In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist2009

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: R
Runtime: 117 minutes

In the Electric Mist (French title: Dans la brume électrique) is a 2009 Franco-American mystical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, written by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confeder… more »



Elrod Sykes:
Ya ever see the lights in the cypress trees at night?

Dave Robicheaux:
That's swamp gas. It'll ignite and all that across the water. It's like ball lightning.

Elrod Sykes:
No sir, that's not what it is. It's these guys that are wounded by the lake. They have lanterns coming from some of the ambulances. A lot of the soldiers had maggots on their wounds. It's the only reason they lived. It's 'cause the maggots ate out the infection.

Dave Robicheaux:
You been drunk a long time, Elrod. Pretty soon all the trees and alligators will be talking to you.

Elrod Sykes:
Yeah... I wasn't drunk. This guy... a General... was standing on a crutch right by the water when he said to me, 'You and your friend, the Law Man, must repel them'.

Dave Robicheaux:
I think you're delusional. You might wanna think about goin' to uh A-A meeting with me one time.

Elrod Sykes:
Maybe I was a little drunk.

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