Sunshine State (film)
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| Directed by | John Sayles |
| Produced by | Maggie Renzi |
| Written by | John Sayles |
| Starring | Angela Bassett Edie Falco |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
| Cinematography | Patrick Cady |
| Editing by | John Sayles |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) |  May 19, 2002 June 21, 2002 |
| Running time | 141 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Sunshine State is a 2002 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles and starring an ensemble cast that features Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Jane Alexander, Alan King, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen and Bill Cobbs.
Set in a small town in northern Florida, the main two interwining stories focus on two women at crucial points in their lives, and also comments on such issues as race relations and commercial property development.
[edit] Plot
As the primarily all-white town of the Delrona Beach, Florida is preparing for its annual festival, fire is set to one of the parade floats. A young African-American boy named Terrell is found guilty of the deed, and he is sentenced to the care of the elderly Eunice Stokes, who lives in the neighboring, primarily all-black community of Lincoln Beach.
Eunice is being visited by her actress daughter, Desiree, a former beauty queen who left town while she was still in high school. At the time, she caused a scandal because she was pregnant. She has returned to make amends to her mother and also introduce her new husband, Reggie. While in town, she becomes re-acquainted with her old high-school boyfriend, Flash, who was a star football player and is now a promoter for a property development scheme.
Back in Delrona Beach, Marly Temple runs a motel and cafe owned by her elderly father and drama-instructor mother. Marly feels shackled by the arrangement and is tempted to sell the hotel to developers, but her father will never agree. Marly must also deal with her former husband, Steve, a slacker who is always looking to make some quick money. Marly additionally has a boyfriend, Scotty, who is struggling to become a golf pro and travel the tour circuit. Marly then becomes romantically involved with Jack, a landscape architect affiliated with the property developers.
Offering commentary on the story are a group of golfers.
[edit] Cast
- Alex Lewis as Terrell Wilkins
- Alan King as Murray Silver
- Cullen Douglas as Jefferson Cash
- Clifton James as Buster Bidwell
- Eliot Asinof as Silent Sam
- James McDaniel as Reggie Perry
- Angela Bassett as Desiree Stokes Perry
- Edie Falco as Marly Temple
- Timothy Hutton as Jack Meadows
- Perry Lang as Greg
- Miguel Ferrer as Lester
- Gordon Clapp as Earl Pinkney
- Mary Steenburgen as Francine Pinkney
- Bill Cobbs as Dr. Elton Lloyd
- Mary Alice as Mrs. Eunice Stokes
- Marc Blucas as Scotty Duval
- Tom Wright as Lee "Flash" Phillips
- Ralph Waite as Furman Temple
- Jane Alexander as Delia Temple
