The Woodsman (2004)

Name: The Woodsman
Genre: Drama
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Eve, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt

The Woodsman

Drama

Documentary

Release Date: December 24, 2004
Director: Nicole Kassell
Cast: Kevin Bacon , David Alan Grier , Eve , Kyra Sedgwick , Benjamin Bratt , Carlos Leon
Runtime: 87
Main Genre: Drama
Writers: Steven Fechter , Nicole Kassell
Tagline: Nothing can undo the past.
Website: http://www.thewoodsmanfilm.com/

Summary

Kevin Bacon, an indispensable fixture of American cinema over the past 20 years, delivers his finest performance in The Woodsman, a harrowing and moving tale of one man’s attempt to re-enter society. After twelve years in prison, Walter (Bacon) arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie (Kyra Sedgwick), a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law (Benjamin Bratt), shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police office, Detective Lucas (Mos Def). After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. The Woodsman -- based on a play of the same name, directed by Nicole Kassell produced by Lee Daniels, to be distributed domestically by Newmarket Films -- is an unnerving, ultimately hopeful portrait of compulsion and hard-won redemption.