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Watch an exclu­sive new trail­er for Jim Cum­mings’ Thun­der Road

14 Mar 2019

Words by Hannah Strong

A man with a mustache wearing a police uniform, standing in a room with chairs behind him.
A man with a mustache wearing a police uniform, standing in a room with chairs behind him.
This dark­ly fun­ny tale announces its cre­ator as a major comedic talent.

Adapt­ed from his 2016 Sun­dance Grand Jury Prize-win­ning short film of the same name (in turn named for a Bruce Spring­steen song), Jim Cum­mings’ Thun­der Road tells the sto­ry of a hap­less police offi­cer in small­town Texas who’s try­ing to come to terms with the death of his mother.

At the same time, he’s deal­ing with a messy divorce, and try­ing to be a good father to his young daugh­ter. It’s a scrap­py, often hilar­i­ous and infi­nite­ly charm­ing debut from the mul­ti-hyphen­ate star.

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We were big fans of the film when it played at the BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val in Novem­ber last year, and spoke to Cum­mings at the time about his cre­ative process and the chal­lenges of self-dis­trib­ut­ing a fea­ture film.

Check out the brand new UK trail­er below and see Thun­der Road in cin­e­mas on 31 May.

A man with arms raised stands in the middle of a desert landscape, surrounded by a police car and a cafe sign. The title "THUNDER ROAD" appears prominently in the foreground in large, bold text.

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