The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt), a yoga instructor, brings her husband Tim (Jake Johnson), a gym teacher, and their 3-year-old son Jude (Jude Swanberg) to house-sit in a client's house for a few weeks while the client is away. He walks back up to the house and, finding Lee waiting for him, kisses her. Looks like the site is more popular than we thought! At first he wants to dig up the surrounding ground to see if a body is buried there, but Lee convinces him it is a bad idea. [10], The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015. Digging for Fire premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015. Max leaves the house when Ray reappears and Tim accuses Ray of ruining his night. Digging for Fire is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Joe Swanberg and co-written by Swanberg and Jake Johnson. She replies that she is "digging for fire". Tim returns to the backyard and uncovers a ring and what appears to be a human hand before he decides to stop digging. [])), +((!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+[])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![])+(!+[]-(!![]))+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![])+(+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]))/+((!+[]+(!![])-[]+[])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])-[])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![]+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![])+(!+[]+(!![])-[])+(!+[]+(!![])+!![]+!![]+!![]+!! She replies that she is "digging for fire". Directed by Joe Swanberg. [1], The film was shot over 15 days[2] in Los Angeles[8] and Malibu, California. While walking around the property, Tim finds a gun and a bone in the backyard. [5], Digging for Fire features an ensemble cast,[6] the largest Swanberg had worked with at the time. The couple are vacationing in the fancy Malibu home of one of Lee’s yoga clients, a place far beyond the couple’s own financial reach (a fact which is quickly made known). [20], Film critic Richard Roeper described Digging for Fire as "a movie made by someone who clearly loves the art of movies" and praised the casting and editing. They are described as old to denote wisdom and experience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lease enable Cookies and reload the page. 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Billy pairs off with Alicia and Ray with Max while Tim continues to dig. Over a couple of weeks, he and a group of his friends dug up various objects before deciding to bury them again. Lee goes to a bar alone, where she meets Ben (Orlando Bloom). [3][4] Swanberg wanted the actors to improvise the details of each scene and allowed them to make choices about their characters: for instance, Orlando Bloom decided that his character would ride a motorcycle, Chris Messina suggested that his character go swimming naked,[4] and Brie Larson persuaded Johnson and Swanberg that her character would not be sexually attracted to Tim. 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[25] An Banh of Indiewire opined that the film was the most "emotionally mature" of Swanberg's works and that each of the actors gave "purposeful, plot-driven performances" in spite of the large cast. Johnson described the experience to Joe Swanberg about three years later and they decided to make a film about it. The singer sees the old woman digging and asks her if she is "looking for the mother lode", which he envisions as gold, riches or wealth in some form. It later expanded to 30 theaters and earned a total of $119,364 from its 38-day run. When Lee and Jude leave for the weekend to stay with her parents so that Tim can work without distraction on the family's taxes, he invites a group of friends—including Ray (Sam Rockwell), Phil (Mike Birbiglia), Adam (Kent Osborne), and Paul (Steve Berg)—to the house for the night. This process is automatic. Meanwhile, Lee goes to visit her sister Squiggy (Melanie Lynskey) and brother-in-law Bob (Ron Livingston) for an afternoon after complaining to her mother that she no longer feels she has an identity outside of being a mother and wife. Google's been no … Digging For Fire (2015) instantly establishes the relationship between Tim (Jake Johnson) and Lee (Rosemarie Dewitt) as one of standard matrimonial convention. They have a son, Jude (Jude Swanberg); frequently bicker about … Digging for Fire is a promising peek into the future of Swanberg, and one that only signals more to come. Shortly after its premiere, The Orchard and Sony Pictures Worldwide acquired North American and international distribution rights respectively. The song reached number 11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 62 in the UK. [16] The film was given a limited release in American theaters on August 21, 2015, earning $25,000 from three locations on its opening weekend.