![]() The auditorium was at about seventy five percent capacity. Perfect.Īt 1:00 the show began after only one G-rated preview (something about two tigers separated at birth – I think I’ll take a pass on that one). When we arrived a few seats were filled in the 440 seat auditorium but we were still able to get seats right in the center, exactly where I wanted. ![]() Gradually, we discover that Donnie is carrying guilt and shame from years ago, when his father remortgaged the property to aid his son’s musical career, leaving the family in debt.Sponsor Show Your Support Become a PatronĪt 12:30 PM I met a friend in the foyer and we headed into the theater. He’s got “a lot going on in his head”, Joe tells Steven Kurutz, the New York Times reporter who comes to visit the family and write up their story (the script is based on Kurutz’s article ‘Fruitland’) as their popularity grows. ![]() While Donnie is clearly the more musically talented of the brothers - Joe plays drums, Donnie writes the song and is a multi-instrumentalist - he’s also the more volatile. Before long there’s talk of a live performance at the record label’s anniversary show in Seattle. ![]() But with a groundswell of internet fandom for ‘Dreamin’ Wild’, the album they rehearsed all those years ago in a specially built room on their father’s farm, his initial reluctance gives way when a first royalty check comes in. ![]() When Matt arrives with talk of re-releasing the old album, it opens up old wounds for Donnie, which Pohlad gradually sprinkles through the film. Donnie has never given up his dreams of making music, still harbouring hopes with his musician wife Nancy (Zoey Deschanel) still harbours hopes of touring venues. ![]()
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