Stolen Summer Explained

Stolen Summer
Director:Pete Jones
Producer:Chris Moore
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Starring:Aidan Quinn
Bonnie Hunt
Kevin Pollak
Brian Dennehy
Music:Danny Lux
Cinematography:Peter Biagi
Editing:Gregg Featherman
Distributor:Miramax Films
Runtime:91 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$1.8 million
Gross:$134,736

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.

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

Box office

The domestic total gross for the film was $134,726. Production costs were $1.8 million.[4]

Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a score of 36%.

References

  1. https://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9D03E6DE1E38F931A15750C0A9649C8B63 Stolen Summer
  2. News: Rohan . Virginia . Faithful Portrayal; Jewish Boy Plays A Catholic Who Tries To Convert A Jew . . f10 . March 20, 2002 .
  3. News: Arnold . Gary . It's heartfelt; 'Summer' bonds families during a crisis over leukemia . . B05 . May 10, 2002 .
  4. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stolensummer.htm Box Office Mojo page