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Staring:
Amara Balthrop-Lewis,
Kevin Pollak,
Aidan Quinn,
Bonnie Hunt,
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Director:
Pete Jones
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $14.99
Our Price: $5.61
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936181043
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-09-24
Running Time: 91
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 2002 |
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Description
Here's the big screen motion picture that fan's of HBO's hit series PROJECT GREENLIGHT eagerly waited to see! From producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Chris Moore, STOLEN SUMMER is the touching story of a young Catholic boy, Peter O'Malley, who's on a quest to help a dying Jewish friend, Danny Jacobsen, get into heaven. On an unforgettable adventure marked by conflict and discovery, Pete and Danny will together learn the true meaning of hope and friendship! With Aidan Quinn (LEGENDS OF THE FALL) and Kevin Pollak (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) portraying the families' patriarchs, this critically acclaimed feature also stars Brian Dennehy (TOMMY BOY), Bonnie Hunt (THE GREEN MILE), and Eddie Kaye Thomas (AMERICAN PIE 1 & 2) in an outstanding all-star cast!
Amazon.com
It's a great relief--and not just to the filmmakers--that Stolen Summer turned out so well. As winner of the first Project Greenlight contest, aspiring filmmaker Pete Jones was plucked from obscurity to direct his winning screenplay for this touching drama, in which young Catholic Pete O'Malley (Adi Stein) learns that there's more than one route to Heaven. During summer vacation 1976, this earnest second-grader learns from his fireman father (Aidan Quinn) that "Jews can't get into [Catholic] Heaven," and decides to earn his heavenly passage by attempting to convert the young son (Mike Weinberg) of a local rabbi (Kevin Pollak). Interfaith friendships develop, and the situation yields heartfelt humor in Jones's compassionate, tolerantly sentimental screenplay. Quinn, Pollak, and Bonnie Hunt (as Pete's mom) are exceptional in well-drawn roles, and for all his first-time jitters and penchant for pathos, Jones earns the opportunity that talent and good luck gave him: Stolen Summer is the kind of sweetly humanitarian film that Hollywood could use more of. --Jeff Shannon
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family movie, 2008-07-02
I discovered this movie on late night TV. If you are interested in a movie with a message, and one that the whole family and friends can watch this is it. The young actors are wonderful, and what a message we all need to share! Excellent movie and buy! Should be more movies like this one!
Project Greenlight's Stolen Summer: Movie (2002), 2008-06-24
One of the best movies I have seen in a long time.Beautiful and so heart warming, I loved it and will show it to my grandchildren when they are at the age to be able to understand it.
Stay Focused, 2008-03-06
This is the story of the relationship of two boys during the summer of 1976 in Chicago. Early on, one boy tells the other of the need to stay focused. The movie uses the story to develop that theme. The boys are on their quest to be good and get to heaven, and their fathers are on a parallel quest to keep their fears at bay and be good fathers and husbands. The scenes and scripts of 1976 seem to be very true to life, and the acting is wonderful as we watch these two young people grow during their short friendship. The use of opposites: age, religion, education, sex; all seem to draw the story together, as well as the use of humor and sadness. Since I'm a huge Bonnie Hunt fan, I was looking forward to seeing her again, and I wasn't disappointed. She is, as always right on the money. Enjoy!
STOLEN SUMMER, 2008-12-28
GREAT MOVIE WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE INNOCENCE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUTH AND HOW AT TIMES ADULTS MAKE SIMPLE THINGS SO COMPLEX; IN THIS CASE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN A YOUNG CATHOLIC BOY WITH A DYING JEWISH BOY.
Delightful inspiring story, 2007-12-31
This is a wonderful engaging story about two 8 year old boys (one Catholic and one Jewish) looking for faith and friendship. It's a down-to-earth heartwarning story of the boys and their families and their every day lives. I was captivated by this movie every minute.
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