Stolen Summer

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Stolen Summer
Directed by	Pete Jones
Produced by	Chris Moore
Written by	Pete Jones
Starring	Adiel Stein Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak
Distributed by	Miramax
Release date(s)	March 22, 2002 (USA)
Running time	91 min.
Language	English
Budget	$1,800,000 US (est.)
IMDb profile

Stolen Summer is a 2002 American film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing it is the only way he will get to Heaven. Directed by first time writer/director Pete Jones, Stolen Summer is the first film produced for Project Greenlight, an independent film competition created by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Moore, and sponsored by HBO. Project Greenlight aired on HBO as a documentary series chronicling the selection of Jones's script from approximately seven thousand entries, and the production of the film in Chicago in 2001.

The casting of Adi Stein as the lead character of the Catholic Pete O'Malley is considered an inside joke of the casting department, because he's actually got Jewish parents like the boy he tries to convert to Catholicism in the film. ^[1] ^[2]

1 Cast
2 Box Office
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Principal Cast and Characters
Adiel Stein	as Pete O'Malley
Mike Weinberg	as Danny Jacobsen
Aidan Quinn	as Joe O'Malley
Bonnie Hunt	as Margaret O'Malley
Kevin Pollak	as Rabbi Jacobsen
Brian Dennehy	as Father Kelly
Eddie Kaye Thomas	as Patrick O'Malley
Will Malnati	as Eddie O'Malley

[edit] Box Office

The domestic total gross for the film was $134,736. Production costs were $1.8 million.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Rohan, Virginia. "Faithful Portrayal; Jewish Boy Plays A Catholic Who Tries To Convert A Jew", The Record, March 20, 2002, pp. f10. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
^ Arnold, Gary. "It's heartfelt; 'Summer' bonds families during a crisis over leukemia", Washington Times, May 10, 2002, pp. B05. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
^ Box Office Mojo page for "Stolen Summer" (accessed February 23, 2007).