Traveller is an American film released in 1997, starring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianna Margulies. The plot centers around a man joining a group of gypsy-like con artists in rural North Carolina. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... David Blocker is a film producer. ... William Bill Paxton (born May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Golden Globe award nominated American actor and film director. ... Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer, formerly known as rapper Marky Mark. ... Julianna Margulies on the cover of Marie Claire Julianna Luisa Margulies is an actress whose role on the NBC drama ER brought her recognition and fame. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Bill Paxton (born May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Golden Globe award nominated American actor and film director. ... Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer, formerly known as rapper Marky Mark. ... Julianna Margulies on the cover of Marie Claire Julianna Luisa Margulies is an actress whose role on the NBC drama ER brought her recognition and fame. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ...
PLOT
At the start of the film, Pat leaves a train with a casket. After waiting for a long time (enough to smoke more than 5 cigarettes) a hearse pulls up. Asking the driver what took so long, the driver replies, that the dead man. (Pat's father) is in no hurry. Pat and the hearse driver end up at a funeral. Pat is suprised that so many people are waiting for his father's funeral. The hearse driver says it is easter. The traveller's are only together at Easter so they have been waiting a while to bury the dead.
Pat is introduced to the elders.
At the end, Bokky (Paxson) drives off with his new sweeheart (Marguiles) and her daughter. Pat leaves with the father of Kate. The story ends at this point.
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Maybe in 10 years you'll rent a movie, and there'll be an old preview for Traveller at the beginning, and you'll try to remember it, because you lived through the '90s and it seems sad that so much of it didn't sink in.
According to the movie, a traveller is a male, small-time con-artist affiliated with a larger family of con artists.
I was annoyed to find the bad guy was referred to only as "the Turk." He was played by a bald actor with bad skin and seemed a pleasant enough guy, even though Double D and Paxton kept saying he's a jerk.
Since The Traveller is an Iranian film rather than some Nickelodeon franchise with a Taco Bell tie-in, Qassem's quest is depicted with a minimum of cuteness and sentimentality.
Kiarostami was born in 1940, trained as a visual artist and first became known as a director of TV commercials.
The fact that so many Iranian films use children as their subjects is often explained as a way for the filmmakers to deal with issues and ideas that would otherwise land them in trouble with government censors.
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