Junebug (film)
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 A promotional film poster for Junebug |
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| Directed by | Phil Morrison |
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| Produced by | Mindy Goldberg |
| Written by | Angus MacLachlan |
| Starring | Amy Adams Embeth Davidtz Celia Weston Benjamin McKenzie Alessandro Nivola Scott Wilson |
| Music by | Yo La Tengo |
| Cinematography | Peter Donahue |
| Editing by | Joe Klotz |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | August 5, 2005 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Gross revenue | $2,678,810 |
Junebug is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released on August 3, 2005 and stars Amy Adams, Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, and Benjamin McKenzie. It was filmed at Wake Forest University, at Replacements, Ltd. in McLeansville, North Carolina and in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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[edit] Plot
When newlywed Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a British diplomat's daughter, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter (Frank Hoyt Taylor) for her outsider art gallery she takes the opportunity to meet her husband George's (Alessandro Nivola) family, who live close by.
There's his flinty, judgmental mother Peg (Celia Weston); his reserved, contemplative father Eugene (Scott Wilson); and his sullen, resentful, twenty-ish brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) who, although married, still lives at home, studying for his high school equivalence certificate while working at Replacements, Ltd. as an order processor.
Madeline and George stay in the baby's nursery and she becomes friends with Johnny's pregnant young wife Ashley (Amy Adams), a very sweet and friendly, if somewhat naive and talkative girl. The family take Madeline to a church service and she attends Ashley's baby shower. The artist she is trying to sign wavers over signing with her gallery, but eventually agrees.
Ashley goes in to labour, but the baby boy is stillborn. She tells George she was going to name it "Junebug". George and Madeline leave to go back to Chicago.
[edit] Cast
- Embeth Davidtz as Madeleine
- Amy Adams as Ashley Johnsten
- Celia Weston as Peg Johnsten
- Benjamin McKenzie as Johnny Johnsten
- Alessandro Nivola as George Johnsten
- Scott Wilson as Eugene Johnsten
- R. Keith Harris as Bud, the young Pastor
[edit] Score and soundtrack
Though much of the movie is free of background music, its score is made up of original music by Yo La Tengo, as well as eighteenth century classical music. Also, the film begins and ends with the 1977 song "Harmour Love" performed by Syreeta Wright and written by Stevie Wonder. During a scene where most of the characters are at a church social, George and two young men are featured singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling” by Will Thompson.
No official soundtrack has been released of the film. As a result, Syreeta's album One to One (which contains the song "Harmour Love") has since experienced a resurgence of sales. Yo La Tengo have released some of the original music in a compilation of their work on soundtracks They Shoot, We Score. [[1]]
[edit] DVD release
The DVD was released on January 17, 2006 by Sony Pictures Entertainment which includes:
- 10 deleted scenes
- Cast audio commentary with Embeth Davidtz and Amy Adams
- Outsider Art Photo Gallery
- French subtitles
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
[edit] Awards
- 78th Academy Awards:
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Amy Adams, nominated)
- 2006 Amanda Awards:
- Best Film — International (nominated)
- 4th Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards:
- Breakthrough Film Artist — for acting (Amy Adams, won)
- Best Supporting Performance (Amy Adams, runner-up)
- 11th Critics' Choice Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won – tie)
- 15th Gotham Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won)
- Breakthrough Director (Phil Morrison, nominated)
- 21st Independent Spirit Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won)
- Best First Screenplay (Angus MacLachlan, nominated)
- Piaget Producers Award (Mike S. Ryan, nominated)
- 40th National Society of Film Critics Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won)
- 2005 Online Film Critics Society Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, nominated)
- 4th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won)
- 10th Satellite Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress — Drama (Amy Adams, nominated)
- 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards:
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Amy Adams, nominated)
- 14th Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, won)
- 2005 Sundance Film Festival:
- Special Jury Prize for Acting (Amy Adams, won)
- Directing Award — Dramatic (Phil Morrison, nominated)
