Stolen Summer

Stolen Summer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pete Jones
Produced by	Chris Moore Ben Affleck Matt Damon
Written by	Pete Jones
Starring	Adi Stein Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak
Music by	Danny Lux
Cinematography	Peter Biagi
Edited by	Gregg Featherman
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release dates	March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.8 million
Box office	$134,736

Stolen Summer is a 2002 drama film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing that it is the only way the Jewish boy 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 Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and sponsored by HBO.^[1] 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 film's casting department considered the casting of the Jewish Adi Stein as the Catholic Pete O'Malley an ironic joke, due to the character's attempting to convert a Jewish boy to Catholicism.^[2][3]

Cast

Box office

The domestic total gross for the film was $134,726. Production costs were $1.8 million.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Stolen Summer New York Times.
2. ↑ Rohan, Virginia (March 20, 2002). "Faithful Portrayal; Jewish Boy Plays A Catholic Who Tries To Convert A Jew". The Record. pp. f10.  |access-date= requires |url= (help)
3. ↑ Arnold, Gary (May 10, 2002). "It's heartfelt; 'Summer' bonds families during a crisis over leukemia". Washington Times. pp. B05.  |access-date= requires |url= (help)
4. ↑ Box Office Mojo page for "Stolen Summer" (accessed February 23, 2007).

External links

• Stolen Summer at the Internet Movie Database
• Stolen Summer at AllMovie
• Stolen Summer at Rotten Tomatoes