Tumbleweeds (1999 film)

Tumbleweeds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGavin O'Connor
Written byGavin O'Connor
Angela Shelton
Produced byGreg O'Connor
StarringJanet McTeer
Kimberly J. Brown
Gavin O'Connor
Jay O. Sanders
CinematographyDan Stoloff
Edited byJohn Gilroy
Music byDavid Mansfield
Distributed byFine Line Features
Release dates
  • January 24, 1999 (1999-01-24)
(Sundance)
  • November 24, 1999 (1999-11-24)
(limited)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$312,000[1]
Box office$1.3 million[2]

Tumbleweeds is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. O'Connor co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, based on Shelton's childhood memories spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother. It stars Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown and Jay O. Sanders.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where O'Connor won the Filmmaker Trophy award. McTeer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Brown won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film.

  1. ^ "Tumbleweeds". The Numbers. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tumbleweeds (1999)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 19, 2013.