The first film from director Martin Hynes follows 19-year-old Mercer on an epic West Coast road trip as he tries to find his estranged brother Arlen and tell him of their mother's death. Mercer begins his journey by stealing a car from a Eugene, Oregon car wash, but does not know that the owner's (Zooey Deschanel) cell phone is still in the car. Finding the ne'er do well Arlen is a much harder task than Mercer had anticipated, as he has left a trail of very angry people in his wake, but Mercer begins to develop a relationship with the car's owner along the way, which greatly affects his journey and the people he meets along the way. "The right—flickering—mixture of loneliness and enchantment, and with jokes that come at you from just around the bend." (New York Magazine) Deschanel hooked up with the composer of the lively score, M. Ward, to create the pop duo She & Him. more at thego-getter.com 35mm
2008, color, 1 hour 33 minutes, USA