Grand Theft Parsons
2003 · Movie · PG-13 · 88 min · ★ 6.0 · 46% critics
After a country-rock musician dies in the early 1970s, a loyal friend sets out to honor an unusual promise involving a desert farewell. What follows is a strange, darkly comic road chase built around friendship, duty, and a story almost too odd to believe.
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Details
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2004-06-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 46/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (46 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy offbeat, lightly dark road comedies like Elvis & Nixon; Not for you if you want a reverent music biography or steady laughs.
Pros: quirky true-story hook; dark road-trip humor; strong comic pairing | Cons: uneven pacing; limited music focus; divisive factual liberties
Themes
- hippie
- chase
- musician
- rock star
- 1970s
- oath
- hearse
- wish fulfillment
- corpse in coffin
- death wish
- joshua tree
- california desert
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Johnny Knoxville
as Phil Kaufman
Christina Applegate
as Barbara
Gabriel Macht
as Gram Parsons
Marley Shelton
as Susie
Robert Forster
as Stanley Parsons
Michael Shannon
as Larry Oster-Berg
Mary Pat Gleason
as Nurse
Wesley Mann
as Doctor
Dylan Bruno
as Traffic Cop
Danielle Sapia
as Girl at Joshua Tree Inn
Directed by David Caffrey