From a first-time director and two teenage actresses comes a raw and revealing insight into urban adolescence in 2003, a provocative portrait of what teens today are thinking, doing, feeling and going through. Winner of the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Catherine Hardwicke’s THIRTEEN is a unique project co-written with then-13-year-old Nikki Reed…
Category: Full Production Notes
Under the Tuscan Sun Production Notes (2003)
In November 1998, Tom Sternberg was producing “The Talented Mr. Ripley” in Italy. It was the penultimate week of the movie’s seventeen-week shooting schedule, and the crew was working in the Tuscan town of Pienza for one day. After finishing the shooting day, Sternberg adjourned to a nearby wine bar with director Anthony Minghella and…
What A Girl Wants Production Notes (2003)
Inspired by the fairy tale charm of the 1958 Sandra Dee–Rex Harrison romantic comedy The Reluctant Debutante, producer Denise Di Novi developed What A Girl Wants, the coming-of-age story of a spirited young woman who dreams of forging a relationship with the father she’s never known. “I think every young girl dreams of finding her…
21 Grams Production Notes (2003)
Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts), having matured since her reckless past, is a beloved older sister to Claudia (Clea DuVall), a good wife to Michael (Danny Huston) and loving mother to two little girls. Her family radiates hope and joy. Much farther down the socioeconomic scale, ex-con Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro) and his wife Marianne…