Khab-e Aram
As reclusive taxidermist Derby Milton looks out a window at his mailbox, local mail carrier Georgie Wits gathers up items for his route, including a decorative lunchbox addressed to Derby. Dwayne Mcl…
Khab-e Aram
As reclusive taxidermist Derby Milton looks out a window at his mailbox, local mail carrier Georgie Wits gathers up items for his route, including a decorative lunchbox addressed to Derby. Dwayne Mclaren (Liam Hemsworth) is a young auto mechanic and former high school football star who desires to get out of Cut Bank, Montana, the small town in which he lives. His attempt to do so sets in motion a series of events that change his life and the town's future. Cassandra Steeley (Teresa Palmer) is Dwayne's girlfriend & supports him in his quest to get out of town. In a rapeseed field, Dwayne McLaren and his girlfriend Cassandra Steeley film a promotional spot for the town of Cut Bank, Montana, in preparation for Cassandra's upcoming performance in a local beauty pageant. Georgie Wits (Bruce Dern) is a USPS delivery man, very old & a bit of a pervert. As Dwayne films Cassandra, Georgie's mail truck comes into view. Georgie exits the truck and is approached by a large man who shoots him. Dwayne and Cassandra hide while he films the attack. The man fires a second shot into Georgie, picks up his body, and loads it into the mail truck. Stan Steeley (Billy Bob Thornton) is Cassandra's father, who upon seeing the video, calls Sheriff Vogel (John Malkovich) for a meeting where Dwayne hands off the video to Vogel, which presents him with Cut Bank's first murder case. Georgie's murderer destroys the mail truck and puts the undelivered mail in a storage container, including the parcel for Milton. At a trailer in a junkyard, where Georgie is hiding, he pays the man, who is a mute Native American named Match. Derby Milton (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a slightly slow guy who was waiting for a package, that was shown to be on Georgie's truck (now in the garage). Stan reveals that he wants to sell his land outside town where he has hosted a successful spare parts business & asks Dwayne to check it out. Dwayne visits the site, which happens to be where Georgie is hiding after faking his death. The next day, Dwayne leaves a copy of the video at the local post office, where the postmaster has filled out an application for Dwayne to receive the six-figure reward offered for providing evidence of violence against a postal worker. Joe Barrett (Oliver Platt) is the USPS inspector who has come down from Washington to investigate the death & if he is convinced, will hand over the money to Dwayne. Joe tells Vogel that he will hand over the money to Dwayne as soon as he sees the dead body. Meanwhile Derby is conducting his own investigation, visits the murder site, and measures shoe prints. He traces the Native American who bought that shoe size & visits him to find the location of Georgie's truck. In the ensuing tussle, Derby kills the Native American Match. Turns out that the Native American was working at Dwayne's auto shop. Dwayne visits Georgie at the trailer. As Dwayne explains that Georgie needs to provide no evidence of his presence here, it becomes clear Dwayne and Georgie have staged Georgie's murder and plan to divide the reward money. Stan discovers Georgie hiding underneath the trailer. Georgie attacks Stan with bolt cutters and hides his body in the back of a van on the lot. But Stan is only deeply concussed. At night Derby comes by to visit the spare parts lot. Georgie had used a cabin envelope with the business address on it to pay the Native American, which Derby found. Georgie insults Derby, when he asks about his parcel. Derby kills Georgie, which is witnessed by Stan who has regained consciousness. When the police arrive to process the murder scene, they are stunned to find Stan alive in the back of the van. As Stan recovers, Dwayne realizes that someone has figured out his scheme. He and Cassandra decide to leave Cut Bank immediately after the pageant. Having figured out Dwayne's role in the scheme, Derby confronts him at the pageant. Dwayne races home and retrieves a rifle, but Derby has already unloaded it. Derby holds him at gunpoint and reveals himself to be an old friend of Dwayne's disabled father who has been protecting animals since he was forced to kill a family of bears, but this has involved murdering people as well, particularly poachers. At the same time, Vogel, investigating an earlier incident with Derby, discovers that Derby has created himself a model family in his basement based on a painting, but the mother lacks the decorative lunchbox from the painting, explaining Derby's obsessive hunt for it. When Cassandra arrives after winning the pageant, Derby takes her hostage too. Dwayne drives Derby to the storage unit. He uses the cap of his Copenhagen to scratch "911" into the driver's side door, hoping the security officer will notice it. Inside the storage unit, Derby quickly finds his parcel and thanks Dwayne for helping him. When he notices Dwayne's "911" message, however, he places two large envelopes over Dwayne and Cassandra's heads, seals them with duct tape, and locks the storage unit. At the security gate, he is preparing to shoot the guard when Sheriff Vogel calls for Derby to come out of the vehicle. Derby drives towards Vogel instead, shooting as he goes. Vogel shoots and kills Derby, who crashes into a tree. Vogel rescues Dwayne and Cassandra. Having worked out the entire scheme, Vogel and the recovering Stan summon Dwayne to the morgue. Vogel has Dwayne put a bulletproof vest underneath Georgie's corpse as he puts a silencer on his gun. He explains to Dwayne that he shouldn't wait around for a lucky break before he leaves town to find a new life. Vogel and Stan agree to cover up Dwayne's scheme, but in return he has to forfeit the reward money and never tell Cassandra what they did. The two men promise to look after his father and Stan provides Dwayne with some money to help him start a new life. Vogel shoots Georgie's corpse twice, and then presents the body to Inspector Barrett. Dwayne and Cassandra drive out of town on their way to Los Angeles.
Khab-e Aram
Drama
Film Details
As reclusive taxidermist Derby Milton looks out a window at his mailbox, local mail carrier Georgie Wits gathers up items for his route, including a decorative lunchbox addressed to Derby. Dwayne Mclaren (Liam Hemsworth) is a young auto mechanic and former high school football star who desires to get out of Cut Bank, Montana, the small town in which he lives. His attempt to do so sets in motion a series of events that change his life and the town's future.
Cassandra Steeley (Teresa Palmer) is Dwayne's girlfriend & supports him in his quest to get out of town. In a rapeseed field, Dwayne McLaren and his girlfriend Cassandra Steeley film a promotional spot for the town of Cut Bank, Montana, in preparation for Cassandra's upcoming performance in a local beauty pageant. Georgie Wits (Bruce Dern) is a USPS delivery man, very old & a bit of a pervert.
As Dwayne films Cassandra, Georgie's mail truck comes into view. Georgie exits the truck and is approached by a large man who shoots him. Dwayne and Cassandra hide while he films the attack.
The man fires a second shot into Georgie, picks up his body, and loads it into the mail truck. Stan Steeley (Billy Bob Thornton) is Cassandra's father, who upon seeing the video, calls Sheriff Vogel (John Malkovich) for a meeting where Dwayne hands off the video to Vogel, which presents him with Cut Bank's first murder case. Georgie's murderer destroys the mail truck and puts the undelivered mail in a storage container, including the parcel for Milton.
At a trailer in a junkyard, where Georgie is hiding, he pays the man, who is a mute Native American named Match. Derby Milton (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a slightly slow guy who was waiting for a package, that was shown to be on Georgie's truck (now in the garage). Stan reveals that he wants to sell his land outside town where he has hosted a successful spare parts business & asks Dwayne to check it out.
Dwayne visits the site, which happens to be where Georgie is hiding after faking his death. The next day, Dwayne leaves a copy of the video at the local post office, where the postmaster has filled out an application for Dwayne to receive the six-figure reward offered for providing evidence of violence against a postal worker. Joe Barrett (Oliver Platt) is the USPS inspector who has come down from Washington to investigate the death & if he is convinced, will hand over the money to Dwayne.
Joe tells Vogel that he will hand over the money to Dwayne as soon as he sees the dead body. Meanwhile Derby is conducting his own investigation, visits the murder site, and measures shoe prints. He traces the Native American who bought that shoe size & visits him to find the location of Georgie's truck.
In the ensuing tussle, Derby kills the Native American Match. Turns out that the Native American was working at Dwayne's auto shop. Dwayne visits Georgie at the trailer.
As Dwayne explains that Georgie needs to provide no evidence of his presence here, it becomes clear Dwayne and Georgie have staged Georgie's murder and plan to divide the reward money. Stan discovers Georgie hiding underneath the trailer. Georgie attacks Stan with bolt cutters and hides his body in the back of a van on the lot.
But Stan is only deeply concussed. At night Derby comes by to visit the spare parts lot. Georgie had used a cabin envelope with the business address on it to pay the Native American, which Derby found.
Georgie insults Derby, when he asks about his parcel. Derby kills Georgie, which is witnessed by Stan who has regained consciousness. When the police arrive to process the murder scene, they are stunned to find Stan alive in the back of the van.
As Stan recovers, Dwayne realizes that someone has figured out his scheme. He and Cassandra decide to leave Cut Bank immediately after the pageant. Having figured out Dwayne's role in the scheme, Derby confronts him at the pageant.
Dwayne races home and retrieves a rifle, but Derby has already unloaded it. Derby holds him at gunpoint and reveals himself to be an old friend of Dwayne's disabled father who has been protecting animals since he was forced to kill a family of bears, but this has involved murdering people as well, particularly poachers. At the same time, Vogel, investigating an earlier incident with Derby, discovers that Derby has created himself a model family in his basement based on a painting, but the mother lacks the decorative lunchbox from the painting, explaining Derby's obsessive hunt for it.
When Cassandra arrives after winning the pageant, Derby takes her hostage too. Dwayne drives Derby to the storage unit. He uses the cap of his Copenhagen to scratch "911" into the driver's side door, hoping the security officer will notice it.
Inside the storage unit, Derby quickly finds his parcel and thanks Dwayne for helping him. When he notices Dwayne's "911" message, however, he places two large envelopes over Dwayne and Cassandra's heads, seals them with duct tape, and locks the storage unit. At the security gate, he is preparing to shoot the guard when Sheriff Vogel calls for Derby to come out of the vehicle.
Derby drives towards Vogel instead, shooting as he goes. Vogel shoots and kills Derby, who crashes into a tree. Vogel rescues Dwayne and Cassandra.
Having worked out the entire scheme, Vogel and the recovering Stan summon Dwayne to the morgue. Vogel has Dwayne put a bulletproof vest underneath Georgie's corpse as he puts a silencer on his gun. He explains to Dwayne that he shouldn't wait around for a lucky break before he leaves town to find a new life.
Vogel and Stan agree to cover up Dwayne's scheme, but in return he has to forfeit the reward money and never tell Cassandra what they did. The two men promise to look after his father and Stan provides Dwayne with some money to help him start a new life. Vogel shoots Georgie's corpse twice, and then presents the body to Inspector Barrett.
Dwayne and Cassandra drive out of town on their way to Los Angeles..