HARRY DEAN STANTON FEST 2025
LUCKY
+ Q&A with Ed Begley Jr.
"A bittersweet meditation on mortality, punctuating the career of beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton."
—Rotten Tomatoes
A 90-year-old atheist (Harry Dean Stanton) has outlived and out-smoked his contemporaries, and as he comes to terms with his own mortality, he searches for ever-elusive enlightenment.
ABOUT ED BEGLEY JR.
Ed Begley Jr. is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. Begley's film appearances include Blue Collar (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), She-Devil (1989), Batman Forever (1995), Pineapple Express (2008), and Lucky (2017).
Begley and Stanton were friends for decades. Lucky was the fifth project in which they co-starred. They also used to work on the New York Times crossword puzzle every morning via telephone!