Old Joy (15)
- Consumer Advice: Contains strong language
- Run time: 1 hour 13 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 26th January 2007
- Starring: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith
- Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
- Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/oldjoymovie
- Distributor: Soda Pictures
Plot Synopsis
OLD JOY is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Will Oldham) and Mark (Daniel London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. OLD JOY is a minimalist story of friendship, loss and alienation in the Bush era.
For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, it is part of a long series of carefree adventures. As the hours progress and the landscape evolves, the twin seekers move through a range of subtle emotions, enacting a pilgrimage of mutual confusion, sudden insight, and recurring intimations of spiritual battle. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring in an old growth forest, they must either confront the divergent paths they have taken, or somehow transcend their growing tensions in an act of forgiveness and mourning.