Pictures of Hollis Woods

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Pictures of Hollis Woods
Pictures of Hollis Woods DVD cover
Directed by	Tony Bill
Written by	Patricia Reilly Giff (novel) Ann Peacock
Starring	Jodelle Ferland Sissy Spacek Alfre Woodard
Distributed by	Hallmark Hall of Fame
Release date(s)	December 2, 2007
Running time	97 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Pictures of Hollis Woods is a television movie that debuted on the CBS television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on December 2, 2007. The film is directed by Tony Bill, and is based on the Newbery Honor winning novel of the same name by Patricia Reilly Giff. It stars child actress Jodelle Ferland as the title character along with Sissy Spacek.

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After Hollis Woods (Ferland) ran away from her last foster parents, she is placed with a new foster mother, a retired art teacher, Josie Cahill (Spacek). Josie is very caring and a talented artist, and her life could be told in her wood work, but Josie is also not very well (Alzheimer's disease). Over time, Hollis becomes Josie's caretaker, and comes to realizes what it is like to have a family.