The Walker

The Walker
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Paul Schrader
Produced by	Deepak Nayar
Written by	Paul Schrader
Starring	Woody Harrelson Kristin Scott Thomas Lauren Bacall Lily Tomlin Willem Dafoe
Music by	Anne Dudley
Cinematography	Chris Seager
Editing by	Julian Rodd
Distributed by	Kintop Pictures
Release date(s)	10 August 2007 (UK) November 2007 (USA)
Running time	107 min
Country	United States  United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£ 6000.000 (estimated)
Preceded by	Light Sleeper (1992)

The Walker is a drama film that was written and directed by Paul Schrader and was released in 2007. It is a British-American independent production and was proclaimed to be the latest installment in Schrader's "night workers" series of films, starting with Taxi Driver in 1976, and then followed by American Gigolo in 1980 and Light Sleeper in 1992. The Walker shares a similar plot to that of American Gigolo.

Contents 1 Description 2 Principal cast 3 Critical reception 4 References 5 External links

Description

The Walker is about a Washington, D.C.-based homosexual professional escort for woman socialites, who is charged with a murder.

The film features Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily Tomlin, and Lauren Bacall.

It received positive critical reviews in its premiere run in the Berlin, Sydney, and Cambridge film festivals. The Walker was sent right to DVD due to poor ratings but played in a independent film theater for two weeks in Dorris, California

Principal cast

• Woody Harrelson as Carter Page III
• Kristin Scott Thomas as Lynn Lockner
• Lauren Bacall as Natalie Van Miter
• Ned Beatty as Jack Delorean
• Moritz Bleibtreu as Emek Yoglu
• Mary Beth Hurt as Chrissie Morgan
• Lily Tomlin as Abigail Delorean
• Willem Dafoe as Senator Larry Lockner

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of 7 December, 2007, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 51% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 39 reviews.^[1] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 7 reviews.^[2]

References

External links

• Official website
• The Walker at the Internet Movie Database
• The Walker at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Walker at Metacritic

• The Walker at Box Office Mojo
• The Walker at Allmovie
• The Walker: Times Online film review
• The Walker review

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v • d • e Films directed by Paul Schrader Blue Collar (1978) • Hardcore (1979) • American Gigolo (1980) • Cat People (1982) • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) • Light of Day (1987) • Patty Hearst (1988) • The Comfort of Strangers (1990) • Light Sleeper (1992) • Touch (1997) • Affliction (1997) • Forever Mine (1999) • Auto Focus (2002) • Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) • The Walker (2007) • Adam Resurrected (2008)

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