Country: USA
Year: 2002
Duration: 113'
Carolyn McDuffy, a college student, is determined to win the "Sorority of the Year" prize offered by the Greek College where she is enrolled, and suggests to her friends (of the "Alpha Omega Pi" sorority) that they cynically undertake a humanitarian mission: to help a group of physically or mentally handicapped athletes. But when the girl is assigned Pumpkin, her ferocity and opportunism melt away in front of the young man's goodness. Despite the disdain of her friends, her boyfriend and even Pumpkin's mother, Carolyn follows her heart...
"I used to live near Greek Row. I wasn't enrolled in college and was often marginalized by those who were. I would stay by myself and watch the daily rites of the Greeks, one of which was a sort of charity initiative for disabled youths. This is how the film was born" (A.L. Broder).
Biography
film director
Toni R. Abrams Adam Larson Broder
Tony R. Abrams and Adam Larson Broder began working together at the USC Film School. Their short films, Waiting for Sinatra and Western Bullet, won numerous prizes including one at the Santa Barbara festival and a special mention at the Aspen Film Festival. Their next work, a short film entitled Everyone Wore Hats, was shown on the Sundance Channel. They have also worked together on screenplays for MGM, Fox, Disney, Warner Bros. and Paramount. One of their many screenplays was Dead Man on Campus (1998) by Alan Cohn. Pumpkin is the first full-length film they have directed.
FILMOGRAFIA
T. Abrams: Western Bullet (cm, 1996) A.L. Broder: Waiting for Sinatra (cm, 1995). T. Abrams, A.L. Brode: Everyone Wore Hats (cm, 1997), Pumpkin (2002).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Tony R. Abrams, Adam Larson Broder.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Adam Larson Broder.
Director of photography: Tim Suhrstedt.
Music: John Ottman.
Art director: Richard Sherman.
Costume designer: Edi Giguere.
Editor: Richard Halsey, Sloane Klevin.
Sound: Eddie Kim.
Cast and characters: Christina Ricci (Carolyn McDuffy), Hank Harris (Pumpkin Romanoff), Brenda Blethyn (Judy Romanoff), Dominique Swain (Jeanine Kryszinsky), Marisa Coughlan (Julie Thurber), Sam Ball (Kent Woodlands).
Produttori: Karen Barber, Albert Berger, Christina Ricci, Andrea Sperling, Ron Yerxa.
Production company: American Zoetrope.
Vendita all'estero: Myriad Pictures, 421 S. Beverly dr., 5th floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA, tel. +1-310-7894500, fax +1-310-8430522, e-mail alyssa.brunman@myriadpictures.com.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Adam Larson Broder.
Director of photography: Tim Suhrstedt.
Music: John Ottman.
Art director: Richard Sherman.
Costume designer: Edi Giguere.
Editor: Richard Halsey, Sloane Klevin.
Sound: Eddie Kim.
Cast and characters: Christina Ricci (Carolyn McDuffy), Hank Harris (Pumpkin Romanoff), Brenda Blethyn (Judy Romanoff), Dominique Swain (Jeanine Kryszinsky), Marisa Coughlan (Julie Thurber), Sam Ball (Kent Woodlands).
Produttori: Karen Barber, Albert Berger, Christina Ricci, Andrea Sperling, Ron Yerxa.
Production company: American Zoetrope.
Vendita all'estero: Myriad Pictures, 421 S. Beverly dr., 5th floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA, tel. +1-310-7894500, fax +1-310-8430522, e-mail alyssa.brunman@myriadpictures.com.