Go to Films |

KEANE


     

SYNOPSIS

 

QUOTES

 
 


DVD Release Date: 3/21/2006



Click to access the online press kit for this film.
Click to view the trailer for this film.
Click here to visit Posteritati.com.

 

We first meet William Keane (Damian Lewis) in the Port Authority bus terminal where he is desperately searching for his 6-year-old daughter, who has been missing for months. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the purported abduction, Keane wanders the bus station compulsively going over the events of that fateful day.  Veering between days of relentless searching and nights of alcohol and drug induced extremes of self-destructive behavior, he seems to be teetering precariously on the edge of sanity. Then one day he meets a financially strapped young woman, Lynn Bedik (Amy Ryan), and her 7-year-old daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin), who are also staying at the same transient motel in New Jersey. He reaches out to them and soon the mother entrusts him to pick up Kira after school and bring her home. As he becomes increasingly attached to the child, the story moves to a whole new level of poignancy and tension, as Keane searches for redemption through the little girl. Working in a handheld verité style, director Kerrigan and DP John Foster, plunge us directly into Keane's profoundly unsettled universe. Damian Lewis's riveting, visceral performance of a man grappling with the effects of a profound loss makes KEANE a complex, deeply humane and unforgettable portrait.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Writer/Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Andrew Fierberg
Co-Producers: Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer
Director of Photography: John Foster
Editor: Andrew Hafitz
Production Designer: Petra Barchi
Wardrobe Designer: Catherine George
Casting: Heidi Levitt, Bernard Telsey & David Vaccari
Supervising Sound Editor: Larry Blake

CAST

William Keane...........Damian Lewis
1st Ticket Agent........Liza Colon-Zayas
2nd Ticket Agent........John Tormey
Commuter........ .......Brenda Denmark
1st Bus Driver..........Ed Wheeler
Motel Clerk.............Christopher Evan Welch
Woman in Dept. Store....Yvette Mercedes
Bartender...............Chris Bauer
Drug Dealer.............Lev Gorn
Assaulted Commuter......Frank Wood
1st Cab Driver..........Alexander Robert Scott
2nd Cab Driver..........Phil McGlaston
Lynn Bedik..... ........Amy Ryan
Kira Bedik..............Abigail Breslin
Michelle....... ........Tina Holmes
Gas Station Attendent...Ted Sod
Garage Employee.........Stephen Henderson
Garage Manager..........Omar Rodriguez
Ice Rink Employee.......Sean Modica
3rd Ticket Agent........Sharon Wilkins
Newstand cashier........Mellini Kantayya
2nd Bus Driver..........Ray Fitzgerald

 

“TWO THUMBS UP. LODGE KERRIGAN IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN FILMMAKER.” – Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper
“A DEVASTATING, HEARTBREAKING FILM. Damian Lewis couldn’t be better.” – Leah Rozen, People

“A DAZZLING, PHENOMENAL FILM” – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice.
“Lodge Kerrigan’s real breakthrough. ‘Keane’ exerts a hair-trigger emotional power.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly






Click To Purchase DVD


 
Date for DVD release subject to change.