15 years ago, my sister and a few high school friends trekked to the Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
The late Harry Dean Stanton was nominated for best actor for his performance in Lucky released by Magnolia Pictures. We spoke the film’s director John Carroll Lynch on the red carpet at the IFP Gotham Awards 2017.
There is a certain irony to Harry Dean Stanton’s final role as the titular “Lucky” in fellow character-actor John Carroll Lynch’s (Zodiac, American Horror Story) directorial debut.