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In the Electric Mist (2009)

R 117 min  -  Crime | Drama | Mystery  -   15 April 2009 (France)
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A detective in post Katrina New Orleans area has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of friendly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching and corrupt local businessmen.

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Jerzy Kromolowski (screenplay), Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Lee Jones ...
John Goodman ...
Peter Sarsgaard ...
Mary Steenburgen ...
Kelly Macdonald ...
Justina Machado ...
Ned Beatty ...
James Gammon ...
Pruitt Taylor Vince ...
Levon Helm ...
Buddy Guy ...
Julio Cedillo ...
Cholo Manelli (as Julio Cesar Cedillo)
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John Sayles ...
Gary Grubbs ...
Sheriff
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Storyline

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before. Written by anonymous  

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Plot Keywords:

Corpse | Drunk Driving | Mobster | Deep South | Movie Star  | See more »

Taglines:

No one can escape the sins of the past.

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Dans la brume électrique See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Germany: (Berlin International Film Festival)  | USA: (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The U.S. Army installation Ft. Hood in Texas, is named after Gen. John Bell Hood (Levon Helm's character), the site of the 2009 massacre. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Tommy Lee bashes the guy's head into the pay phone at the bus station, his head clearly goes between the phone and the divider, not hitting anything. See more »

Quotes

[first Lines]
Dave Robicheaux: My name's Dave Robicheaux. I'm an alcoholic. Sometimes I'm tempted to have a drink. But I never do.
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Connections

Follows Heaven's Prisoners (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Terre tremblante"
Written by Dirk Powell
Composed by Marco Beltrami
Performed by Dirk Powell and Courtney Granger See more »