The Fiery Furnaces - I’m Going Away
A Coen Brothers’ dark comedy and aesthetic homage to Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show. Sandra Bullock and Frances McDormand play the native Texan wives of Midwest immigrants William H. Macy and Tom Hanks who sink both of their families’ savings into opening Texas’ first John Deere tractor dealership. The wives produce a series of increasingly elaborate local television commercials and events at local fairgrounds that draw attention, but undermine the husbands’ roles in the business success. The action culminates in Corpus Christi during a Hurricane Celia in August of 1970. Cloris Leachman cameos. LISTEN
