An eccentric mountain man is on the run from the authorities, surviving the winter by breaking into empty vacation homes in a remote community. Regularly calling into radio talk shows — where he has acquired the nickname "Buster" — to rant about the impending Inversion at the turn of the millennium, he is haunted by visions of being lost at sea, and memories of his former life as a family man. Buster (Rami Malek) was once Jonah, a hard-working husband and father whose job as the night-shift concierge at a hotel took its toll on his psyche and, consequently, his marriage to the sensitive Marty (Kate Lyn Sheil) — until a chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter (DJ Qualls) changed the course of their lives forever. As the solitary present-day Buster drifts from house to house, eluding the local sheriff at every turn, we gradually piece together the events that fractured his life and left him alone on top of a snowy mountain, or perhaps in a small rowboat in the middle of a vast ocean — or both.

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Buster's Mal Heart  (2016)

Mystery/Drama/Suspense/Thriller · 1h 36m · 5/23/2017

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The Inversion is Coming

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An eccentric mountain man is on the run from the authorities, surviving the winter by breaking into empty vacation homes in a remote community. Regularly calling into radio talk shows — where he has acquired the nickname "Buster" — to rant about the impending Inversion at the turn of the millennium, he is haunted by visions of being lost at sea, and memories of his former life as a family man. Buster (Rami Malek) was once Jonah, a hard-working husband and father whose job as the night-shift concierge at a hotel took its toll on his psyche and, consequently, his marriage to the sensitive Marty (Kate Lyn Sheil) — until a chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter (DJ Qualls) changed the course of their lives forever. As the solitary present-day Buster drifts from house to house, eluding the local sheriff at every turn, we gradually piece together the events that fractured his life and left him alone on top of a snowy mountain, or perhaps in a small rowboat in the middle of a vast ocean — or both.

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Status

Released

Language

English
Source
Cast
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Rami Malek

Buster
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DJ Qualls

The Last Free Man
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Kate Lyn Sheil

Marty
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Sukha Belle Potter

Roxy
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Toby Huss

Deputy Winston
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Lin Shaye

Pauline
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Mark Kelly

Oscar
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Bruce Bundy

Ranger Meg
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Teresa Yenque

Adelita
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Jared Larson

Dale
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Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Mrs. Bowery
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Nicholas Pryor

Mr. Bowery
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R.J. Burns

Ryan (as RJ Burns)
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Gabriel Clark

Bill Western
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Lily Gladstone

Morning Shift Concierge
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Chris Torma

Detective
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Shi Ne Nielson

Local Newscaster
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Ricky Hartung

Ophthalmologist
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Tom Cordingley

Mormon Bishop
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Franklin Ruehl

Quack Scientist (as Dr. Franklin Ruehl)
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Nick Knudsen

Radio DJ #1 (voice)
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Greg Behrendt

Radio DJ #2 (voice)
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Pickle

Cat
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Kate Berlant

Phone Sex Operator (voice)
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Diana Damron

Rude Guest
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Christopher Kriesa

Subdued Preacher
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Michael Cline

Evangelical Preacher
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Kimberly Arland

Network Newscaster
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Jenny Leonhardt

Kathy Rose
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Ruth Zalduondo

Maria Cueyatl
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Jennifer Lafleur

Psychic Commercial Voice (voice)
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Sandra Seacat

Public Access Psychic
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Ross Partridge

Psychic Caller (voice)
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Wally Dalton

Ranger Joe
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Joel McNeal

Deputy Sheriff
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Travis W Bruyer

Detective (uncredited)
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Lynn Ann Leveridge

Psychic (uncredited)
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Kendra Mylnechuk

Dog Owner (uncredited)
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Haroula Rose

Horoscope (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
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Sarah Adina Smith

Director
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Sarah Adina Smith

Writer
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Disc Releases
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Buster's Mal Heart

(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))

7/18/2017

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Buster's Mal Heart

(Blu-ray)

7/19/2017

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