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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorIn his new film “Stillwater,” co-writer/director Tom McCarthy wanted to present the image of an American hero – and then turn it on its head.

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Composer Mychael Danna Adds Multi-Cultural Musical Colors to ‘Stillwater’ Score

Jon Burlingame editorA central theme in Tom McCarthy’s film “Stillwater,” reaching theaters this weekend, is that of culture clash: Oklahoman Bill Baker (Matt Damon) in southern France, visiting his imprisoned daughter (Abigail Breslin) and becoming involved with a French theater actress (Camille Cottin).That idea extended to the music, composed by Oscar winner Mychael Danna (“Life of Pi”).

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How ‘Stillwater’ Test Audiences Helped Shape the Editing of the Matt Damon Drama

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorNot all films are tested with audiences, but when the process is effective, it can help filmmakers clarify and hone a movie’s message. That was the case with Tom McCarthy’s “Stillwater,” which utilized audience feedback to help editor Tom McArdle shape the opening moments of the drama, which opens July 30 in theaters.Matt Damon plays Bill Baker, a construction worker from Oklahoma, who is first shown, in quick succession, surveying a wrecked construction site post-hurricane, applying for a new job and eating dinner with his mother.

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Matt Damon: No ‘Question’ His ‘Stillwater’ Character Would Have Voted For Trump [Cannes]

CANNES – In Tom McCarthy’s “Stillwater,” Matt Damon plays Bill Baker, a “roughneck” (oil rig worker) from Oklahoma who is trying to help his daughter Allison prove her innocence for a murder she was convicted of in France. The film, which debuted to mixed reviews at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, attempts to mix humor into its sometimes messy dramatic thriller mix.

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Matt Damon Explains Why He Plays a Trump Supporter in ‘Stillwater’

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMatt Damon went deep into red state identity politics to build his character in Tom McCarthy’s Cannes premiere “Stillwater.”To portray Oklahoma oil rig worker Bill Baker — a father sacrificing everything to free his daughter from a French prison — Damon spent an “absolutely critical” time doing research in the state, he said at a Friday press conference for the project.One of the biggest laughs at the film’s Thursday night premiere came when Damon’s character is asked by French nationals if he voted for Donald Trump in 2020.

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‘Stillwater’ Review: Matt Damon Gets to the Heart of How the World Sees Americans Right Now

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAmericans are used to watching Americans save the day in movies. That’s the kind of hero Bill Baker wants to be for his daughter Allison — a young woman convicted of murdering her girlfriend while studying abroad — in “Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy’s not-at-all-conventional crime thriller “Stillwater.” The setup will sound familiar to anyone who remembers the Amanda Knox case: Five clicks in to a nine-year sentence, Allison has always maintained her innocence.

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‘Stillwater’: Matt Damon Tears Up During Standing Ovation At Palais Premiere – Cannes

In town for the world premiere of out-of-competition Cannes Film Festival entry Stillwater, star Matt Damon appeared moved by emotion during a near-five-minute standing ovation tonight. The drama, directed by Spotlight Oscar-winner Tom McCarthy, brought the assembled crowd to its feet in the Grand Théâtre Lumière as the lights came up on film’s team, and brought tears to Damon’s eyes.

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Stillwater trailer follows Matt Damon as an Oklahoma father who heads to France to save his daughter

Matt Damon plays a father who heads to a foreign country to save his daughter in the first trailer for Focus Features' Stillwater.The 50-year-old actor plays Bill Baker, an Oklahoma oil rig roughneck who drops everything and heads to Marseilles, France to save his daughter (Abigail Breslin).Despite complications of being in a foreign land with language barriers, Bill makes a new life for himself in the south of France while trying to figure out how to clear his daughter's name when she is charged with a murder she did not commit.

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Matt Damon Tries To Free His Daughter From A French Jail In ‘Stillwater’

Matt Damon sticks out like a sore thumb as an American dad trying to free his daughter from a French jail in the first trailer for the drama “Stillwater”.

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