George Washington

David Gordon Green's postcard from a small Southern town. When a boy accidentally dies during an innocent game, his friends hide the body instead of going to the police. While the brat pack has to suddenly deal with grown up choices, the gravity of the situation is upended by rail workers having conversations in the background that sprinkle Green's typical comedy into the plot. In his four star review, Roger Ebert called the scope cinematography by Tim Orr the best of the year and the images do extract from the dusty roads and littered yards while excellent roles by improvising amateurs reinforce the feeling of documentary truth. Shot with a budget of $42 000, this cinematic meditation on hard world choices guaranteed critical acclaim. "TimeOut" magazine found Green's standout debut like Gummo redone by Terrence Malick.