LOS ANGELES () - Miracles and booze -- an improbable pairing that immediately attracted star Luke Wilson when he first-class honours degree read the script of "Henry Poole Is Here," a kinky film drama that debuts in theaters on Friday.
Wilson told he attached to the seemingly-doomed agonist, Henry Poole, and the movie's affecting, uplifting message about personal redemption.
The 36 year-old doer, who along with his brother Owen Wilson made a constitute for himself in low-budget films such as "Bottle Rocket" and "Rushmore," aforementioned the combination of both drama and comedy in the story of religious awakening likewise appealed to him.
"It has a lot of foxy humor in it," Wilson said. "Even when all Henry wants to do is buy booze, he keeps getting dragged into these conversations, and I love the idea of this curmudgeon who has to handle with hoi polloi despite himself."
When Poole learns he has a fatal disease, he moves back to his old neighbourhood to drink himself to death. But ruining his self-destructive plan are deuce neighbors and what whitethorn, or may not, be a heaven-sent water stain on the side of his theatre.
On one side of Poole lives a nosy, slightly crazy woman, Esperanza (Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza), world Health Organization thinks she sees the face of God in the stain. On the other side is a single ma, Dawn (Radha Mitchell), wHO cares for a deaf-mute daughter.
Esperanza's religion coupled with Dawn's friendly relationship, conspire to bring Henry back from the brink of a major self-disaster.
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