There are actors you simple want to see face off, whether in a physical fight, a duel, or even in a cat and mouse game: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, the inevitable Ben Affleck vs Matt Damon crime movie where they fight for control of a Dunkin Donuts in Boston. Two actors that have gathered acclaim (and even one Oscar nomination) yet haven’t won the kind of renown that some of these other actors have, are Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham. If you’ve ever wanted to see these two actors face-off on camera, you’re in luck.
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The latest trailer for “The Quarry” is all about building up the inevitable confrontation between these two powerhouse actors. Scored to Ryan Bingham’s original song “The Man,” the trailer introduces us to a small Texan town’s no-nonsense sheriff (Shannon) who gets very suspicious about the new reverend that just moved into town (Whigham). Our reviewer thought the film to be ” a sun-baked neo-noir in the grand tradition of “Blood Simple” and “Red Rock West,” in which a small, dusty town conceals dark secrets and buried bodies.”
“The Quarry” was scheduled to have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival this year before the event was forced to cancel due to the coronavirus, and it is now out on VOD.
Here’s the synopsis:
From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter’s sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.
