Children On Their Birthdays - DVD - 7332

Amazon.com Fans of film adaptations of Truman Capote's original fiction will delight in the familiar terrain of Southern nostalgia and wide-eyed yearning that defines Children on Their Birthdays. Based on a Capote story, this 2002 feature stars Joe Pichler as Billy Bob, a boy whose post-World War II horizons broaden considerably with the arrival of Lilly Jane (Tania Raymonde), a glistening idealist and would-be Hollywood starlet, in his Medda, Alabama, neighborhood. So exotic, erudite, and almost recklessly expansive is Lilly Jane that she lights a fire of progressive thought (or perhaps truer courtesy) in the habitually racist community, inspiring Billy Bob to outgrow his narrow boyhood. Typical of Capote, there is something of the Dying Swan about Lilly Jane, but her Mystery is genuine and affecting. Playwright Mark Medoff directs with conviction but little skill; the film is saved by pure heart and a solid cast, including Sheryl Lee and Christopher McDonald. --Tom Keogh Product Description 12 year old Lily Bobbit moves to Medda, Ala, and immediately makes an impression on the residents when she and her friends team up to outsmart a con man, the town is changed forever.
ASIN: B00008J2OS
VSKU: HBSV.B00008J2OS.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Sheryl Lee|Joe Pichler|Jesse Plemons|Tania Raymonde|Christopher McDonald|Tom Arnold|Phyllis Frelich|Cynthia Baker|Tom Brainard|Brazhal Brewer|Ritch Brinkley|Emily Clibourn|Mark Medoff|Douglas Sloan|Truman Capote
Binding: Dvd