Synopsis
At the end of 1952, with the best years of his career behind him, country music legend Hank Williams hires a local kid to drive him through the Appalachian countryside for a pair of New Years shows in West Virginia and Ohio.
2011 Directed by Harry Thomason
At the end of 1952, with the best years of his career behind him, country music legend Hank Williams hires a local kid to drive him through the Appalachian countryside for a pair of New Years shows in West Virginia and Ohio.
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The Last Ride: A Story of Hank Williams, Последната обиколка, 행크 윌리엄스의 마지막 여행, 最后的骑士
The two lead actors do a fine job, especially Henry Thomas as a unpleasant and deeply cynical Hank Williams. Jesse James seems real and understated. The production value is okay for a low budget film... except for one thing: terrible greenscreen for all of the shots inside the car. All the car scenes (and there's quite a bit) are filmed in the most fake looking stage with the worst greenscreen containing images of the road behind them. Anything good built up in the film is repeatedly yanked away by the atrocious rear projection and identical straightforward camera setups, which has the effect of making the film look like the lowest grade TV production. It really does a disservice to Thomas,…