Junebug (film)
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| Junebug | |
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 Promotional poster for Junebug |
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| Directed by | Phil Morrison |
| Produced by | Mike Ryan, Mindy Goldberg |
| Written by | Angus MacLachlan |
| Starring | Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Benjamin McKenzie, Alessandro Nivola |
| Music by | Yo La Tengo |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics (USA) |
| Release date(s) | August 3, 2005 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Junebug is a 2005 comedy and drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released on August 3, 2005 and stars Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz and Benjamin McKenzie.
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[edit] Plot
When newlywed Madeline (Embeth Davidtz), a British diplomat's daughter, travels from Chicago to the rural hill country of North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter (Frank Hoyt Taylor) for her outsider art gallery, she takes this road-trip opportunity to meet her husband George's (Alessandro Nivola) family, who happen to live only 30 minutes away. There's his flinty, judgmental mother Peg (Celia Weston), his dour, taciturn father Eugene (Scott Wilson) and his sullen, resentful, twenty-ish brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) who, although married, still lives at home, studying for his high school equivalency certificate. They're superficially hospitable but hardly welcoming, except Johnny's talkative, very pregnant wife Ashley (Amy Adams) who plans to name her baby "Junebug."
[edit] Cast
- Amy Adams - Ashley Johnsten
- Embeth Davidtz - Madeleine Johnsten
- Benjamin McKenzie - Johnny Johnsten
- Alessandro Nivola - George Johnsten
- Frank Hoyt Taylor - David Wark
- Celia Weston - Peg Johnsten
- Scott Wilson - Eugene Johnsten
[edit] Score and soundtrack
Though much of the movie is free of background music, its score is made up of original music by Yo La Tengo, as well as eighteenth century classical music. Also, the film begins and ends with the 1977 song "Harmour Love" performed by Syreeta Wright and written by Stevie Wonder. During a scene where most of the characters are at a church social, George and two young men are featured singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling” by Will Thompson.
No official soundtrack has been released of the film. As a result, Syreeta's album One to One (which contains the song "Harmour Love") has since experienced a resurgence of sales.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Awards won:
- Independent Spirit Awards: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Broadcast Film Critics Association: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Central Ohio Film Critics: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Gotham Awards: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- National Society of Film Critics: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Southeastern Film Critics Association: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Sundance Film Festival: (1) Dramatic - Amy Adams
Nominations:
- Academy Awards: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Gotham Awards: (1) Breakthrough Director Award - Phil Morrison
- Independent Spirit Awards: (2) Best First Screenplay - Angus MacLachlan, Producers Award - Mike S. Ryan
- Online Film Critics Society: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Satellite Awards: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Screen Actors Guild: (1) Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
- Sundance Film Festival: (1) Dramatic - Phil Morrison
