Screening of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satirical eco black comedy 'Digger', with Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed and John Goodman.
Digger is showing at MAC Birmingham on Tuesday 27 October at 6:45pm and Wednesday 28 October at 3:00pm. It's the latest from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who directed and co-wrote it, and it's a satirical eco black comedy with Tom Cruise in the lead. Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a wealthy Southern oil tycoon whose company's Greenland drilling dislodges a glacier; he declares himself the only man who can save humanity and sets off on a frantic mission to prove it before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything.
About thirty minutes in, there's a Brechtian reveal: the film is actually a rehearsal for a revival of a play called Fossil Fools. The supporting cast fits right into that frame: Sandra Hüller plays Digger's half-sister, Jesse Plemons is the play's producer, and Riz Ahmed plays Ganesh, the scientific advisor. John Goodman takes on the role of the US President.
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The film's own notes describe it as an epic stylised comedy that blends Dr Strangelove with Birdman, and early reviews have been divisive, though a Best Actor nomination for Cruise is considered a guarantee. Tickets start from £11.95, with the first screening on Tuesday evening and a matinee on Wednesday afternoon.
