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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Peter Hedges (written by)
Release Date:
19 February 2004 (Germany)
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Tagline:
She's the one in every family.
Plot:
A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 14 wins
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16 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Free Flick Fridays: Pieces Of April
(From Huffington Post. 25 November 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
Free Flick Fridays: Pieces of April
(From Tribeca Film. 25 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 25 November 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
Free Flick Fridays: Pieces of April
(From Tribeca Film. 25 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)
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I agree, best Thanksgiving movie ever
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Katie Holmes | ... | April Burns |
 | Derek Luke | ... | Bobby |
 | Oliver Platt | ... | Jim Burns |
 | Alison Pill | ... | Beth Burns |
| John Gallagher Jr. | ... | Timmy Burns |
 | Patricia Clarkson | ... | Joy Burns |
| Alice Drummond | ... | Grandma Dottie |
 | Vitali Baganov | ... | Half Asleep Man |
| Lillias White | ... | Evette |
 | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | ... | Eugene |
 | Adrian Martinez | ... | Man in Mohair Sweater |
| Susan Bruce | ... | Tish |
| Jamari Richardson | ... | Boy on Bicycle |
| Leila Danette | ... | Woman in Stairwell |
| Stephen Chen | ... | Lee Loung Tan |
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Rated PG-13 for language, sensuality, drug content and images of nudity.
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80 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M (cable rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-7 |
Germany:6 |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) |
UK:12A |
USA:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Chile:14
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Although the film is dedicated to Peter Hedges' mother, who died of cancer, the only true aspect he incorporated is the line where Joy talks about the fictional singer "Smack Daddy". The line is almost word for word what Peter's mother told him while in the hospital, the only exception being that she was talking about Barry White.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: The camera Timmy is using is a modern Nikon autofocus SLR which has an electrically controlled self-timer that doesn't make any noise during operation. When April's mother, dad, grandmother and sister stop at the Christmas shop and at the very end of the movie the sound of an old manual self-timer is inserted in the sound track.
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Featured in "Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama" (2005)
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Deck the Halls
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I am so glad that I decided to plonk down a couple of dollars and see this movie on Pay for Play the other night. I wasn't sure what to expect, and I had one of the nicest movie surprises I had in a long time.
April is a the black sheep of her family, but as Rita Mae Brown wrote in one of her better novels to describe a character, has golden hooves. She's gone off from the hills of, what is filmed anyway, in upstate New York to lower Manhattan. But she's no That Girl. Her previous boyfriend was a drug dealer, and her current fellow, gets his clothing at less than wholesale prices.
She has a mixed bag dysfunctional family, the star of which is the kind of little sister you wish you had sent out to play in traffic when you had a chance, that she is trying to reconnect with. April is too good for this bunch, as she tries to prepare the all American Thanksgiving dinner in her own special way for this undeserving bunch.
It is so touching to see her, finally succeeding (maybe) in her quest for a stove making favors, and decorating the stairway, all 4-5 floors with autumn colored streamers, etc.
I just wanted to hug her!