The Iron Orchard
Film poster
Directed byTy Roberts
Written byGerry De Leon
Ty Roberts
Produced byHouston Hill
Ty Roberts
Camille Scioli-Mcnamara
George Sledge
Starring
CinematographyMathieu Plainfossé
Edited byJames K. Crouch
Ty Roberts
Music byDuncan Thum
Production
companies
Santa Rita Film Co.
Wildcatters Network
Distributed bySanta Rita Film Co.
Release dates
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageEnglish

The Iron Orchard is a 2018 American historical-drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Ty Roberts. The movie was first shown on May 5, 2018, at the Dallas International Film Festival and was limited released on February 22, 2019, in the United States. It is based on the 1966 novel by Tom Pendleton.[1]

Plot

In 1939, Jim McNeely works in the West Texas oilfields. He works and becomes a wildcatter.

Cast

Release

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Iron Orchard has an approval rating of 28% based on 18 reviews.[2] On Metacritic, another review aggregator which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews"[3]

Kimber Myers from the Los Angeles Times said that "though there are some well-framed shots from cinematographer Mathieu Plainfossé, the script from Gerry De Leon and director Ty Roberts is lifeless, covered in a layer of dust that the cast can't rouse it from."[4] Jeannette Catsoulis writing for The New York Times stated: "Seemingly nostalgic for a period when West Texas roughnecks settled scores with baseball bats and laid pipe with pickaxes, this lovingly made homage to avarice feels strangely limp. Instead of gushing, it trickles."[5] American film critic and historian Joe Leydon liked the movie and his review for Variety wrote: "Garrison strikes the perfect balance of cocksure swagger and not-so-quiet desperation while offering a credible and creditable portrayal of a man forever on the verge of plunging into the abyss because of the same instincts that initially fuel his ascent. He and supporting players Cobrin and Nichols help to make “The Iron Orchard” an absorbing story, even if you wind up wishing more of that story had been told."[6] Glenn Kenny from the RogerEbert.com gave Beneath the Leaves only 1.5 out of 5 stars and stated: "As competently put together as this movie is, it imparted to me no sense of a higher calling, and thus left me unmoved."[7] Anthony Lane from The New Yorker magazine also disliked the film, stating that "the musical score is overcooked, the cast underpowered, and the dialogue something of a mishmash..."[8]

References

  1. ↑ "The Iron Orchard".
  2. ↑ "The Iron Orchard". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Iron Orchard (2019)". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Myers, Kimber (March 2019). "Reviews: Supernatural 'Stray', dystopian 'Level 16', Jean-Claude Van Damme and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette (28 February 2019). "'The Iron Orchard' Review: Black Gold and Blackhearted Men". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Leydon, Joe (28 February 2019). "Film Review: 'The Iron Orchard'". Variety. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Kenny, Glenn. "The Iron Orchard". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Lane, Anthony (22 February 2019). "The Grim Rapacity of "The Iron Orchard"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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