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2 July 2008 (USA) morePlot:
Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(48 articles)
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Kit Kittredge-Happy Days Are Here Again Arrive With this Film **** moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. July 20 | 6:30 AM | MAX |
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Abigail Breslin | ... | Margaret Mildred 'Kit' Kittredge | |
| Julia Ormond | ... | Margaret Kittredge | |
| Chris O'Donnell | ... | Jack Kittredge | |
| Jane Krakowski | ... | Miss May Dooley | |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Mr. Gibson | |
| Max Thieriot | ... | Will Shepherd | |
| Willow Smith | ... | Countee Garby | |
| Glenne Headly | ... | Louise Howard | |
| Zach Mills | ... | Stirling Howard IV | |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Uncle Hendrick | |
| Madison Davenport | ... | Ruthie Smithens | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Miss Lucinda Bond | |
| Dylan Smith | ... | Freidreich (as Dylan Scott Smith) | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Jefferson Jasper Berk | |
| Douglas Nyback | ... | William 'Billy' Peabody |
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1.85 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Shot in 27 days. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: When Kitt gives the Cincinnati Register Editor her stories to read, they are in a portfolio envelope. When the Editor opens the portfolio, he removes an attached, corded elastic band which was stretched around the portfolio. Corded elastic bands for these types of thin cardboard portfolios did not exist in 1934. These envelopes would be tied with an attached, flattened cloth grosgrain ribbon type of tie. moreQuotes:
Miss Bond: I'm sorry.. we were trying to be like Robin Hood- you know, steal from the rich to give to the poor. But... really, all we were doing was stealing from the rich... and the poor... and keeping it for ourselves. That's what we did, really. moreSoundtrack:
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A vastly under-rated, marvelous film with Abigail Breslin proving that she will be a quite a star as the years go on.
Set in May, 1934 in depression era Cincinnati, the film wonderfully captures the depression period and its effects on the inhabitants of the city. We see people losing their jobs and being evicted from their homes during the day. We see families torn apart as fathers had to leave to find work anywhere. Many never wrote or came back.
With all this, we find Kit, whose family is eventually victimized by the economic collapse. This precocious child wants to be a reporter and goes out to view the residents of tents outside of the city. Was surprised that they didn't use the historical name for these areas- Hoovervilles!
This is a great picture capturing depression era Americana. The story then turns into a stealing caper and as usual, the hobos are blamed until Kit and her brood of friends prove otherwise. They didn't even need Jessica Fletcher to prove that which was not so obvious.