God's Pocket Trailer

God's Pocket seems to be an ordinary working class neighbourhood at face value; full of people with ordinary jobs and ordinary families. However, a dark undertone begins to show when Mickey Scarpato's insane stepson Leon dies following a so-called accident at a construction site. Mickey wants people to believe he slipped and fell to his death (not that anybody cares that the town is short of a man like Leon), but Leon's mother Jeanie is desperate to know what really happened. While Mickey tries to comfort his wife, Jeanie is approached by a shameless reporter named Richard Shellburn who is also investigating any mystery behind the death. All Mickey wants is the body in the ground and a large debt of his to be repaid - but it looks like his life is about to get a whole lot more complicated.

'God's Pocket' is tense drama set in the 1970s and based on the novel of the same name by Pete Dexter ('The Paperboy', 'Paris Trout'). It has been directed by Primetime Emmy nominated actor John Slattery (actor in 'Mad Men', 'Iron Man 2' and 'The Adjustment Bureau') alongside his co-writer Alex Metcalf ('Red Team', 'An American Affair', 'Hope Street'), and also serves Philip Seymour Hoffman's final movie role. Having been nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2014 upon its premiere, the movie is due for public release in the UK on August 8th 2014.