Story of movie Stolen Summer : Stolen Summer is a 2002 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. 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.
| Stolen Summer | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Pete Jones |
| Produced by | Chris Moore Ben Affleck Matt Damon |
| Written by | Pete Jones |
| Starring | Adi Stein Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak |
| Music by | Danny Lux |
| Cinematography | Peter Biagi |
| Edited by | Gregg Featherman |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.8 million |
| Box office | $134,736 |
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.
Screenplay
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Adi Stein | Pete O'Malley |
| Mike Weinberg | Danny Jacobsen |
| Aidan Quinn | Joe O'Malley |
| Bonnie Hunt | Margaret O'Malley |
| Kevin Pollak | Rabbi Jacobsen |
| Brian Dennehy | Father Kelly |
| Ryan Jonathan Kelley | Seamus O'Malley |
| Eddie Kaye Thomas | Patrick O'Malley |
| Will Malnati | Eddie O'Malley |
The domestic total gross for the film was $134,726. Production costs were $1.8 million.
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