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4.7/10   139 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Aaron Louis Tordini (novella)
Aaron Louis Tordini (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 March 2006 (USA) more
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Plot:
St. Augustine, Florida, 1969. An eight-year-old boy's wish to see the fireworks from atop the city's lighthouse is complicated by his odd neighbors... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
Dark and beautifully shot indie- 1 of my favorites at the Connecticut Film Festival more (8 total)

Cast

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Cooper Musgrove ... Tommy Wheeler
Peter Gerety ... Ump
Laila Robins ... Miss Millie
Daniel von Bargen ... George Burgess

Jason Antoon ... Bobby Mecklem

Yul Vazquez ... Juan Lopez

Antony Del Rio ... Tony Mazziati

Gail Borges ... Mazziati Mother
Dorothy McKinnon ... Mazziati Grandmother
Larry Melfi ... Mazziati Father

Michael Marinaccio ... Mazziati Brother

Ryan Parker ... Bear Hadley

Deborah Kara Unger ... Connie Mae Wheeler

Ray McKinnon ... Tom Wheeler Sr.
Tom Stearns ... Old Salt
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:97 min (SXSW Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Dark and beautifully shot indie- 1 of my favorites at the Connecticut Film Festival, 12 October 2006
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Author: film-flam from Germany

An extremely dark narrative about a young boy & his strange relationship with his mum (Deborah Kara Unger) who operates a sexy lingerie shop in a conservative southern township that clearly doesn't want her. (It doesn't help her situation that she models the nighties she sells in the windows storefront) Everything is tricky from the start for the young boy. He's bullied continuously & is frozen blank with fear of all that surrounds him. (Including the sickening memories of his estranged & deranged father the part played expertly by Ray McKinnon) The complications for the boy & his mother aren't simply resolved, & so the future of these characters isn't clear. The ending is enjoyably ambiguous & because of its general strangeness it will earn its spot in the genre of the cult film.

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