The details: Richard Gere, who generally plays wealthy businessmen and other professionals, takes on
the role of a homeless man in the third feature directed by Oren Moverman (Rampart, The Messenger).
Not exact matches
Charley's mom walked out when he was young, and his dad is a beer - bellied slob (played by one - time Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel, here looking more like the redneck version
of his rugged «Vikings» character), not a bad guy, but no
role model either, getting drunk after work and using what remains
of his homecoming - king charm to bring home local women (it's a part better suited to Steve Zahn, who appears later, miscast as an abusive, borderline -
homeless man).
he plays a mentally unstable
homeless man, god he is good, one
of his best
roles.
However, Joe Pesci is the wrong person for the
role, delivering one
of his worst performances as the
homeless man with wisdom to spare.
Gere appears in the Festival in Oren Moverman's Time Out
of Mind — which he also produced — starring as a
homeless man desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter in one
of his most vital
roles yet.