Sweet Jane (film)

Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane DVD cover
Directed byJoe Gayton
Written byJoe Gayton
Produced byJoel Soisson (executive)
Michael Leahy (executive)
StarringSamantha Mathis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
CinematographyGreg Littlewood
Edited byJennifer Lane
Music byWalter Werzowa
Distributed byOverseas FilmGroup
Release date
  • February 1, 1998 (1998-02-01)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sweet Jane is a 1998 American drama about an unlikely friendship that develops between an HIV positive prostitute addicted to heroin and a terminally-ill fifteen-year-old boy.[1][2] Sweet Jane was directed by Joe Gayton and stars Samantha Mathis as Jane and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tony.[3] The film opened at the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival.

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  2. ^ Craddock, Jim (2006). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever. Thomson Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-8980-3.
  3. ^ Klady, Leonard (1997-11-09). "Sweet Jane". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-28.