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Earthwork
Directed by
Chris Ordal
PG
2011
1h 33m
Drama
7.5
75%
96%
10.0
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The story of real-life crop artist Stan Herd. In 1994, Stan risked everything and traveled from Kansas to New York City to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump.
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Cast of Earthwork
John Hawkes
Stan Herd
Zach Grenier
The Mayor
Bruce MacVittie
Peter B. Kaplan
Chris Bachand
Ryan
Scott Allegrucci
Andy Weiss
Laura Kirk
Janis Herd
Charlotte Kyle
Pregnant Woman
James McDaniel
Lone Wolf
Christie Scanlin Dobson
Nina Kurtz
Whitney Wegman-Wood
Pedestrian
Brendon Glad
Cage
Sam Greenlee
El-Trac
Jon Niccum
Joseph Gerringer
Jackson Hoy
Young Stan Herd
Keaton Hoy
Evan Herd
Chris Ordal
Director / Writer
Bruce Francis Cole
Director Of Photography
Brad Roszell
Editor
Earthwork Ratings & Reviews
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
It is a story that would have been better served by a documentary rather than the oddly uninvolving film it became.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Alison Gang
While we're grateful for Ordal's introduction to this atypical artist, the film's focus on the sentimental side of the story is at the expense of showing us enough of his terrestrial achievements.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
Hawkes is finally getting the great roles he has long deserved.
Movie Marker Magazine
Dan Lybarger
It's a rare film that makes viewers love a fellow who takes needless chances.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
"Earthwork" takes an unexpected swerve but one that adds layers of meaning and emotion to a film that is as beautiful and wrenching as it is unassuming.
Entertainment Spectrum
Keith Cohen
The movie's numerous strengths include the cinematography by Bruce Francis Cole, the editing of extraneous material to 93 seamlessly flowing minutes by Brad Roszell and an upbeat, soothing guitar-heavy instrumental score by musician David Goodrich.
Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
Hawkes' performance reflects the gentle unaffectedness of Ordal's writing and directing. Earthwork hasn't any big bombastic moments. Instead it worms its way into your good graces slowly and thoughtfully until you're hooked.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Earthwork turns a potentially fascinating, infuriating story of failure into a dull, nave civics lesson.
Boxoffice Magazine
Pam Grady
Ordal certainly picked the right moment of Herd's career to memorialize, because while the tale seems to follow a predictable path, it eventually veers off into a different direction.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
An unchallenging, simplistic drama that's grounded by John Hawkes' genuinely tender and charismatic performance.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
Drama about the many challenges faced by an earthwork artist from Kansas as he takes on a project in New York City.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Character actor John Hawkes, his rural demeanor tailor-made for hick pics, breaks through typecasting stereotypes in his nuanced portrayal of crop artist Stan Herd in Chris Ordal's ambitious Earthwork.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
John Hawkes brings a laconic soulfulness to this ultra-low-key, only mildly involving tale of artistic pursuit.
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
Challenging docudrama about a quixotic crop artist.
Hollywood & Fine
Marshall Fine
Slight and, I'm afraid, slightly forgettable..The film lives and breathes because of Hawkes, a lank actor with a craggy face, sad eyes and a winning, open smile.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Directed, written and produced by Chris Ordal, "Earthwork" is best left to TV.
NPR
Ian Buckwalter
Earthwork's narrative follows too-familiar templates, and its characters lack the careful detail of Herd's own art.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Imagine spending an afternoon watching a bunch of vagrants putter around on an abandoned city lot, and you've pretty much nailed the viewing experience of "Earthwork," a painfully dull account of a year in the life of the Kansas crop artist Stan Herd.
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
Like Herd, the movie strives for a connection with land and labor typically missing from depictions of urban life, and provides a timely model for finding value in lean circumstances and humble company.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
An effective, low-key dramatization of the true story of a crop artist.
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