Downtown Owl, based on the novel by Chuck Klosterman, is a Reagan-era dark comedy set in the fictional town of Owl, North Dakota, in the days leading up to the region’s blizzard of the century. When Julia Rabia (Lily Rabe), a restless English teacher, moves to Owl from cosmopolitan Milwaukee, she throws herself into the lives of the locals.
Despite being unsure whether she’s attempting to escape from home, or desperately trying to find it, Julia begins to let loose and forges friendships and romances that blur the lines between appropriate and totally messed up. From Horace (Ed Harris), a retired farmer with a secret, to Vance (Henry Golding) a depressed, bison farming Romeo, to Mitch (August Rosenstein), a lovelorn backup quarterback, Julia becomes part of a community that’s trying to invent its own happiness… even in the heart of a blizzard.
Downtown Owl is a 2023 American comedy drama film directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, in their directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Linklater. It is based on the 2008 novel by Chuck Klosterman. The film is produced by Rabe, Bettina Barrow, Linklater (in his debut production), and Rebecca Green under Kill Claudio Productions, Three Point Capital and Esme Grace Media, in association with Stage 6 Films. It stars Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, August Blanco Rosenstein, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wittrock, and Henry Golding.
Downtown Owl (2024)
Directed by: Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater
Starring: Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, August Blanco Rosenstein, Vanessa Hudgens, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wittrock, Henry Golding, Arianna Jaffier, Arden Michalec, James Craven, Emma Halleen
Screenplay by: Hamish Linklater
Production Design by: Francesca Palombo
Cinematography by: Bart Cortrigh
Film Editing by: Nena Erb
Costume Design by: Kimberly Leitz
Set Decoration by: Melissa Pritchett
Art Direction by: Cheri Anderson, Andrea Bursott
Music by: Bone Burnett
MPAA Rating: R for language, some drug use and sexual references.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date: June 8, 2023 (Tribeca Festival), April 23, 2024 (United States)
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