Sunshine State | |
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Directed by | John Sayles |
Screenplay by | John Sayles |
Produced by | Maggie Renzi |
Starring | Jane Alexander Angela Bassett Bill Cobbs Edie Falco Timothy Hutton Alan King Mary Steenburgen |
Cinematography | Patrick Cady |
Edited by | John Sayles |
Music by | Mason Daring |
Production company | Anarchist's Convention Films |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.4 million[1] |
Sunshine State is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The picture stars an ensemble cast that features Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Jane Alexander, Alan King, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Cobbs, and others. It was filmed on Amelia Island, Florida, which includes settings in historic Fernandina Beach. For her performance in the film, Falco received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Set in a small town in northern Florida, the main two intertwining stories focus on two women at crucial points in their lives, and also comments on such issues as race relations and commercial property development.