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Director:
Writers:
Matthew Carlisle (writer)
Betsy Pool (writer)
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A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Just what is a family? more (4 total)

Cast

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Lea Thompson ... Melissa Cavatelli

Vincent Spano ... Frank Cavatelli

Danny Nucci ... Gaetano Amador
Stephen Spinella ... Doug Stein

Michael J. Pollard ... Gabe Sinclair

Lainie Kazan ... Rachel

Scott Atkinson ... Lance
Jaclyn Balacy ... Lemonade Stand Girl #1
Brianna Tiesi ... Lemonade Stand Girl #2
Meredith Basinger ... Sandra
Ismael 'East' Carlo ... Farm Worker
Richard Danielson ... Shane - Bartender
David Hamblin ... Doug's Date

Michael Reid MacKay ... Luc Pierre

William Mapother ... By-Stander
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Runtime:
96 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[trying to come out to his mother]
Doug Stein: Is there something you wanna ask about me?
Rachel: Nah... No.
Doug Stein: Let me rephrase that... I need to tell you something that...
Rachel: [quickly] I don't wanna know.
Doug Stein: How do you *know* that you don't wanna know?
Rachel: Because if it's what I think it is, I don't wanna know.
Doug Stein: Then, you know?
Rachel: Maybe but I don't *want* to know.
Doug Stein: So why can't I tell you?
[...]
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Soundtrack:
Let it Rain more

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Just what is a family?, 7 July 2008
6/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

You never know when you take the time to watch an indie whether it is going to inspire you a or just be a waste. I really don't think that I have ever commented a movie was too short, but this one certainly was. I did not want it to end, and I think it really could have explored the issues more deeply.

Chris dies and wants the four people that mean the most to him to bond. They include his ex-wife (Lea Thompson), his husband (Stephen Spinella), a friend (Danny Nucci), and his estranged twin brother (Vincent Spano). He arranges for them to spend six days together in an AIDS bike event by withholding his ashes. 96 minutes is just not enough time to explore all the angles that were present in this film. Naturally, it ends the way you want it to, but it just got there too quickly.

I remember words that M. Scott Peck said in one of his books. He talked about the fact that you have no choice in the family you are born into, but you have the right to choose the family that you will love. That is the underlying theme here. A family can be something as odd as these four people. It can be anything as long as it provides love and strength.

This was definitely an indie that inspires.

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