Original Title: Butter
Year: 2011
Genre:
Comedy
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 6,2 (DINO Rating: 5,8)
Country: USA
Language:
Director: Jim Field Smith
Writer: Jason A. Micallef
Composer: Mateo Messina
Producer: Kelly Carmichael, Michael De Luca, Jennifer Garner, Juliana Janes, Ben Ormand, Alissa Phillips, Lisa C. Satriano, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Garrett Schenck, Kristen Schaal, Jason Yudoff, Phyllis Smith, Judy Leavell, Joe Chrest, Deana Ricks, Yara Shahidi, Kelly Tippens, Dodie Brown, Jeanne Evans, Cindy Creekmore, Christine Scheller, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Corddry, Ashley Greene, Olivia Wilde, Brett Hill, Corena Chase, Hugh Jackman, Mark Oliver, Andrew Daly, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael C. 'Mike' Allen, Jennifer Benton, Charlotte Biggs, Gavin Casalegno, Heather Cates, Pearce Chadwick, Cassie Tobin Chappell, Tracy Chappell, Marian Drey, Laine Dubroc, Ted Ferguson, Jed Fox, Jude Gavi, Kevin A. Green, Rachel Greene, Lindsey Hallen, Rj Hanson, Juanita Harrison, Jb Jaura, Herb Johnston, R. Todd Jones, Avery Kelley, Austin Kennedy, Michael Kober, Joy Kate Lawson, Ryne Little, Caleb Long, Shelli McCollister-Fox, Aidan McFarland, Eric Kelly McFarland, Robin McGee, Daniel Mignault, Austin William Morgan, Daniel Nix, Jonathan O'Rear, James Paul, Cynthia Riser, Shelby Schneider, Alice Searcy, Keri Shahidi, Molly Jane Sullivan, Lanie Taylor, Jody Thompson, David Lee Valle, Chevy White
Description: In Iowa, laid-back Bob has won the state fair's butter-carving contest 15 years running; his tightly-wound and hard-charging wife Laura sees Bob becoming governor, so when the contest organizers ask him to step aside so others can win, she's incensed; when Bob won't protest, she decides to enter herself. In the county contest, she's up against Destiny, an African-American foster child, and Brooke, a prostitute Bob hasn't paid. When things don't go Laura's way, she enlists the help of Boyd, an old boyfriend. Laura's step-daughter and Destiny's foster parents are in the mix as things heat up at the state fair. What are Destiny and Laura's destiny?
Comments: Jim Field Smith's gentle satire Butter stars Jennifer Garner as Laura Pickler, the wife of the longtime winner of a local butter-carving contest. When he decides to bow out of this year's competition, she can't imagine the family not having the title, so she begins to train herself. Her biggest rival turns out to be a young adopted African-American girl named Destiny (Yara Shahidi), who has a natural gift for sculpture. As the competition gets more and more fierce, Laura resorts to drastic measures, convincing an old flame to perform some dirty tricks in order to get the upper hand. Butter screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. — Perry Seibert
Duration: 90 minutes (at 23.976 frames per second)
File path: Z:\05947. Butter (2011)\Butter (2011).avi
Filesize: 1712 MB
Video: XviD - resolution: 720x304
Audio:
Subtitles: English, Serbian