Jayne Mansfield’s Car

Theatrical - Limited 2013-09-13

Cast Billy Bob Thornton Robert Duvall Robert Patrick Kevin Bacon Frances O'Connor John Hurt
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
Written by Billy Bob Thornton

Genres: Drama Independent

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7/10

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The film is set in 1969 Alabama, with three World War II vets, the Caldwell brothers (Thornton, Bacon and Patrick), and a World War I patriarch (Duvall) whose family is in a cultural clash with a London family that due to... See more unforeseen circumstances, finds them in the Caldwell’s town.

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