Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy
Promotional poster
Directed byKelly Reichardt
Screenplay by
Based onTrain Choir
by Jon Raymond
Produced by
StarringMichelle Williams
CinematographySam Levy
Edited byKelly Reichardt
Production
companies
Distributed byOscilloscope Pictures
Release dates
  • May 22, 2008 (2008-05-22) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000[2]
Box office$1.4 million[3]

Wendy and Lucy is a 2008 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt and Jon Raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story Train Choir. The film stars Michelle Williams as Wendy, a homeless woman who searches for her lost dog, Lucy (played by Reichardt's own dog of that name, who had previously appeared in Old Joy).[4] It had its world premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at several additional film festivals before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 10, 2008.

  1. ^ "Wendy and Lucy (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 27, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Solomon, Deborah (November 28, 2008). "Questions for Kelly Reichardt: Social Realist". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Wendy and Lucy (2008)". The Numbers. December 10, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Kelly (Reichardt) and Lucy". YouTube.