Daddy and Them | |
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Directed by | Billy Bob Thornton |
Written by | Billy Bob Thornton |
Produced by | Larry Meistrich |
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Cinematography | Barry Markowitz |
Edited by | Sally Menke |
Music by | Larry Paxton Marty Stuart Kristin Wilkinson |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million |
Daddy and Them is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton. In addition to Thornton, it stars John Prine, Laura Dern, Andy Griffith, Ben Affleck, Kelly Preston, Diane Ladd, Brenda Blethyn, Tuesday Knight, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jim Varney in his final film appearance before his death in February 2000.
Daddy and Them was filmed in 1998 in the wake of Thornton’s success with Sling Blade and was originally planned as a theatrical release. The release was ultimately delayed by Miramax, who found the film not "commercial" enough. The film debuted at the Newport International Film Festival on June 6, 2001. Miramax eventually aired the film on Showtime in January 2003[1] and released it on DVD on January 13, 2004.[2]