“55 Steps” almost certainly started life with “Oscar bait” in its pitch. Getting a digital release ahead of theatrical kind of tosses that out the window.

Helena Bonham Carter as “we’ve never seen her for,” a mental patient whose test case results in rights for others, with two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (HBC should have one by now) as the lawyer who fought for her in court.

Bille August directed this Oct./Nov. release. 

Boy, LOOK at the way they bury Jeffrey Tambor in this trailer.