Small Town Murder Songs
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| Directed by | Ed Gass-Donnelly |
| Produced by | Lee Kim Ed Gass-Donnelly |
| Written by | Ed Gass-Donnelly |
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Peter Stormare Martha Plimpton Aaron Poole Jill Hennessy |
| Music by | Bruce Peninsula |
| Cinematography | Brendan Steacy |
| Edited by | Ed Gass-Donnelly |
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3 Legged Dog Films
Resolute Films and Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Kinosmith (Canada) Monterey Media (United States) |
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76 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $30,858 |
Small Town Murder Songs is a 2010 Canadian crime-thriller directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010. The film is written by Gass-Donnelly, produced by Gass-Donnelly and Lee Kim, and stars Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, and Martha Plimpton.
Small Town Murder Songs was shot in Conestogo Lake, Listowel, Baden, Ontario and Palmerston in Ontario, Canada.
The film has been given a limited theatrical release in the United States beginning on May 26, 2011.
The official website for the film provides this synopsis: "A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life."
Stephen Holden, writing for The New York Times, explained the story:
Ed Gass-Donnelly's rural crime drama, Small Town Murder Songs, punctures the veneer of bucolic quiet in a mostly Mennonite farming community in Ontario. Beneath a deceptive calm, it uncovers a core of fear and loathing as ominous as the backwoods world of Winter's Bone. The protagonist, Walter (Peter Stormare), is a stocky, middle-aged policeman whose violent past has made him a local pariah... Walter's newfound equilibrium is put to the test when the body of a young woman is found near a lake. It is the town's first murder in decades. The 911 phone call reporting the discovery is quickly traced to Rita, who lies to the police when questioned and insists that her new lover, Steve (Stephen Eric McIntyre), was with her on the evening of the crime. The investigation quickly reveals that Steve and the victim were both seen that night at a nearby strip club.
In March 2011 it was announced that Monterey Media had acquired the United States distribution rights. The limited United States theatrical release began May 26, 2011 at the O-Cinema in Wynwood, Miami, Florida. Monterey Media is set to release the film on DVD on July 19, 2011.
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