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Writer:
Zac Stanford (screenplay)
Release Date:
30 May 2008 (Taiwan)
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Plot:
The drama follows an 11-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment. full summary | add synopsis
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Foster Care
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Stash
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Childhood
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Road Trip
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Abandonment
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(9 articles)
Battle in Seattle (review)
(From FlickFilosopher. 18 March 2009, 9:35 AM, PDT)
Charlize Theron
(From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 8:17 PM, PST)
(From FlickFilosopher. 18 March 2009, 9:35 AM, PDT)
Charlize Theron
(From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 8:17 PM, PST)
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about as depressing as can be
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nick Stahl | ... | James |
 | AnnaSophia Robb | ... | Tara |
 | Charlize Theron | ... | Joleen |
 | Deborra-Lee Furness | ... | Danni |
| Mathew St. Patrick | ... | Detective #1 |
 | Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Will |
 | Woody Harrelson | ... | Randall |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | Mr. Reedy |
| Ken Mitchell | ... | Mr. Bergen |
| Jean Freeman | ... | Mrs. Bergen |
| Troy Skog | ... | Warren |
| George Grassick | ... | Cop #1 |
 | Mike Ennis | ... | Cop #2 |
| Alexandra Fox | ... | Darlene |
| Lori Ann Kennedy | ... | Foster Care Worker (as Lori Kennedy) |
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Also Known As:
Ferris Wheel (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language and a scene of violence.
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101 min
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The working title for this production was ‘Ferris Wheel’.
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References Blue Velvet (1986)
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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSIs this movie based on a book?
Did this movie premiere at 2008 Sundance Film Festival?
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My interpretation of "Sleepwalking" as extremely depressing may spring from the fact that I knew nothing about it when I started watching it. Charlize Theron plays down-and-out Jolene, who dumps her daughter Tara (AnnaSophia Robb) on her brother James (Nick Stahl) and disappears. James now has to reconsider how he has lived his whole life.
The wintry setting in this movie has the same effect as the setting in "Affliction": as bleak as can be...especially after what ends up happening after James and Tara go on the road. Definitely not a film that will leave you feeling good. Not to demean the movie at all; I do recommend it. You just have to understand that this is a VERY depressing one, exactly the sort of movie to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. I don't know whether or not you'll like it, but I still encourage you to at least check it out. Also starring Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson and Mathew St. Patrick (who played Keith on "Six Feet Under"). I assume that director William Maher is not the same as Bill Maher of "Real Time with Bill Maher".