Themes: Lone Wolves, Fighting the System, Stop the Wrecking Ball
Main Cast: Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Paul Fitzgerald, Christina Rouner, Robert Wisdom
Release Year: 2004
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A man wages a one-man war against corrupt real-estate developers in this independent comedy drama. Nat Banks (Roger Rees) is a genially eccentric gentleman farmer who minds a Virginia estate that has belonged to his family for generations. Nat is not especially good at managing his money and has fallen deep in debt, so when a pair of real-estate men from Washington, D.C., make an offer for the place, Nat agrees under the condition that the house will be maintained as it is and he will be allowed to stay there for the rest of his life. However, Nat soon finds the businessmen are not good to their word, and he's to be moved out of his home into a nearby rental house. Refusing to leave his land, Nat moves into a cave near the creek that runs near the estate, and when the new owners go South for the winter, Nat breaks into his former home and hatches a plan to win back his estate with the help of some friends. Crazy Like a Fox was the first feature film from stage director Richard Squires, and was produced through The Delphi Film Foundation, a non-profit film production house. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Paul Fitzgerald - Will Sherman; Christina Rouner - Ellie Sherman; Robert Wisdom - Sheriff Fowler; Mark Joy - John Randolph; Michael Goodwin - Judge Robinson; Tom Bloom - Alden Chase; Myrrh Cauthen - Mary Johnson; Howard Coon - Tick Bean
Credit
Beth Bowling - Casting, Kim Miscia - Casting, Kimba Hills - Co-producer, Dagmar Witmer - Co-producer, Donna Zakowska - Costume Designer, Richard Squires - Director, Sheri Bylander - Editor, Gary Grieg - Editor, Richard Squires - Composer (Music Score), David Kane - Composer (Music Score), Kinnereth Remington - Production Designer, Gary Greig - Cinematographer, Patricia Foulkrod - Producer, Bill Warrell - Producer, Richard Squires - Screenwriter, Bob Hein - Supervising Sound Editor
Crazy Like a Fox is a 2004dramaticcomedy about a man who is evicted from his eighth-generation family home and farm in Virginia and fights to win it back. The film stars Roger Rees and Mary McDonnell and was directed by Richard Squires. It was shown at the Savannah Film and Video Festival in the United States on October 25, 2004 and played in three New York City theaters from May 5, 2006 to May 18, 2006. It was also released on DVD in 2006 through its production company, the Delphi Film Foundation.
