The World Made Straight
for language including sexual references, drug content and violence.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Thriller Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 59 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2015 |
| USA Release: |
January 9, 2015 DVD: February 17, 2015 |
rebellious young man
rural Appalachian communities
Civil War massacre and its ramifications
sin/evil and the fall of man
How do I know what is right from wrong? Answer
How can I decide whether a particular activity is wrong? Answer
Are we living in a moral Stone Age? Answer
escaping violence
marijuana
| Featuring |
Haley Joel Osment … Minka Kelly … Dena Noah Wyle … Leonard Jeremy Irvine … Travis Adelaide Clemens … Lori Sandra Ellis Lafferty … Mrs. Ponder See all » |
| Director |
David Burris |
| Producer |
Bifrost Pictures Dreambridge Films Myriad Pictures |
| Distributor |
“For blood. For money. For a way out.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Set in the early 1970s, ‘The World Made Straight’ is an adaptation of North Carolina writer Ron Rash’s acclaimed novel of the same name. In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, young and rebellious Travis Shelton (Jeremy Irvine) finds himself ensnared in the violence of the past and the subtle evils of the present. The film also stars Noah Wyle, Minka Kelly and Haley Joel Osment.
Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Ron Rash. Set in a community heavy with a dark past and dangerous present, the film follows a rebellious young man, Travis (Jeremy Irvine), as he struggles to decide between the dark path he is on and the chance at a new life.
The book is described as follows: Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property near his North Carolina home, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours on the forest floor, he’s released from the trap by the shrewd and vicious farmer who set it—but he can no longer ignore the subtle evils that underlie the life of his small Appalachian community.
Before long, Travis has moved out of his parents” home to live with Leonard Shuler, a one-time schoolteacher who now deals a little pot to make ends meet. Travis becomes his student, of sorts, and the fate of these two outsiders becomes increasingly entwined as the community’s violent past and corrupt present bear down on each of them from every direction.”
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