Information
| Year: | 2004 |
| Rating: | 6.8(6451) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Adventure, Comedy |
| Directed by: | Todd Solondz |
| Actors: | Matthew Faber Bill Buell Angela Pietropinto Emani Sledge Ellen Barkin Valerie Shusterov |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Todd Solondz | |
| Actors | |
| Matthew Faber | as Mark Wiener |
| Bill Buell | as Mr. Wiener |
| Richard Masur | as Steve Victor |
| Danton Stone | as Bruce Wallace |
| Robert Agri | as First Judah |
| Stephen Singer | as Dr. Fleischer |
| Stephen Adly Guirgis | as Joe/Earl/Bob |
| Will Denton | as 'Huckleberry' Aviva |
| Alexander Brickel | as Peter Paul |
| Dontae Huey | as Shazaam |
| Walter Bobbie | as Bo Sunshine |
| Tyler Maynard | as Jiminy |
| Joshua Eber | as Skippy |
| Khush Kirpalani | as Ali |
| Sydney Matuszak | as Ell |
| David Castro | as Carlito |
| Richard Riehle | as Dr. Dan |
| Ebrahim Jaffer | as Motel clerk |
| John Gemberling | as Second Judah |
| Ricky Ashley | |
| Christopher Goodyear | as Dr. Fleischer's son |
| Frank L. Goodyear | as Abortion Clinic Protester |
| Actresses | |
| Angela Pietropinto | as Mrs. Wiener |
| Emani Sledge | as 'Dawn' Aviva |
| Ellen Barkin | as Joyce Victor |
| Valerie Shusterov | as 'Judah' Aviva |
| Hillary B. Smith | as Robin Wallace |
| Hannah Freiman | as 'Henry' Aviva |
| Rachel Corr | as 'Henrietta' Aviva |
| Sharon Wilkins | as Mama Sunshine Aviva |
| Ashleigh Hertzig | as Barbara |
| Risa Jaz Rifkind | as Trixie |
| Debra Monk | as Mama Sunshine |
| Courtney Walcott | as Crystal |
| Shayna Levine | as 'Bob' Aviva |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | as 'Mark' Aviva |
| Andrea Demosthenes | as Gwyneth's mom |
| Maggie Moore | as Christian Narrator |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Hebrew |
| Gross: |
USA - 68,071 USD (17 April 2005) |
| Plot: | A fable of innocence: thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor wants to be a 'mom'. She does all she can to make this happen, and comes very close to succeeding, but in the end her plan is thwarted by her sensible parents. So she runs away, still determined to get pregnant one way or another, but instead finds herself lost in another world, a less sensible one, perhaps, but one pregnant itself with all sorts of strange possibility. She takes a road trip from the suburbs of New Jersey, through Ohio to the plains of Kansas and back. Like so many trips, this one is round-trip, and it's hard to say in the end if she can ever be quite the same again, or if she can ever be anything but the same again. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Lullaby" (Aviva's and Henrietta's Theme) Written by Nathan Larson Performed by Nina Persson and Nathan Larson "Up on a Cloud" Written by Nathan Larson Performed by Nina Persson and Nathan Larson "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 23" Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Nobody Jesus But You" Written by Eytan Mirsky, Curtis Moore and Matthew Brookshire Performed by Ricky Ashley, Curtis Moore, Karen Rodriguez and The Sunshine Singers "Fight For The Children" Written by Eytan Mirsky, Curtis Moore and Matthew Brookshire Performed by Ricky Ashley, Curtis Moore, Karen Rodriguez and The Sunshine Singers "Doctor Dan" Written by Eytan Mirsky, Curtis Moore and Matthew Brookshire Performed by Ricky Ashley, Curtis Moore, Karen Rodriguez and The Sunshine Singers "Love Turned Blue" Written by Jai Josefs Performed by Shelly Rand and The Nashville Six "Somebody Loved" Written by Deb Talan and Steve Tannen Performed by The Weepies "This Is The Way" Written by Eytan Mirsky, Curtis Moore and Matthew Brookshire Performed by Ricky Ashley, Curtis Moore, Karen Rodriguez and The Sunshine Singers |
Goofs
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Continuity: Aviva is cradling a baby doll in her hands, then her mother comes in and they talk, and Aviva puts the doll down on the bed. During the conversation the doll's clothes change and the doll's position also changes a few times during the scene. Continuity: When 'Henrietta' Aviva Victor is about to climb into the pack of the lorry, she tosses her blue backpack in first. Between shots it changes position. Continuity: When 'Judah' Aviva Victor and Judah are lying in bed, between shots the bedsheets move from covering their waist, to up to their necks. Miscellaneous: During the scene where Joyce Victor and Aviva are addressing envelopes, Mrs. Victor is licking stamps which are clearly self-adhesive. GEOG: The film takes place in New Jersey, yet in one of the hitch-hiking scenes we see a road sign for US Route 3, which in reality is located in New Hampshire. To make matters worse, in the background of the same scenes we see directional signs for "Ellenville" and "Route 199", which reveals the actual filming location of Kingston, NY. |
Quotes
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Joyce Victor: Am I terrible mother? 'Mark' Aviva Victor: Everybody makes mistakes... 'Dawn' Aviva Victor: I want to have lots and lots of babies so that way I will always have someone to love. Mark Wiener: People always end up the way they started out. No one ever changes. They think they do but they don't. If you're the depressed type now that's the way you'll always be. If you're the mindless happy type now, that's the way you'll be when you grow up. You might lose some weight, your face may clear up, get a body tan, breast enlargement, a sex change, it makes no difference. Essentially, from in front, from behind. Whether you're 13 or 50, you will always be the same. 'Mark' Aviva Victor: Are you the same? Mark Wiener: Yeah. 'Mark' Aviva Victor: Are you glad you're the same? Mark Wiener: It doesn't matter if I'm glad. There's no freewill. I mean, I have no choice but to chose what I choose, to do as I do, to live as I live. Ultimately, we're all just robots programmed abritrarily by nature's genetic code 'Mark' Aviva Victor: Isn't there any hope? Mark Wiener: For what? We hope or despair because of the way we've been programmed. Genes and randomness, that's all there is and none of it matters. 'Mark' Aviva Victor: Does that mean you're never going get married and have children? Mark Wiener: I have no anent desire to get married or have kids. But that's beyond my control. Really, it makes no difference. Since the planet's fast running out of natural resources and we won't make it into the next century. 'Mark' Aviva Victor: What if you're wrong? What if there is a God? Mark Wiener: That makes me feel better. Mark Wiener: People always end up the way they started out. No one ever changes. They think they do, but they don't. If you're the depressed type now, that's the way you'll always be. If you're the mindless, happy type, that's the way you'll be when you grow up. You might lose some weight, your face might clear up, get a body tan, a breast enlargement, a sex change - makes no difference. Essentially... from in front, or from behind... whether you're thirteen or fifty, you'll always be the same. Joyce Victor: [Talking about Aviva's unborn fetus] It's not a baby. It's just a tumor. Skippy: My name is skippy just like the peanut butter! 'Mark' Aviva Victor: I know. I believe you because pedophiles love children. Mama Sunshine Aviva: Last year, our special daughter Nainika ran away and... she didn't even have any legs. She wanted to return to her birthplace in India. Poor child. She didn't even make it as far as India, Tennessee. |
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