Stolen Summer is a 2002 American drama film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing that it is the only way the Jewish boy will get to Heaven. Directed by first time writer/director Pete Jones, Stolen Summer is the first film produced for Project Greenlight, an independent film competition created by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and sponsored by HBO.[1] Project Greenlight aired on HBO as a documentary series chronicling the selection of Jones's script from approximately seven thousand entries, and the production of the film in Chicago in 2001.
Stolen Summer | |
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Directed by | Pete Jones |
Written by | Pete Jones |
Produced by | Chris Moore Ben Affleck Matt Damon |
Starring | Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak Brian Dennehy |
Cinematography | Peter Biagi |
Edited by | Gregg Featherman |
Music by | Danny Lux |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.8 million |
Box office | $134,736 |
The film's casting department considered the casting of the Jewish Adi Stein as the Catholic Pete O'Malley, an ironic joke due to the characters attempting to convert a Jewish boy to Catholicism.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Adi Stein as Pete O'Malley
- Mike Weinberg as Danny Jacobsen
- Aidan Quinn as Joe O'Malley
- Bonnie Hunt as Margaret O'Malley
- Kevin Pollak as Rabbi Jacobsen
- Brian Dennehy as Father Kelly
- Ryan Jonathan Kelley as Seamus O'Malley
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Patrick O'Malley
- Will Malnati as Eddie O'Malley
Box office
editThe domestic total gross for the film was $134,726. Production costs were $1.8 million.[4]
Critical reception
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Rotten Tomatoes gave it a score of 36%. The site's critical consensus is, "Stolen Summer feels like a sugary after-school special stretched out to feature length." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
References
edit- ^ Stolen Summer New York Times.
- ^ Rohan, Virginia (March 20, 2002). "Faithful Portrayal; Jewish Boy Plays A Catholic Who Tries To Convert A Jew". The Record. pp. f10.
- ^ Arnold, Gary (May 10, 2002). "It's heartfelt; 'Summer' bonds families during a crisis over leukemia". Washington Times. pp. B05.
- ^ Box Office Mojo page for "Stolen Summer" (accessed February 23, 2007).
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