One of the lesser-known works from No Country For Old Men author Cormac McCarthy is the play The Sunset Limited. It features two men, called simply Black, a Christian ex-con and White, and atheist professor, talking in Black’s home after he saves White from a would-be suicide dive into the path of a train. We’ve seen two teasers for the film, and now have the full trailer after the break.

Tommy Lee Jones directs and plays White, with Samuel L. Jackson as Black. I love the idea of these two actors going toe to toe in one room for the duration of a feature, but can’t tell from the trailer if this is a dry, didactic exercise or a real living, breathing story. There are moments in the footage where it looks as if it might really be alive, and then others where it looks like an on the nose trial. Really hoping for a good result here — the last directorial effort from Mr. Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, was understated and wonderful. We’ll know how this fares when the film premieres on February 12.

Here’s more information about the original play, from Cormac McCarthy’s website: