What Matters Most (2001)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Jane Cusumano

Writer:

Jane Cusumano (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Despite different backgrounds and disapproving parents, a working-class teen falls in love with the wealthy son of a prominent family in a small West Texas town. |

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Yasmine Abdul	...	Maynard's Girlfriend
Chad Allen	...	Lucas Warner
Kimberly Bigsby	...	Charmaine
Robert Boyd	...	Mr. Thompson
Tamara Clatterbuck	...	Anita Stone
Polly Cole	...	Heather Stone (as Polly Cusumano)
Ransford Doherty	...	Maynard Hill
Charla Driver	...	Nurse
Gary Driver	...	Hayden Sharp
Shonda Farr	...	Lydia Sharp
Gretchen German	...	Bunny Warner
Jason Ray Haney	...	Jason Lee Smith
Austin Hayes	...	Hank Davis
Tim Hoffman	...	Doctor
Kaitlyn Lewis	...	Jenetta Warner
Justin Mahon	...	Lucas Brian Warner
Tanner Mahon	...	Lucas Brian Warner
Judy Melvin	...	Mrs. Plymouth
Morgan Mercer	...	Girl in Car
Jim Metzler	...	Reverend Worth
Jake Morgan	...	Jewell Sharp
Randy Roark	...	Randy
Cody Rogers	...	Mrs. Worth
Russell Sams	...	Troy Decker
Marshall R. Teague	...	Raymond Warner

Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Company:

Chateau Wally Films

Great Movie!!!

I saw this movie in Dallas a couple of months ago at a premiere event to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. The story behind the movie is what makes this movie so special. The director, Jane Cusumano, wrote and directed this movie. She passed away of Breast Cancer only a month after the film was finished. She got to see it on the big screen days before her death and her husband and executive producer, Jim Cusumano, is going to promote the film and continue producing the movies she wrote even after her death. The movie itself was very moving. Set in the small west Texas town of Vega, the main character Lucas Warner (played by Chad Allen of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) is in love with Heather Stone (played by Jane's daughter, Polly Cusumano). Unfortunately, Lucas's father, Raymond Warner (Played by Marshall Teague) doesn't approve of his son's choice for a bride and forces him to dump her and date Lydia Sharp (played by Shonda Farr). Through the twists and turns of this story, it seems that love is "What Matters Most." It ends up with a great twist at the end and an overall wonderful story. I think it is a great story and one that everyone can enjoy.