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Plot:
Nick Stahl (Sin City, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines),
AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory) and Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Monster,
North Country), who also produces the film, star in Sleepwalking,
a moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops
between a 30-year-old man and his young niece after the girl's
mother suddenly leaves town. Directed by William Maher from
a screenplay by Zac Stanford (The Chumscrubber), Sleepwalking
also stars Academy Award® nominees Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers,
Blue Velvet) and Woody Harrelson (The People Vs. Larry Flynt,
Natural Born Killers).
Forced out of her home after her boyfriend is arrested, Joleen
Reedy (Charlize Theron) needs a place to stay with her 11-year-old
daughter, Tara (AnnaSophia Robb). She turns for help to her
younger brother, James (Nick Stahl) - a simple and overly
trusting man who doesn't hesitate to welcome them into his
modest rental apartment.
Almost as soon as she moves in, however, Joleen hits the
road with another man. Utterly illequipped to be the sole
guardian of an adolescent girl, James does his best to make
his distraught niece happy. But before long, things spin out
of control: he loses his job and Tara is put into foster care.
That's when James makes a fateful decision that will bring
his life full circle and force him to face his demons. He
takes off with Tara and the pair assumes new identities as
father and daughter.
What starts out as a ploy to evade authorities takes on a
deeper significance as James strives to become the dad Tara
never had, and for the first time finds a true purpose in
life. But when their road trip takes them to the Utah farm
where James grew up, old wounds reopen between James and his
father (Dennis Hopper), whose emotionally abusive and sometimes
violent ways have changed little since James was a boy.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Overture Films
Production Co:
Icon Entertainment International
Denver and Delilah Films
Infinity Features
WJS Prod.
Release Date:
March 14, 2008
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