The Walker
The Walker is a 2007 American-British drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is an independent production and is the latest installment in Schrader's night workers series of films, starting with Taxi Driver in 1976, followed by American Gigolo in 1980 and Light Sleeper in 1992.
Synopsis
Carter Page III (Harrelson), a middle-aged gay man in Washington, D. C., is a "walker", a single man who escorts other men's wives to social events so the husbands do not have to. One of the women he escorts, Lynn Lockner (Scott Thomas), is the wife of a United States senator and is carrying on an affair with a lobbyist. When she finds the lobbyist murdered, she embroils Carter in an investigation that leads to the highest levels of the federal government.
Cast
The Walker (song)
"The Walker" is a song by the American neo soul band Fitz and The Tantrums. It is the second single from the band's second album More Than Just a Dream. The song was used in the trailers for the movies The Boxtrolls and Storks, in the trailer for video game Sims 4, in television commercials for the 86th Academy Awards that were hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, in the 2014 Major League Baseball postseason and in commercials for Sprite and Supercuts. In 2014, the song started being used as the opening theme to the MLB Network show High Heat, hosted by Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo. The song is also featured in the pilot episode of the FOX television sitcom Grandfathered.
Music video
The video, directed by Warren Kommers, centers around an everyman protagonist who is waiting in line outside the DMV in the sweltering summer heat (band members Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs are also seen in line). Looking increasingly agitated, he suddenly jumps out of line and begins dancing and gesturing his frustration, before storming off. The man is shown walking through the streets of Los Angeles to the beat of the song, occasionally with passerby joining in dance routines with him, and all showing similar frustrated body language and facial expressions.
The Walker
Ooh, crazy's what they think about me
Ain't gonna stop cause they tell me so
Cause 99 miles per hour baby,
Is how fast that I like to go.
Can't keep up with my rhythm
Though they keep trying.
Too quick for the lines they throw.
I walk to the sound of my own drum,
We go, they go, we go, hey yeah yeah yeah
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, your heart, it takes control
Really mean it, mean it
I wake up to the city of angels
To see my name headlining the coast
They say I'm a walking dreamer, baby
If I stop they would make the show
Can't keep up with my rhythm
Though they keep trying.
Too quick for the lines they throw.
I walk to the sound of my own drum,
We go, they go, we go, hey yeah yeah yeah
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, your heart, it takes control
Really mean it, mean it
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, your heart, it takes control
Really mean it, mean it
Everybody walk
Everybody walk
Everybody walk, walk, walk
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, your heart, it takes control
Really mean it, mean it
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, your heart, it takes control
