- The Pallbearer
Infobox Film
name = The Pallbearer
caption = A comedy about life-long crushes, mistaken identity and one really bad eulogy.
director =Matt Reeves
producer =J. J. Abrams
Paul Webster
writer =Jason Katims Matt Reeves
starring =David Schwimmer Gwyneth Paltrow Toni Collette Barbara Hershey Michael Vartan
music =Stewart Copeland
cinematography =Robert Elswit
editing =Stan Salfas
distributor =Miramax Films
released = 1996
runtime = 98 min.
imdb_id = 0117283"The Pallbearer" is a
1996 film starringDavid Schwimmer ,Gwyneth Paltrow ,Toni Collette ,Michael Vartan ,Michael Rapaport andBarbara Hershey .Plot
The Pallbearer is a dark comedy about Tom Thompson (
David Schwimmer ), a 25 year old man who sleeps in a bunk bed and lives with his mother. One day Tom is contacted by an old high school classmate's mother, Ruth Abernathy (Barbara Hershey ), to tell him that his "best friend," Bill Abernathy, committed suicide, and is asked to give a eulogy at the funeral. Tom does not remember her son, but out of sympathy attends the funeral as a pallbearer and accidentally begins a relationship with Bill's needy mother. While Tom struggles to remember her son, the two develop a romance. Meanwhile, Tom's unrequited high school crush (Gwyneth Paltrow ) re-enters his life.External links
*Imdb title|id=0117283|title=The Pallbearer
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