Home of the Giants

Infobox Film
name = Home of the Giants


writer = Rusty Gorman
starring = Haley Joel Osment
Ryan Merriman Danielle Panabaker
director = Rusty Gorman
producer = SymPics International, Inc
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distributor =
released =
runtime = 104 minutes
language = English
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music =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0471005

"Home of the Giants" is an American film, written and directed by Rusty Gorman that stars Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman and Danielle Panabaker. The film has been described as a coming of age tale and sports drama.

ynopsis

Like everyone in Riverton, Indiana, seventeen-year-old Robert "Gar" Gartland (Haley Joel Osment) loves his hometown basketball team, the Riverton Giants. His best friend, Matt Morrison (Ryan Merriman), is the star point guard and toast of the town. When Matt persuades Gar to take part in the robbery of a small-time drug dealer, things don’t go as planned and Gar faces the challenge of saving the team from a desperate predicament with the state championship and Matt’s future on the line.

In Indiana, high school basketball is a way of life. This fanaticism serves as a backdrop for a story that explores peer pressure, perspective and the difference between a friend and a hero. Gar believes Matt can do no wrong. While he supports and encourages his best friend’s antics, Gar finds himself falling in love with Bridgette, an outsider who doesn’t embrace the celebrity status given basketball players in her new hometown. From high school parties, pep rallies and Hoosier hysteria, to robbing a drug dealer, being stalked and blackmailed, defying a hero and confronting his adversaries, Gar comes to terms with his false belief, and gains a new level of awareness about himself and his hometown.

Cast

Release info

Home of the Giants was first screened on May 9, 2007 at The Zanuck theater in Los Angeles. This screening was mainly for meant for the industry but fans also got the opportunity to attend the screening for free. [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/news.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Shortly after the first screening Home of the Giants was screened 3 times at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/directorINTERVIEWpart3.htm Exclusive Interview with Home of the Giants Director, Rusty Gorman ] ]

The next screening was in Chicago at at the Landmark Theatres in Chicago on July 12, 2007. This was for a private audience mainly consisting of Rusty Gorman's friends and associates. Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman and Nona Merriman attended this screening as well. [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/articles056.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

The next series of screenings where at the [http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CIFFSite.woa/wa/Films/1001186 Chicago International Film Festival] (3 times) and [http://heartland.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=32294416 Heartland Film Festival] (6 times) in October 2007. [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/news.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

While a distribution deal is still in the talks, several articles have suggested a spring 2008 release [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/articles058.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ] . The distribution deal should be finalized somewhere in November 2007. [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/articles059.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

The next series of screenings are at the [http://www.pbifilmfest.org/6 Palm Beach International Film Festival] (April 14, 2008) and [http://omaha.bside.com/2008/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=46458590 Omaha Film Festival] (February 20, 2008 and February 23, 2008). [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/news.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Reviews

[http://www.homeofthegiants.com/reviews05.htm 'Intense, superbly crafted thriller' - Indianapolis Business Journal]

[http://www.homeofthegiants.com/reviews04.htm 'Skillful, believable and genuinely suspenseful' - Chicagoist.com]

[http://www.homeofthegiants.com/reviews07.htm 'A dark-laced "Hoosiers" that scores from all over the story court' - Hollywood Reporter]

oundtrack

According to the official end crawl credits [ [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/endcrawl.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ] this movie features the following songs:

Mary Jane's last dance - Tom Petty (the opening song) [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/directorINTERVIEWpart3.htm Exclusive Interview with Home of the Giants Director, Rusty Gorman ] ]

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

Postcard - Kelly Lamont

Rawkfist - Thousand Foot Krutch

Sweet Maryloo - Claude Engel

Rollerskates - Treaty of Paris

Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - Flaming lips

My Kickass Life - Supersuckers

King Of All The World - Old 97s

If You Talk To Much - Gareth Jones

Pabst Blue Ribbon - Untamed Youth

Hail To The Buccaneers - Harry Shipman

The Impossible Dream - Joe and Mitch Leigh

Smell Your Heat - Probably Vampires

The Widowmaker - Probably Vampires

Calypso - Rio Jeno

Mellow Rock - Dick Lemaine

Sad Songs - Deke Dickerson

Rhode Island - Jim Parker

It's Alright - Lil'ed & The Blues Imperials

So Sick Of Me - Ryan Adcock

Real Time - Stars Of Track And Field

Blanket of Ghosts - Dustin Kensrue

Sweet Return - SuperGarage

All The Way - Able To Fly

Seventeen - Able To Fly

Love Finds Peter Plogojowitz - Stage Four (formerly Bleeder)

Trivia

Principal photography

Principal photography for "Home of the Giants" occurred September 6, 2005 through October 9, 2005. The film is now currently completed. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Filming location

Although the movie is set in Indiana, the basketball scenes were filmed in North Carolina. Many of the extras included students from area high schools, as well as their parents. Both the Giants' and their opponents' pep bands were made up of members of the Walter Hines Page High School Band of Greensboro, North Carolina. These musicians appear around the actors in many other shots. The Giants' cheerleaders are members of the Greensboro Allstars cheerleading squad coached by Amy Tyler. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Cameo appearances

Contains a cameo appearance by Wayne Coyne, front man of the band The Flaming Lips. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Runtime

The Official Runtime for Home of the Giants is 104 minutes , confirmed by director Rusty Gorman and editor Dan Schalk. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Aspect ratio

Director Rusty Gorman chose to film Home of the Giants in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 ( instead of 2.33 :1 which is also called wide-screen ) because basketball is a vertical game and he did not want to stretch the frame too far horizontally. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Unofficial trailer

A rough cut TRAILER for Home of the Giants made its debut in 11th February 2006 in theatres in Greensboro , shown in conjunction with screenings of SymPics International's film , " National Lampoon's Pucked" , which premiered on Friday night 10th February 2006 at The Grande in Greensboro. This rough cut trailer was meant to be shown in Greensboro only , where filming of the movie took place. It has since found its way to the [http://www.conquistador-ent.com/homeofthegiants.htm internet] . [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

Post production

Post production on Home of the Giants officially completed on 4th May 2007. [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/trivia.htm HOME OF THE GIANTS - starring Haley Joel Osment ] ]

External links

* [http://www.homeofthegiants.com/ HomeoftheGiants.com]
* [http://www.sympics.com/home_of_the_giants.html "Home of the Giants"] at Sympics International
*imdb title|id=0471005|title=Home of the Giants

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