Willie Nelson’s previously unreleased track, “Midnight Run,” will be featured in the dramatic film Lawless starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce. Nelson’s song is included on the movie’s soundtrack set for release on August 28, 2012 by Sony Music, and he’ll be appearing on August 25th at the Alamo Draft House in Austin for a special advance screening to show his support of the film.
Directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road) from a script by Nick Cave, The Weinstein Company’s Lawless hits theaters on August 31st.
“You see Lawless and you hear the music Nick Cave and Warren Ellis created for the film, and Willie and his music come to mind immediately,” stated TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein. “He is more than a natural fit. His music is lawless, and his contribution to this film we’re so proud of is one of the most organic unions I’ve ever been a part of.”
“It is important that true stories like these from America’s past are kept alive,” said Nelson. “I didn’t hesitate to collaborate on this project as someone with a deep love for Western history and of course country music.”
The Plot:
Lawless is the true story of the freewheelin’ Bondurant brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. This is the story of the rural hard-men that created the big city gangsters. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime’s first major gold rush. The youngest brother, JACK (LaBeouf), fancies himself the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost.
Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family’s small-scale moonshining operation to the big leagues to impress the gorgeous but off-limits Amish girl, BERTHA (Mia Wasikowska). The middle brother, HOWARD (Clarke), is the brawling muscle – loyal but reckless – never one to turn down a taste of white lightning. And eldest brother, FORREST (Hardy), reluctantly accepts the changing times with grace and grit, leading the family with strength of character and silent determination against the beginnings of corporate greed. An enigmatic and stunning MAGGIE (Jessica Chastain) comes to town with a hidden past, igniting his passion and almost saving him in the process.
As the Bondurants’ legend grows, so too does the danger, and it’s not long before the brothers must face the consequences of their transgressions or rewrite the myth and the law themselves.
