"Old Joy" is the story of two old friends, Kurt and Mark, who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. It is a minimalist story of friendship, loss and alienation in the Bush era. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, it is part of a long series of carefree adventures. As the hours progress and the landscape evolves, the twin seekers move through a range of subtle emotions, enacting a pilgrimage of mutual confusion, sudden insight, and recurring intimations of spiritual battle. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring in an old growth forest, they must either confront the divergent paths they have taken or somehow transcend their growing tensions in an act of forgiveness and mourning.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 16m
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2006
STARRING: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg, Keri Moran
DIRECTOR(S): Kelly Reichardt
PRODUCER(S): Lars Knudsen, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Jay Van Hoy
WRITER(S): Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond
STUDIO: Kino International