Daddy and Them

Cast: Michael Jeter, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Varney, Amanda Foreman, Diane Ladd, Laura Dern, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Andy Griffith, Kelly Preston

Director: Billy Bob Thornton

Rating: R

Synopsis:

Welcome to America's Heartland, home of hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves... and Claude and Ruby Montgomery. Never has a couple in these parts been as madly in love, nor as often at odds. When news reaches them that Claude's Uncle Hazel has been arrested for attempted murder, they head to the family homestead in Little Rock to lend their support. As the extended family reunites, it quickly becomes clear that, with this bunch, anything goes and everyone speaks their mind. It's a tasty mix of ambrosia salad, armed robbery, sex talk, head on collisions and a Macarena monkey...

Billy Bob's Movie Straight To TV
Showtime Networks has picked up TV rights to the Miramax Films title "Daddy and Them," a dark comedy written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, reports The Hollywood Reporter Based on Thornton's original story about a...