| Stolen Summer | |
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| Directed by | Pete Jones |
| Written by | Pete Jones |
| Produced by | Chris Moore Ben Affleck Matt Damon |
| Starring | Aidan Quinn Bonnie Hunt Kevin Pollak Brian Dennehy |
| Cinematography | Peter Biagi |
| Edited by | Gregg Featherman |
| Music by | Danny Lux |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.8 million |
| Box office | $134,736 |
Stolen Summer is a 2002 American drama film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing that it is the only way the Jewish boy will get to Heaven. Directed by first time writer/director Pete Jones, Stolen Summer is the first film produced for Project Greenlight, an independent film competition created by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and sponsored by HBO.[1] Project Greenlight aired on HBO as a documentary series chronicling the selection of Jones's script from approximately seven thousand entries, and the production of the film in Chicago in 2001.
The film's casting department considered the casting of the Jewish Adi Stein as the Catholic Pete O'Malley, an ironic joke due to the characters attempting to convert a Jewish boy to Catholicism.[2][3]
- ^ Stolen Summer New York Times.
- ^ Rohan, Virginia (March 20, 2002). "Faithful Portrayal; Jewish Boy Plays A Catholic Who Tries To Convert A Jew". The Record. pp. f10.
- ^ Arnold, Gary (May 10, 2002). "It's heartfelt; 'Summer' bonds families during a crisis over leukemia". Washington Times. pp. B05.