Carolina (2003 film)

Carolina is a 2003 American-German romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge.[1] Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the uncredited part of Daphne.[2] It is set in Los Angeles, California. Shot in 2003, the film failed to find a distributor and was released direct-to-video in 2004.

Carolina
German theatrical poster
Directed by	Marleen Gorris
Produced by	Martin Bregman Guy Collins Keith Cousins Ann Dubinet Christopher Petzel Louis A. Stroller Rudolf G. Wiesmeier
Written by	Katherine Fugate
Starring	Julia Stiles Shirley MacLaine Alessandro Nivola Mika Boorem Randy Quaid Jennifer Coolidge
Music by	Steve Bartek
Cinematography	John Peters
Edited by	Alan Heim Michiel Reichwein
Release date	June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05) (Russia) April 29, 2004 (2004-04-29) (Germany) June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States Germany
Language	English
Budget	$15 million

Miramax Films was the domestic distributor, but failed to release it in theaters. When Harvey Weinstein screened the film he told the producers, "You have a hit movie on your hands. We're going to blast this on MTV all over Super Bowl Weekend." The producers never heard about it again until 2004 when it was suddenly released direct-to-DVD.

The film began principal photography in July 2001. Kathy Bates originally was slated to play the role of Grandma Millicent Mirabeau, but dropped out after make-up and hair tests due to the shut down of the original production shoot date. Shirley MacLaine eventually stepped in to play the role.