Behanding in spokane new york

Presenting Carmichael with a cagey will-he-or-won't-he attitude, Walken holds spectators in the palm of his hand. He hits his peak during a late-in-the-play telephone conversation with his mother who, it seems, has broken both ankles falling out of a tree from which she was trying to free a balloon.

The time it takes for Walken to complete the hilarious call is all the time needed to reveal an actor working at the top of his carefully defined form. The rest of the cast plays along effectively. Kazan does some neat scene-stealing, especially in a sequence where she vamps Mervyn; Mackie's nervous-as-a-tic Toby matches some of McDonagh's previous ineffectuals; and Rockwell's Mervyn captures the self-satisfied blockheads McDonagh has thrust forward elsewhere.

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We already have this email. Try another? My Account My Profile Sign out. And in Nowhere, USA he is now in a hotel, making phone calls to his 90 year-old mother and waiting for the latest contact to return with a hand that might belong to Carmichael.

Which is not a good thing. There follows a lot of menacing by Walken and cowering by Marilyn Zoe Kazan and Toby Anthony Mackie the duo who cooked up the scheme of ripping Carmichael off with a hand that clearly was not his. Hostage situation ensues with everyone doing pretty much what Carmichael asks. Handcuffs and gory bits follow, but without a lot of blood — how lovely! Carmichael exits to take care of some business and leaves behind a candle burning in a gas can as insurance that either he will be satisfied with his search or Marilyn or Toby will go up in flames.

Before Carmichael returns there are some logistical concerns here, like why our hostages, Marilyn and Toby, never use the phone to call the police, and why do they throw shoes at a Molotov cocktail all set to go off when the candle burns down without considering that a big old shoe might knock gas can and candle over with not so good results?

After Carmichael returns they never quite make it back onto the court. Mervyn arrives early on in his burgundy polyester vest, fully formed, and ready to tolerate all comers. A Behanding in Spokane may be a love letter to Walking, but there is an enormous post script devoted to Mervyn. The pairing of Walken and Rockwell is a marvel. Two men twisted up like snakes ready to leap out of a can once you remove the lid.