Robert De Niro, bless his soul, he’s a national treasure and his career go something like this: De Niro does occasional prestige projects with people like Martin Scorsese and then most of the other time these days, he does movies like “Last Vegas” where he teams with other veterans/old-timer actors like Morgan Freeman and Michael Douglas in broad comedies. That seems to be the gist of “The Comeback Trail,” a ‘70s filmmaking comedy about a scam artist film producer who falls in debt to the mob, and then to get out of hock, finances a badly written Western movie in the hopes of the production killing its aging star. It almost seems like something Tarantino-esque or one of those ‘90s knock offs.
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The cast includes Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, and Eddie Griffin and the reason this film probably got this cast it did is because it’s directed by George Gallo, known for writing “Midnight Run” and “29th Street,” and for directing things like “Middle Men” with Luke Wilson and “Columbus Circle,” with Selma Blair and Giovanni Ribisi. At least it’s no ‘Dirty Grandpa’ or whatever.
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Here’s the official synopsis:
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
“The Comeback Trail” is written by George Gallo and Josh Posner, and produced by Patrick Hibler, Phil Kim, David E. Ornston, Richard Salvatore. Cloudburst Entertainment, the distributor is set to release the film on November 13. Check out the trailer below and let us know if this is one you’re putting on your fall calendar.
