28 Days (film)

Infobox Film
name = 28 Days


caption = 28 Days Promotional Movie Poster
director = Betty Thomas
producer = Celia D. Costas
writer = Susannah Grant
starring = Sandra Bullock
Viggo Mortensen
Dominic West
Elizabeth Perkins
Alan Tudyk
Steve Buscemi
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distributor = Columbia Pictures Corporation
Tall Trees Productions
released = April 14, 2000
runtime = 104 minutes (approx.)
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budget = $43 Million
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imdb_id = 0191754

"28 Days" is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.

Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter rehabilitation for a drinking problem. Because of the subject matter, and how it goes well in depth about alcoholism, the movie is commonly screened in health classes in public schools.

"Tagline: The Life of the Party... before she got a life."

Plot

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between jail or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction. After getting to know some of the other patients, Gwen gradually begins to re-examine her life and see that she does, in fact, have a serious problem. She befriends Andrea, a 17-year-old recovering heroin addict, who occasionally self harms. All of the other patients help her see herself in a different light, while she tries to get sober and come to terms with her alcoholism. The path to recovery will not be easy, and success will not be guaranteed or even likely, but she is now willing to give it a try.

Cast

*Sandra Bullock as Gwen Cummings: the film's protagonist. A newspaper columnist with drug and alcohol problems
*Azura Skye as Andrea Delaney: A seventeen-year-old heroin addict.
*Dominic West as Jasper: Gwen's boyfriend. An alcoholic as well, often finding Gwens recovery and the others as a joke.
*Viggo Mortensen as Eddie Boone: One of the other patients in rehab, a famous baseball player. Addicted to alcohol, drugs, and sex.
*Elizabeth Perkins as Lily Cummings: Gwen's older sister who gets married at the beginning of the film.
*Alan Tudyk as Gerhardt: One of the other patients in rehab, highly emotional and of German origin.
*Reni Santoni as Daniel: One of the other patients in rehab, a former doctor.
*Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Roshanda: One of the other patients in rehab, mother of two young children.
*Diane Ladd as Bobbie Jean: One of the other patients in rehab, an elderly lady.
*Mike O'Malley as Oliver: One of the other patients in rehab, a sex addict.
*Steve Buscemi as Cornell Shaw: a former addict who now works as one of the counselors in the rehab clinic.
*Margo Martindale as Betty: the clinic's no nonsense receptionist.
*Susan Krebs as Evelyn: The clinic's psychologist who leads all of the group meetings.
*Elijah Kelley as Darnell: One of Roshandas children

Development

Sandra Bullock spent a few days at Sierra Tucson preparing for her role in 28 Days.

Music

Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who plays one of the center's patients, contributed four songs to the soundtrack.

References

External links

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* [http://www.ncfilm.com/_userfiles/File/Made%20in%20NC%20--%20List%20of%20Films/Made%20in%20North%20Carolina%2004-02-07%20UPDATE.pdf Films Made in North Carolina - PDF]