Description: Sony Pictures Classics presents Get Low. A film directed by Aaron Schneider starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black and Bill Cobbs. Official Selection: 2010 Sundance Film Festival. A true tall tale based on Felix 'Bush' Breazeale who attracted national attention when he threw himself a living funeral party.
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For years, townsfolk have been terrified of the backwoods recluse known as Felix Bush (Duvall). People say he's done all manner of unspeakable things -- that he's killed in cold blood; that he's in league with the Devil; that he has strange powers -- and they avoid him like the plague. Then, one day, Felix rides to town with a shotgun and a wad of cash, saying he wants to buy a funeral. It's not your usual funeral for the dead Felix wants. On the contrary, he wants a "living funeral," in which anyone who ev
Sensing a big payday in the offing, fast-talking funeral home owner Frank Quinn (Murray) enlists his gentlemanly young apprentice, Buddy Robinson (Black), to win over Felix's business. Buddy is no stranger to Felix's dark reputation, but what he discovers is that behind Felix's surreal plan lies a very real and long-held secret that must get out. As the funeral approaches, the mystery– which involves the widow Maddie Darrow (Spacek), the only person in town who ever got close to Felix, and the Illinois prea