- Junebug (film)
Infobox Film
name = Junebug
caption = A promotional film poster for "Junebug"
director = Phil Morrison
producer =Mindy Goldberg
writer =Angus MacLachlan
starring = Amy AdamsEmbeth Davidtz Celia Weston Benjamin McKenzie Alessandro Nivola
Scott Wilson
music =Yo La Tengo
cinematography =Peter Donahue
editing = Joe Klotz
distributor =Sony Pictures Classics
released =August 5 , 2005
runtime = 106 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget = $1 million
gross = $2,678,810
website = http://www.sonyclassics.com/junebug/
imdb_id = 0418773"Junebug" is a 2005
comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released onAugust 3 , 2005 and stars Amy Adams,Alessandro Nivola ,Embeth Davidtz andBenjamin McKenzie . It was filmed atWake Forest University , at [http://www.replacements.com/ Replacements, Ltd. ] in McLeansville, North Carolina and inWinston-Salem, North Carolina .Plot
When newlywed Madeleine (
Embeth Davidtz ), a British diplomat's daughter, travels fromChicago to the rural hill country ofNorth Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter (Frank Hoyt Taylor ) for heroutsider art gallery, she takes this road-trip opportunity to meet her husband George's (Alessandro Nivola ) family, who happen to live only 30 minutes away. There's his flinty, judgmental mother Peg (Celia Weston ), his reserved, contemplative father Eugene (Scott Wilson) and his sullen, resentful, twenty-ish brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie ) who, although married, still lives at home, studying for his high school equivalence certificate while working at [http://www.replacements.com/ Replacements, Ltd. ] as an order processor. They're superficially hospitable but hardly welcoming, except Johnny's talkative yet sweet and very pregnant wife Ashley (Amy Adams) who plans to name her baby "Junebug."Cast
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Embeth Davidtz as Madeleine
*Amy Adams as Ashley Johnsten
*Celia Weston as Peg Johnsten
*Benjamin McKenzie as Johnny Johnsten
*Alessandro Nivola as George Johnsten
*Scott Wilson as Eugene Johnstencore and soundtrack
Though much of the movie is free of background music, its score is made up of original music by
Yo La Tengo , as well as eighteenth century classical music. Also, the film begins and ends with the1977 song "Harmour Love" performed bySyreeta Wright and written byStevie Wonder . During a scene where most of the characters are at a church social, George and two young men are featured singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling” by Will Thompson.No official soundtrack has been released of the film. As a result, Syreeta's album "One to One" (which contains the song "Harmour Love") has since experienced a resurgence of sales. Yo La Tengo have released some of the original music in a compilation of their work on soundtracks "They Shoot, We Score". [http://www.yolatengo.com/forsale/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=210]
DVD release
The DVD was released on
January 17 ,2006 bySony Pictures Entertainment which includes:
#10deleted scenes
#Castaudio commentary withEmbeth Davidtz andAmy Adams
#Outsider Art Photo Gallery
#Frenchsubtitles
#Behind-the-scenes featurettesAwards and nominations
Awards won:
*Independent Spirit Awards : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Broadcast Film Critics Association ::*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Central Ohio Film Critics: :*
*Gotham Awards ::*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*National Society of Film Critics : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*San Francisco Film Critics Circle : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Southeastern Film Critics Association : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Sundance Film Festival : :*Dramatic - Amy AdamsNominations:
*Academy Awards : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Amanda Awards: :*Best International Film
*Gotham Awards : :*Breakthrough Director Award - Phil Morrison
*Independent Spirit Awards : :*Best First Screenplay - Angus MacLachlan:*Producers Award - Mike S. Ryan
*Online Film Critics Society ::*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Satellite Awards: :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Screen Actors Guild : :*Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
*Sundance Film Festival ::*Dramatic - Phil MorrisonExternal links
* [http://www.sonyclassics.com/junebug/ Official site]
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