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6.8/10   222 votes
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Director:
Todd Rohal
Writer:
Todd Rohal (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A feast for the senses... a challenge for the brain.
Plot:
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
How Can I See That Tff 2009 Film?
 (From Tribeca Film. 6 May 2009, 8:30 AM, PDT)

Will Oldham Says "Goodbye"
 (From Filmmaker Magazine. 9 March 2009, 2:06 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
One of the best films of the year more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Katy Haywood ... Turkeylegs
Ken Byrnes ... Mr. Turnupseed
Will Oldham ... Donald Turnupseed
Sheila Scullin ... Sadie
Rich Schreiber ... Stool
Kathleen Kennedy ... Ethel Firecracker
Cory McAbee ... Spank Williams
Ivan Dimitrov ... Ivan
Andy Nadler ... Barnard
Jim Ligons ... Curtis
VaLonda Harris ... Delabia
Sam Myers ... Lunchmeat
Andy Sheffer ... Neckface
T.J. Bream ... Leonard
Christopher Morse ... Insurance Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the best films of the year, 13 May 2006
10/10
Author: mjpwyatt from Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Underneath the initial exterior---humor and absurdity that is, The Guatemalan Handshake is a true movie with such depth in themes, characters, and perspectives that it will make you laugh and scathe you at the same time.

Throughout T.G.H, the narrative scenes are presented to us objectively, and while there's great humor, the kind where we as an audience choose to laugh because of our own judgment, that same stylistic approach that's present throughout the whole movie progressively has an entirely different effect where we see for the first time, not through our own eyes, but through Ronald's. The ending at the same time resolves nothing, and everything, or to be more accurate, shows us that there was never anything to be resolved in the first place.

This movie is one of my favorite movies released this year, and a movie for its genre, one that's unmatched in complexity, dialogue, and in character development. There is so much in this movie that's revealed to the audience on several different levels that while very entertaining, requires the viewer's patience as we are there only to watch, and only until the attend do we really understand and in turn think back in nostalgia.

This movie, is a must see.

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