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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Karen Moncrieff (written by)
Release Date:
2 May 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
Ready or not... the future comes just the same. more
Plot:
A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Bww Interviews: Alan Cumming Brings One-Man Show to Orange County, Sept. 26
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 20 September 2009, 4:16 PM, PDT)
Ocpac Presents West Coast Premiere of Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 16 September 2009, 6:53 PM, PDT)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 20 September 2009, 4:16 PM, PDT)
Ocpac Presents West Coast Premiere of Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 16 September 2009, 6:53 PM, PDT)
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Great piece of screen writing.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Strathairn | ... | Auster |
 | Agnes Bruckner | ... | Megan Denning (Meg) |
| Margaret Colin | ... | Diane |
 | Frances Fisher | ... | Delia |
 | A.J. Buckley | ... | Pat |
| Regan Arnold | ... | Lily |
 | Sarah Buehler | ... | Georgia |
| Dustin Sterling | ... | Rob |
| Michael Joseph Thomas Ward | ... | Dad (as Mike Ward) |
| Wayne Armstrong | ... | Don |
| Aftab Pureval | ... | Boy in Class |
| Wendy Lardin | ... | Georgia's Mom |
| Jenn O'nofrio | ... | Blonde Girl |
| Greg Miller | ... | Priest |
| Michael Raysses | ... | Mr. Kastran |
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and language.
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Runtime:
96 min | Canada:88 min (Ontario)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:MA |
Germany:12 |
New Zealand:M |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Italy:T |
Canada:A (Ontario) |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Iceland:L (original rating)
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This film was edited on an Apple Macintosh Computer with "Final Cut Pro" and "Cinema Tools" software.
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Continuity: The application form that Meg fills out for the poetry contest says her poem is entitled "Blue Car", although at that point she has not yet written the poem or given it a title.
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Quotes:
[after looking over her poem]
Auster: Okay... you tell me.
Meg: I don't know.
Auster: Why not? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you your work stinks?
Meg: Does it?
Auster: What do you think?
Meg: Probably. I don't know.
Auster: Come back when you do.
[rises, starts to leave]
Meg: It doesn't stink. There's a line that I like.
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Auster: Okay... you tell me.
Meg: I don't know.
Auster: Why not? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you your work stinks?
Meg: Does it?
Auster: What do you think?
Meg: Probably. I don't know.
Auster: Come back when you do.
[rises, starts to leave]
Meg: It doesn't stink. There's a line that I like.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Your Side
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It's always nice to come across a little gem of a film like this one is. The characters are crafted so well that there is nary a false note in the entire piece. The dynamics between the daughter (Meg) and her mother, Meg and her sister, and Meg and her teacher all ring true; at times painfully so. As things so often occur in real life, this was no neat little package of events and resolutions but characters stumbling through situations making good and bad decisions and coming out on the other side having learned something from their experiences.
Why can't everyone write like this! Kudos to Karen Moncrief for showing such great respect for her audience. I hope you have many more opportunities to add to your writing and directing resume. I've seen tons of films and very few of them are standouts. This is one of them.