April Showers (2009 film)

April Showers
Directed by	Andrew Robinson
Written by	Andrew Robinson
Produced by	Jenna Edwards April Wade
Starring	Kelly Blatz Daryl Sabara Ellen Woglom
Distributed by	Indieflix
Release dates	USA: April 24, 2009(limited theatrical) USA: May 11, 2009 (DVD) USA: June 15, 2009 (Blue-Ray)
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

April Showers, written and directed by Andrew Robinson, is an American independent film inspired by the events that took place at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 and the days that followed. The story centers around a small group of survivors in the aftermath of a school shooting with a romantic subplot told in flashbacks.

Robinson was a senior at Columbine during the shootings.

Cast and Crew

Cast

• Sean Ryan — Kelly Blatz
• Jason Gates — Daryl Sabara
• April Lauren — Ellen Woglom
• Vicki — Janel Parrish
• Sally Reedman — Illeana Douglas
• Martin Blackwell — Tom Arnold

Supporting Cast

• Jessica — Rachel Lien
• Nick — Sean Durrie
• Jonathan — Bryan McClure
• Sam — Nina Rausch
• Sean’s Father — Mark Arnold
• Helen Mann — Brenda O’Brien
• Mike — William Grennan

Filmmakers

• Andrew Robinson (director) — writer/director
• Jenna Edwards — Producer
• April Wade — Producer
• Jerry Del Colliano — Executive Producer
• Joel Eisenberg — Executive Producer
• Eugene Mandelcorn — Executive Producer
• Tim Owens — Executive Producer
• Aaron Platt — Director of Photography

Further Reading

• "Still Learning 10 Years Later", Michael Dorn, Campus Safety Magazine, July/August, 2009
• "Columbine-themed indie film April Showers sets download records", Film Fetish, May 8, 2009
• "DVD Review: April Showers", Cyril Pearl, Video Business, April 27, 2009
• "Writer-Director Andrew Robinson Relives Columbine Through 'April Showers'", Carl Cortez, iF Magazine, April 24, 2009
• "Student turned filmmaker tells story of Columbine shootings in movie", Catholic News Service (via cathstan.org), April 24, 2009
• "'April Showers' Recalls Columbine Tragedy", Tina Mather, Neon Tommy, April 23, 2009
• "Columbine survivor directs film about tragic shootings", John Gleason, Denver Catholic Register, April 22, 2009
• "Columbine: Lessons Not Learned", Andrew Robinson, CNN Anderson Cooper 360, April 20, 2009
• "Remembering Columbine", Gayle King The Gayle King Show, Oprah Radio, April 20, 2009
• "A Decade After The Columbine Massacre, School-Safety Questions Linger", Gil Kaufman, MTV, April 20, 2009
• "Columbine Survivor Prepares for April Showers", Mark Hurley, MovieMaker Magazine, April 20, 2009
• "Covering Columbine, Again", Roger O'Neil, NBC News correspondent, The Daily Nightly, MSNBC, April 19, 2009
• "Columbine Survivor's Movie Purges Emotions", Catherine Tsai, Associated Press (via CBS4Denver.com), April 17, 2009
• "CNN Newsroom: Andrew Robinson segment", Tony Harris and Nicole Lapin, CNN Newsroom, April 17, 2009
• "Andrew Robinson's 'April Showers' focuses on survivors of Columbine", Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2009
• "No 'closure' for Columbine Class of 1999", Donna Leinwand, USA Today, April 16, 2009
• "The Lives Shaped by Tragedy", Stephanie Simon, The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2009
• "Andrew Robinson", Nicole Lapin, CNN Young People Who Rock, CNN, April 14, 2009
• "Film about Columbine shootings stars former SSHS student", Margaret Hair, Steamboat Pilot & Today, April 11, 2009
• "Based on Actual Events", Christian Toto, Denver Magazine, April, 2009
• "Columbine 10th Anniversary Gathering Reveals New Untold Stories", Reuters, March 23, 2009
• "Columbine Revisited", Vicky Collins, Vicky Collins Online, March 21, 2009

External links

• April Showers at IMDb
• Official site