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''Cold in July'' is a 2014 American independent crime drama film directed by Jim Mickle, written by Mickle and Nick Damici, and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, and Nick Damici. The film takes place in 1980s Texas and is based on the novel of the same name by author Joe R. Lansdale. Hall plays a man who kills a burglar, whose father (Shepard) subsequently seeks revenge. The plot is further complicated when a private investigator (Johnson) shows up. The project had a long gestation, and production did not begin until seven years after Mickle read the novel. Mickle and Damici had previously written about feminist themes in ''We Are What We Are'' (2013) and wanted to cover more masculine themes. Filming took place over 25 days in the Hudson Valley area of New York. It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. IFC Films theatrically released the film in North America on May 23, 2014, where it grossed $427,418. The film is "Certified Fresh" at Rotten Tomatoes and has an 85% approval rate. It was released on DVD on September 30, 2014. ==Plot== Ann Dane, startled by the sound of a door window breaking, wakes her husband, Richard; he accidentally shoots the intruder, Freddy Russell, a wanted felon. Richard is shaken by the experience but attempts to move on with his life. Richard visits the cemetery on the day of Freddy's burial where Freddy's father, Ben—a paroled convict—accosts Richard in his car, making a veiled reference to Richard's son, Jordan. Alarmed, Richard picks up Jordan from school and arranges for Ann to meet them at the police station. Though Ben follows him to his son's school the police decline Richard's request for help. However when the Danes' arrive home to find their front door busted in the house is put under police protection. While the cops posted around - and one guard inside - the house wait hoping to catch Ben when he returns, it turns out that Ben in fact never left and has been hiding in the house's crawlspace since the initial break-in. He emerges and knocks out the guard, then hides in Jordan's room and locks the door. When Richard is alerted to Ben's presence inside the house via the sound of water dripping from the open crawlspace hatch, he manages to alert the observing police and break down Jordon's door. However Ben has already escaped out the window and to a nearby river, and is finally tracked to Mexico where he is apprehended. The police invite Richard to the station to close the case and while there Richard notices a wanted poster for "Frederick Russell", who looks different from the "Russell" that he shot. Richard attempts to point out the contradiction officer Ray Price, but Ray dismisses this as a trick of memory due to shock and refuses to discuss the possibility, repeatedly. Richard sees Ben taken away in an unmarked police car, which he follows. He sees the police forcibly remove Ben from the car ; they inject him with an unknown substance, leave him on train tracks and splash him with alcohol. Richard sees a train approaching and saves Ben who does not believe Richard's claims that the man he shot was not Freddy. They exhume Freddy's grave and Ben confirms that the man inside is not his son. Ben notes that the top-half of the man's fingers have been cut off to prevent identification. Ray Price visits Richard at work and claims that Freddy changed his appearance to avoid capture, explaining the discrepancy in the wanted poster. Richard is also visited by Jim Bob Luke—a private investigator known by Ben—who learns that Fred Russell is tied to several news stories about the shooting death of a burglar. Jim theorizes that after Freddy became involved with the Dixie Mafia, he was caught by Federal investigators, who faked Freddy's death and placed him in Witness Protection in exchange for information. Jim, Richard and Ben learn that Freddy might be living in Houston as "Frank Miller" and attempt to meet him at home. Instead they find home videos which turn out to be snuff films featuring Freddy Russell beating a prostitute to death with a baseball bat. Richard wants take the tape to the police but Jim believes the police know about the videos but are unconcerned; Freddy is far more valuable as an informant against the Dixie Mafia and the prostitutes are illegal immigrants whom no one will miss. Ben resolves to kill his own son at any cost. They track Freddy to a remote mansion where he and his associates are making another snuff film. They infiltrate the mansion and begin killing everyone they encounter. When Freddy is the last survivor, Ben hesitates to kill him, leading to Jim getting shot. Freddy is able to shoot both Richard and Ben before Ben finally wounds him. Ben declares himself as Freddy's father and shoots his son in the head before bleeding out, himself. Jim and Richard set the mansion ablaze to conceal the evidence and rescue the hostage prostitute. Jim recovers from his wounds while Richard returns home to his family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cold in July (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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