God’s Pocket Dvd

God’s Pocket is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery, his feature film directorial debut. Slattery co-wrote the screenplay with Alex Metcalf, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Richard Jenkins. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to mixed critical reviews, and was picked up for domestic distribution by IFC Films. The film is set in a poor working class South Philadelphia neighborhood modeled on Devil’s Pocket, but filmed in Yonkers and New Jersey.

Hoffman died within two weeks of the film’s premiere at Sundance’s 2014 U.S. Dramatic Competition.

Plot

When a blue collar worker’s stepson is killed in a mysterious accident, he tries to cope, but things become difficult as the characters continue to intertwine in unexpected ways.

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mickey Scarpato
Richard Jenkins as Richard Shellburn
Christina Hendricks as Jeanie Scarpato
John Turturro as Arthur “Bird” Capezio
Eddie Marsan as “Smilin’ Jack” Moran
Peter Gerety as McKenna
Caleb Landry Jones as Leon Hubbard
Domenick Lombardozzi as Sal Cappi
Joyce Van Patten as Aunt Sophie
Molly Price as Joanie
Bridget Barkan
Lenny Venito
Glenn Fleshler as Coleman Peets
Matthew Lawler
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Eddie McGee as Petey Kearns