Stolen Summer - The last summer

Movie
German title	Stolen Summer - The last summer
Original title	Stolen buzzer
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Pete Jones
script	Pete Jones
production	Chris Moore , ; Ben Affleck , ; Matt Damon
music	Danny Lux
camera	Peter Biagi
cut	Gregg Featherman
occupation
	Aidan Quinn : Joe O'Malley; Bonnie Hunt : Margaret O'Malley; Kevin Pollak : Rabbi Jacobsen; Brian Dennehy : Father Kelly; Eddie Kaye Thomas : Patrick O'Malley; Mike Weinberg : Danny Jacobsen; Adi Stein : Pete O'Malley; Peggy Roeder : Leonora Mary; Ryan Jonathan Kelley : Seamus O'Malley; Will Malnati : Eddie O'Malley;

Stolen Summer - The Last Summer (Original Title: Stolen Summer ) is a 2002 American drama directed by Pete Jones . Production was done by Matt Damon , Ben Affleck and Chris Moore .

action

The film is set in Chicago in the 1970s . Eighteen-year-old Pete O'Malley, a devout Catholic boy, befriends the Jew Danny Jacobsen. Pete tries to convert the seriously ill Danny to Catholicism , believing this is the only way Danny can get to heaven. Pete himself fears that he will end up in hell if he does not manage to convert Danny. Pete finds someone to talk to in the friendly father of Danny, Rabbi Jacobsen.

background

The film is the first project in Project Greenlight , a film competition by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck . More than 7,000 scripts were submitted in the first season of the competition. Participant Pete Jones won with his screenplay for Stolen Summer and as the winner received the funding from sponsor Miramax to have his film realized. The film was shot in the summer of 2001 in Jones' hometown of Chicago , where the film itself is set. Damon, Affleck and Chris Moore took care of production .

The film had a budget of around 1.8 million US dollars and failed to convince at the box office with box office earnings of around 130,000 US dollars.

Web links

Stolen Summer - Last summer at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Stolen Summer - The Last Summer . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2004 (PDF; test number: 96 572 V / DVD).
↑ FILM REVIEW; Getting Into Heaven Requires Some Work. And a Little Help Doesn't Hurt. on nytimes.com, accessed July 2, 2016.
↑ Stolen Summer box office results from boxofficemojo.com, accessed on July 2, 2016.

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Stolen Summer - The Last Summer . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2004 (PDF; test number: 96 572 V / DVD).

[2] FILM REVIEW; Getting Into Heaven Requires Some Work. And a Little Help Doesn't Hurt. on nytimes.com, accessed July 2, 2016.

[3] Stolen Summer box office results from boxofficemojo.com, accessed on July 2, 2016.