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Seven Psychopaths Filmmaker Martin McDonagh Hopes To Revisit Musical With Tom Waits

Seven Psychopaths Filmmaker Martin McDonagh Hopes To Revisit Musical With Tom Waits

One of my favorite movies to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival was Seven Psychopaths, which was written and directed by Irish playwright-turned-filmmaker Martin McDonagh.  Beginning in the mid-1990s, McDonagh caused quite a stir in New York's theater world with his funny, macabre plays,  The Beauty Queen of Leenane,  A Behanding in Spokane and The Pillowman. And in 2008, he turned heads in the film world with his debut feature, In Bruges, which he also wrote and directed.  (If you haven't seen that film, you should before CBS Films releases Seven Psychopaths on Oct. 12. It's a dark comic gem with genuine emotional depth about two hit men who go on the lam when a job goes wrong. more »

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WATCH: Walken and Farrell Sling Around The F-Word In Seven Psychopaths Red Band Trailer

WATCH: Walken and Farrell Sling Around The F-Word In Seven Psychopaths Red Band Trailer

There are few things more satisfying in this world than hearing Christopher Walken say the word "fuck."  Yes, his now-classic Saturday Night Live declaration of "I've got a fever and the prescription is more cowbell" is one of them, but let's stay focused here.  Walken and his co-star Colin Farrell let their filth flags fly in the Red Band trailer below for In Bruges director Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths. more »