Stolen Summer
Stolen Summer is a 2002 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.
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Directed by | Pete Jones |
Produced by | Chris Moore Ben Affleck Matt Damon |
Written by | Pete Jones |
Starring | Adi Stein Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak |
Music by | Danny Lux |
Cinematography | Peter Biagi |
Edited by | Gregg Featherman |
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
Actor | Role |
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Adi Stein | Pete O'Malley |
Mike Weinberg | Danny Jacobsen |
Aidan Quinn | Joe O'Malley |
Bonnie Hunt | Margaret O'Malley |
Kevin Pollak | Rabbi Jacobsen |
Brian Dennehy | Father Kelly |
Ryan Jonathan Kelley | Seamus O'Malley |
Eddie Kaye Thomas | Patrick O'Malley |
Will Malnati | Eddie O'Malley |
Box office
The domestic total gross for the film was $134,726. Production costs were $1.8 million.[4]
References
- 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).