Loggerheadsis anindependent filmwritten and directed byTim Kirkman,produced byGill Hollandand released in the United States byStrand Releasingin October 2005.[1]The film starsBonnie Hunt,Tess Harper,Michael Kelly,Chris Sarandon,Kip PardueandMichael Learnedand also starsRobin Weigert,Ann Owens Pierce, Valerie Watkins, Trevor Gagnon, Kelly Mizell, Craig Walker, Michael Esper and Joanne Pankow.[2]
| Loggerheads | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Tim Kirkman |
| Written by | Caitlin Dixon Tim Kirkman |
| Produced by | Gill Holland |
| Starring | Kip Pardue Michael Kelly Tess Harper Bonnie Hunt Chris Sarandon Robin Weigert Michael Learned |
| Cinematography | Oliver Bokelberg |
| Edited by | Caitlin Dixon |
| Music by | Mark Geary |
| Distributed by | Strand Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editInspired by true events,Loggerheadstells the story of anadoption"triad" — birth mother, child, and adoptive parents — each in three interwoven stories in the days leading up toMother's Dayover the course of three years, and each in one of the three distinctive geographical regions ofNorth Carolina:Appalachian Mountains,Piedmont(a broad, gently hilly plateau) andAtlantic Coastal Plain.
In mountainousAsheville,Grace (Bonnie Hunt), an airport car-rental agent living with her mother (Michael Learned), quits her job and embarks on a long-delayed quest: facing the legal barriers that keep her from finding the son she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager. Across the state inKure Beach,Mark (Kip Pardue), a young man obsessed with saving loggerheadsea turtles,meets George (Michael Kelly), a friendly motel owner, who offers him a place to stay. In the center of the state is the small town ofEden,where a minister's wife (Tess Harper) struggles to confront her conservative husband (Chris Sarandon) over their estrangement from their son.[3]
Production
editIrish singer-songwriter and composerMark Gearywrote the original score as well as two songs for the film. The music of singer-songwriterPatty Griffinis also featured prominently, andsonaBLAST! Recordsreleased the soundtrack.[4]
Loggerheadswas filmed on location primarily inWilmington, North Carolinain May 2004.
Accolades
editAfter its debut at the 2005Sundance Film Festival,where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize,[5]Loggerheadsscreened at festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. The film won the Audience Award at both theNashville Film Festivaland theFlorida Film Festival,and took the top prize atOutfest,the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
References
edit- ^"Distributor buys Lehigh Valley filmmaker's" Loggerheads' - The Morning Call ".Archivedfrom the original on October 2, 2022.RetrievedSeptember 30,2024.
- ^"Loggerheads".Variety.January 24, 2005.Archivedfrom the original on June 25, 2021.
- ^Roger Ebert.com
- ^"sonaBLAST! —— Soundtracks".RetrievedSeptember 30,2024.
- ^"AV Club".Archivedfrom the original on November 24, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 30,2024.