Bonneville (film)

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Bonneville
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Directed by	Christopher N. Rowley
Produced by	R. Michael Bergeron Bob Brown
Written by	Daniel D. Davis
Starring	Jessica Lange Kathy Bates Joan Allen Tom Skerritt Christine Baranski
Music by	Jeff Cardoni
Cinematography	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editing by	Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
Release date(s)	September 11, 2006
Running time	93 minutes
Language	English
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Bonneville is a comedy-drama film directed by Christopher N. Rowley starring Joan Allen, Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange.

The film premiered September 11, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opened in limited release in the United States and Canada on February 29, 2008. It is scheduled to be released in Australia on June 26, 2008.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Critical reception
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Arvilla Holden (Lange) is faced with a major decision and decides to take her two best friends with her in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible across the American West. They leave Pocatello, Idaho and set out for Santa Barbara, California, making stops in Bryce Canyon and Las Vegas. Along the way they rediscover their friendship and themselves and "come of age" for a second time.

[edit] Production

Filming took place in several locations in Utah including Bryce Canyon National Park, Skull Valley, Lake Powell, the Bonneville Salt Flats, and Salt Lake City.^[2]

[edit] Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of March 4, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 44% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 25 reviews.^[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 44 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.^[4]