- Purple Violets
Infobox Film
name = Purple Violets
caption = Theatrical film poster
director =Edward Burns
producer = Margot BridgerEdward Burns
Becky Glupczynski
Aaron Lubin
Nicole Marra
Pamela Schein Murphy
writer =Edward Burns
starring =Selma Blair Patrick Wilson Edward Burns Debra Messing
released =November 20 ,2007 (iTunes)
runtime = 101 min.
country = flagicon|United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:392219
imdb_id = 0491109"Purple Violets" is a relationship comedy written and directed by
Edward Burns . It is an independent film, set in lower Manhattan, about four friends from college ready for change. It features Burns,Selma Blair ,Patrick Wilson , andDebra Messing .Plot Synopsis
Patti Petalson (
Selma Blair ) is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first love Brian Callahan (Patrick Wilson ), a successful crime novelist. Kate (Debra Messing ) is Patti's best friend since college. She's a tough-talking schoolteacher who plays therapist to all Patti's problems, while she's got a few of her own.Despite Brian's gorgeous Tribeca loft and perfect house in the Hamptons, he longs to write works of greater literary value. Michael Murphy (
Edward Burns ), his lawyer and best friend from college still carries a flame for his former girlfriend Kate, even though their relationship ended badly years ago, and she still holds a major grudge, but he would go at any length just to win Kate back, he knows that his feelings for her never went away. He tried to forget over the years but since he spotted Kate in the restaurant she was all he could think about.When Patti sells Murphy a new apartment, and Brian publishes his personal novel, these old friends reconnect in unexpected ways with surprising results.
Cast
Distribution
Purple Violets is notable for being the first movie to be exclusively distributed digitally on the
iTunes Store .It was released on November 20th 2007 and costs $14.99. The movie will be exclusive toApple Inc. for one month after release.External links
* [http://www.purplevioletsmovie.com/ Official site]
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo%3Fid%3D267924264%26s%3D143441&t=1195577401 iTunes Page]
*imdb title|id=0491109|title=Purple Violets
*amg title|id=1:392219|title=Purple Violets
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/purpleviolets/ Movie trailer]
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