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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Adam Rapp
Writer:
Adam Rapp (written by)
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Release Date:
8 September 2006 (Poland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Sometimes you go looking for something you want. . . and find what you need.
Plot:
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Concise Little Gem more (43 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Zooey Deschanel ... Reese Holden
Darrell Larson ... Director

John Bedford Lloyd ... Leontes
Deirdre O'Connell ... Deirdre

Mandy Siegfried ... Ruth

Amy Madigan ... Lori Lansky

Dallas Roberts ... Ray

Ivan Martin ... Bartender

Robert Beitzel ... Rob
Laurie Kennedy ... Nun

Will Ferrell ... Corbit

Ed Harris ... Don Holden
Mary Jo Deschanel ... Mary

Amelia Warner ... Shelly
Sam Bottoms ... Brian
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some drug use and sexuality.
Runtime:
USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
In The Right Stuff (1983), Mary Jo Deschanel played Ed Harris's wife. In "Winter Passing", Zooey Deschanel, Mary Jo Deschanel's daughter, plays Ed Harris's daughter. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Right after Reese kisses Corbit and he falls into the chair, his right-handed guitar is positioned correctly for left-handed playing. When the camera cuts back, the guitar is flipped and the strap passes over the neck of the guitar; putting it in an impossible position for left-handed playing. more
Quotes:
Shelley: Would he ever showed you his stuff?
Reese Holdin: I had to buy every book he has written.
Shelley: Must have been an interesting childhood.
Reese Holdin: Yeah. Competing for atention with twin No.3 Underwood typewriters won't do too for your self-esteem.
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Movie Connections:
References "Cops" (1989) more
Soundtrack:
Bittersuite more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A Concise Little Gem, 28 December 2007
9/10
Author: wliebold from New York, NY

Imperfect, yes, but Winter Passing managed to involve me and charm me without overstaying its welcome. A young woman barely in control of her life returns home to her estranged father only to find that he is in even less control of his. A redefined family searching for common ground, the daughter unsure of a relationship long-strained and left to wither. Some challenges and more than a little redemption.

Adam Rapp did not over reach on any of these subplots and the performances, particularly by Deschanel and Harris, are very substantial, although Will Farrell was an interesting choice for his character. Many will probably expect him to start doing something silly, as opposed to only mildly funny.

This is one of the best "films you've never seen" that I've come across lately.

Well worth a try.

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