![]() By the time he was 3 years old, Henry and his family had moved to Kansas, then Arizona, and then New Mexico. Henry tells his son that he was born in New York. What Henry does talk about to Wyatt is how he made something of himself after a life of hard knocks. Henry and Wyatt are also grieving over the death of Marie, but they have the type of household where these feelings are not openly discussed. These memories are shown in flashback scenes that are like pieces in a puzzle that eventually reveal the answer to a mystery. However, there are things in his past that haunt him. Henry is a stern and strict taskmaster who’s not very talkative, and he doesn’t express deep emotions very easily. Marie’s brother Al Hobbs (played by Trace Adkins) regularly visits the farm to help out when he’s needed. Henry’s wife/Wyatt’s mother, Marie Hobbs McCarty, died of tuberculosis in 1896, at the age of 35. (The movie was actually filmed in Waterton, Tennessee.) Henry McCarty (played by Nelson) is a widower who lives on a farm with his son Wyatt McCarty (played by Gavin Lewis), who is about 16 or 17 and is reluctant to follow in his father’s footsteps of being a farmer. ![]() “Old Henry” (written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli) takes place over a few days in 1906, in the territory of Oklahoma. Led by a memorable performance by Tim Blake Nelson, “Old Henry” is also a family drama that tackles issues of father-son relationships and how a family can shape someone’s identity. However, the movie has different layers and a few twists that are eventually revealed in this suspenseful and intriguing story. Stephen Dorff in “Old Henry” (Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios)Īt first glance, “Old Henry” seems to be another Western about a bank robbers and gun shootouts. Drama, Gavin Lewis, Max Arciniega, movies, Oklahoma, Old Henry, Potsy Ponciroli, reviews, Scott Haze, Stephen Dorff, Tim Blake Nelson, Trace Adkinsīy Carla Hay Tim Blake Nelson in “Old Henry” (Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios)Ĭulture Representation: Taking place in 1906 in the Oklahoma territory of the United States, the Western drama film “Old Henry” features a predominantly white cast of characters (with one Latino) representing the working-class and middle-class.Ĭulture Clash: A widower farmer and his teenage son find themselves in a violent standoff in their home, after they take in a mysterious, wounded stranger, who is accused of being a bank robber on the run.Ĭulture Audience: “Old Henry” will appeal primarily to fans of Westerns that have good acting and suspenseful twists to the story. ![]()
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