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| The Wool Cap | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Based on | Gigot by Jackie Gleason |
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| Directed by | Steven Schachter |
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| Music by | Jeff Beal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
| Editor | Paul Dixon |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
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| Network | TNT |
| Release | November 21, 2004 |
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The Wool Cap is a 2004 American television comedy-drama film directed by Steven Schachter, who wrote the teleplay with William H. Macy. It is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who wrote the original story. In the film, Charlie Gigot, a mute and alcoholic superintendent of a dilapidated New York City apartment building becomes the unwilling parent figure for Lou, a young girl temporarily left in his care by a woman who fails to return for her. The two and Gigot's pet monkey struggle to make it through the winter in his ramshackle basement apartment while he tries to find someone willing to take her in.
The film, a co-production of Viacom Productions and 20th Century Fox Television, was shot in Atlanta, Georgia and Montréal, Québec, Canada. It stars Macy as Charlie and Keke Palmer as Lou, with Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Cherise Boothe, Julito McCullum, and Catherine O'Hara in supporting roles. It premiered on TNT on November 21, 2004.
Fox owns the international ancillary rights, while North American ancillary rights are now in the hands of CBS Television Studios. Paramount Pictures handles video distribution for the CBS library, though this particular program was released on DVD before the Viacom/CBS split.