Blue Car
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| Blue Car | |
| Directed by | Karen Moncrieff |
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| Produced by | Peer J. Oppenheimer Amy Sommer David Waters |
| Written by | Karen Moncrieff |
| Starring | David Strathairn Agnes Bruckner Margaret Colin Frances Fisher |
| Music by | Adam Gorgoni |
| Cinematography | Rob Sweeney |
| Editing by | Toby Yates |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | May 2, 2003 (USA) |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
Blue Car is a 2002 drama film directed and written by Karen Moncrieff. It was her first film that she had directed and written.
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[edit] Synopsis
A gifted 18-year-old named Megan has been abandoned by her father and soon neglected by her mother. Her mother has been working hard and long lately because she needs the money to support herself and children. Her dad doesn't pay child support often which causes money problems.
Lily, Meg's younger sister, has serious mental problems, and we find out that she has been starving herself because she wants to become an angel. After being checked into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, Lily finally kills herself by jumping out of an open window as she tries to "fly". Meg continues to find solace in her English teacher, who claims he is passionate about writing his novel. Her English teacher becomes a comfort and a father figure to her through Meg's troubled times, and finally he encourages her to join a poetry contest.
A relationship soon develops between Meg and her teacher, and soon she allows her teacher to sleep with her. It is only after this incident that Meg, looking on the top of a desk, realizes that her teacher has, in fact, not written a novel at all, and all of this was a way for Meg's teacher to get the one thing he wanted from her. There is a melancholy mood throughout the entire movie until Meg finally decides to live with her father, and she enters his blue car, still not sure of what to do.
[edit] Cast
- Agnes Bruckner as Megan Denning. Megan has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Her English teacher convinces her that she is gifted in poetry and starts to use poetry to build herself up.
- David Strathairn as Auster. Auster is an English teacher who helps out Meg as she is finding family life difficult. As their relationship builds up, together things get more complex.
- Margaret Colin ... Diane
- Frances Fisher ... Delia
- A.J. Buckley ... Pat
- Regan Arnold ... Lily
- Sarah Buehler ... Georgia
- Dustin Sterling ... Rob
- Mike Ward ... Dad
- Wayne Armstrong ... Don
[edit] DVD release
Blue Car was released on DVD on October 14, 2003 in the United States and Canada.
