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Release Date: 2006
Cast: William Forsythe, Ron Eldard, Greg D'Agostino, Domenick Lombardozzi, Julianne Moore, Clarke Peters, Latanya Richardson, Edie Falco, Peter Friedman, Aasif Mandvi, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie ...MORE
Cast: William Forsythe, Ron Eldard, Greg D'Agostino, Domenick Lombardozzi, Julianne Moore, Clarke Peters, Latanya Richardson, Edie Falco, Peter Friedman, Aasif Mandvi, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Crime Drama, Crime Thriller, Crime, Drama Film, Thriller, Film Adaptation, Mystery
Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama-mystery film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Richard Price adapted his own novel, which touches on themes of covert racism. Joe Roth directed the film.
The film opens with Brenda (Julianne Moore) wandering through the projects at night. She eventually comes to a hospital, goes into the emergency room and reveals her hands, which are cut and covered in blood.
The film cuts to Lorenzo (Samuel L. Jackson), a policeman, and his partner, who are trying to pick up a criminal on a warrant from the next town. He gets a call about seeing... MORE
Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama-mystery film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Richard Price adapted his own novel, which touches on themes of covert racism. Joe Roth directed the film.
The film opens with Brenda (Julianne Moore) wandering through the projects at night. She eventually comes to a hospital, goes into the emergency room and reveals her hands, which are cut and covered in blood.
The film cuts to Lorenzo (Samuel L. Jackson), a policeman, and his partner, who are trying to pick up a criminal on a warrant from the next town. He gets a call about seeing Brenda, is instructed to take a report on her stolen car, and heads for the hospital.
Brenda is in shock, but after a few minutes, she reveals to Lorenzo that her four year-old son, Cody, was in the back seat of her car when it was stolen. Lorenzo reacts to this with an asthma attack, and one of the hospital's doctors gives him a shot of adrenaline. It is also revealed that Brenda's brother is a policeman in the next, predominantly white, town.
The police begin to search for Brenda's son. Her brother overreacts and calls every police car to seal up the projects and look for clues. Tensions grow as LESS
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