The Sunset Limited
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings
- Summary: Samuel L. Jackson is an ex-con named Black who stops professor White (Tommy Lee Jones) from jumping in front of a train to commit suicide. They end up having a conversation about life and death in this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy play.
- Genre(s): Drama
- Show Type: Hasn't Aired
- Season 1 premiere date: Feb 12, 2011
- Episode Length: 120
- Air Time: 10:00 PM
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100Well, subject matter doesn't get more profound than life and death, but, thanks to McCarthy's writing and the two veteran actors, we're completely drawn into the discussion, so much so that we're taken by surprise as McCarthy careful injects another possible interpretation of the play's set-up.
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80HBO's The Sunset Limited--faithfully adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2006 play and directed by its co-star, Tommy Lee Jones--more than overcomes the challenge of getting a satisfying piece of theater to work on a TV screen.
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50I imagine it is a challenging acting exercise and a fascinating debate. But like Jones' character, I just can't bring myself to care.
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50Granted, the acting in this two-man play is brilliant, but the film itself is strictly for master thespians on the loose--and people who are desperate to get into restaurants that won't take their reservations.
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