"A true tall tale."
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
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Robert Duvall
Felix Bush
Bill Murray
Frank Quinn
Sissy Spacek
Mattie Darrow
Lucas Black
Buddy
Bill Cobbs
Rev. Charlie Jackson
Gerald McRaney
Rev. Gus Horton
Scott Cooper
Carl
Chandler Riggs
Tom
Lori Beth Sikes
Kathryn
Linds Edwards
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