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The thing about a journey, no matter how long or short it is,
you're never sure what's going to happen next.
The traveler can always expect to be tested.
-- Vann Siegert


OWEN WILSON stars as Vann Siegert, a placid drifter who rolls into a quaint coastal 
town looking to start over.  Vann is so kind, so thoughtful, and so downright likable, 
that his presence almost seems negligible.  Vann's seemingly the nicest, simplest guy you
could ever meet. 

Upon arriving in town, Vann takes up residence in the house of a fragile couple,
masochistic Doug, (BRIAN COX) and his alternately tough and tender wife Jane (MERCEDES RUEHL).
He rents their missing daughter's supposedly private room. Soon Vann takes on the role of
kindly confessor, confidant and secret friend to Doug and Jane, each precariously drawn to
Vann's charming innocence and open ease.

Meanwhile Vann gets a job at the post office on Doug's recommendation and begins to date a
fellow worker, the free-spirited Ferrin (JANEANE GAROFALO). The closer Ferrin tries to get 
to Vann, the more a cipher he remains.

As Vann makes a success of his life in this tiny town, however, mysterious forces 
seem to pull him in dangerous directions.  Throughout his journey, Vann carries on 
a surreal dialogue with two hard-boiled detectives (DWIGHT YOAKAM, DENNIS HAYSBERT), 
who are trailing not just his every move but his deepest internal motives.

When a series of locals begin to disappear, it becomes clear that some sort of eerie 
subtraction is at work among the lonely and lost of this sleepy suburb.  People look 
toward Vann, but no one can quite put their finger on who he is.  Vann is in fact who 
each person wants him to be, a blank reflection.  

A darkly witty and disquieting look at what can lie beneath the surface of normality, 
THE MINUS MAN is written and directed by Hampton Fancher and is based on the novel of 
the same title by Lew McCreary.  Fancher, who authored the screenplay for the acclaimed 
sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner, makes his directorial debut.  

The Shooting Gallery and Fida Attieh Productions present in association with Donald 
C. Carter, a Hampton Fancher film, THE MINUS MAN.  Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox, 
Mercedes Ruehl, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert and Sheryl Crow star.  Edited by Todd Ramsay, 
the production designer is Andrew Laws, the director of photography is Bobby Bukowski, 
and Kimberly Adams-Galligan is the costume designer.  The music is by Marco Beltrami.  
Mary Vernieu and Joseph J. DiMartino are the associate producers; and the executive producers 
are Larry Meistrich, Steve Carlis and Keith Abell.  THE MINUS MAN was produced by David Bushell 
and Fida Attieh and was written for the screen and directed by Hampton Fancher.