Escanaba in da Moonlight
Escanaba in da Moonlight is a 2001 American comedy film written, directed, and starring Jeff Daniels. It is a comedy about hunting and hunting traditions and is set (and filmed) in the Escanaba, Michigan area. The film uses Upper Peninsula language and slang. The movie is the film adaptation of the play of the same name, which premiered at Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan.
Plot
Reuben Soady (Daniels) goes to the hunting camp cottage, otherwise known as deer camp, with his father Albert (played by Harve Presnell), brother Remnar (Joey Albright) and Jimmy "The Jimmer" Negamanee from Menominee (Wayne David Parker). If Reuben, now 43, doesn't manage to shoot a buck by the end of the season, he will become the oldest Soady in recorded history not to have achieved this task, a taboo that leads people in the community to believe he is jinxed.
More details
author | Jeff Daniels |
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contentLocation | Michigan |
director | Jeff Daniels |
editor | Robert Tomlinson |
genre | comedy |
keywords | dnr end evil spirit hunt jinx kimberly norris guerrero michigan department of natural resources native american native americans in the united states possess shoot |
musicBy | Alto Reed |
producer | Tom Spiroff |
productionCompany | Purple Rose Films |
theme | independent magic realism |