Peacock (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Lander |
| Produced by | Barry Mendel |
| Written by |
Michael Lander Ryan Roy |
| Starring |
Cillian Murphy Ellen Page Susan Sarandon Josh Lucas Bill Pullman |
| Music by | Brian Reitzell |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Edited by |
Sally Menke Jeffrey M. Werner |
| Distributed by | Mandate Pictures |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Peacock is a 2010 American psychological thriller directed by Michael Lander, written by Lander and Ryan Roy, and starring Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page and Susan Sarandon. It was editor Sally Menke's final film.
John Skillpa (Cillian Murphy), a quiet bank clerk living alone in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, prefers to live an invisible life in order to hide his secret: He has multiple personality disorder, the implied result of childhood trauma inflicted by his abusive mother. His alter ego is a woman, Emma, who each morning does his chores and cooks him breakfast before he starts the day. One day while he is using the outside yard clothesline as Emma, a freight train caboose derails and crashes into John's backyard. When his neighbors come to the scene, "Emma" enters his house, putting John's other life into the spotlight, so he is forced to tell his neighbors that Emma is his wife, married in secrecy. Forced to fool the town into believing he and his alter ego are man and wife, John and Emma must maintain their secret while in public view.
The town mayor, Ray Crill (Keith Carradine), and his wife Fanny (Susan Sarandon) come to see John to try to host a political rally in his backyard in support of the incumbent candidate for the federal elections for senator. John is unwilling to do so, but Emma agrees. Fanny runs a women's shelter in the small town of 800, and convinces Emma to hold the rally in order to raise funds for her organization. She agrees, but the next day, John has a mental breakdown at work when he meets the Crills. John is afraid, under the mayor's stipulation, that the two be present for the ceremony, presenting obvious problems that would reveal his identity. He phones the railway company to have it removed immediately, in order to avoid the confrontation.
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